St Louis

March 25 2009

Editor's Corner Tanuja-ji.

We could not have made it without the support

“Change is good, you go first!”
of the wonderful Seva Angels.
I thought we could try a
different format for the
Glory to all the St. Louis Volunteers. You are
newsletter and see where it
AWESOME. We did it as a team.
takes us. What I would like to
feature are contributions
Special thanks to Rajitha to volunteer to cook
from the St Louis Art of
Andy is the editor, in for the whole course. She had to balance 2
Living members,
case you didnt know kids at home, grocery shopping, cooking at the
whether is your favorite
venue,..while her husband was on the course.
recipe, a service project,
or just how Art of
Rajitha and her team
Living is enhancing the quality of your life.
made sumptuous
Send your submissions to
andrew.nunberg@artofliving.org
meals for 43
participants, 3 times a
In This Issue
day on time,
everyday. It is was a
Part 2 with Tanuja a Huge gigantic undertaking • Part 2 Success!!!
but they did it with an
Success!!! amazing attitude of • Participants share
joy, celebration and their experiences
We had a FANTASTIC Part-2 Course at the
service. • George Clooney
Mahatma Gandhi Center (March 19-22) with
43 participants. • Seva(Service)
Shrikanth did a
wonderful job with Opportunity
All the participants had BLISSFUL
majority of the • Coming Up...
experiences, sumptuous Satvic(healthy/pure)
groceries, help with
food, deep Hollow and Empty meditations and • Follow Ups
registrations, baby
above all the presence of the graceful teacher
sitting 2 kids while
his wife is on the breakfast for all of us. Bhakta and Priti Shanta were
course. Bhakta for coming all wonderful hosts. They
Chapati/Roti: Meena, the way from IL and took great care of the
Many of us have Srividya, Swetha, setup their sound teacher, catered to the
experienced the grace Mallika, Ajitha. All of system for use and visiting teacher's
and the innumerable them made chapathis also all the white needs, dropped her
benefits of breathing, for the Thu dinner sheets that we used and picked her up after
meditations, inspite of being on the during the course. It each session.
knowledge, satsangs course. is beyond words to
and service. express our gratitude There are many others
Registration: Raghu, to them. They have who helped behind the
We are all very Haragopal, Shrikanth. done a great service to scenes. I must have
grateful to Guruji for STL Community and missed a few names
giving us this sacred Housing, to the Art of Living but we are very
knowledge in such Transportation, Foundation. thankful for their
simple ways. Don't Registrations, support.
you all think that the Cooking guidance: Special thanks to Together we can do it
WHOLE world can Many thanks to Mary Shrikanth, Vijay Buddi and we did it.
benefit from this? Kunce, Tony and his friends. Vijay's
Working as a team, Kunce for their friends who are not Sanghatchatwam(Let
we can take this graceful support and part of Art of Living, Us Move Together)
PRECIOUS guidance throughtout came over on
knowledge to many the whole process. Thursday and helped Jai Gurudev(Victory
people in the world. move more than 200 to the Big Mind)
chairs to setup the hall.
Sudhakar
Cleanup: We had a sv.artofliving@gmail.c
great group of divine om
course participants.
All of them did a
WONDERFUL job in
the respective SEVA
teams and also cleanup
after the event. The
names are too many to
Cooking Team: Housing: Shuba, list. We are very
Rajitha, Nisha, Shankar, Dennis, thankful to each and
Deepthi, Swetha, Anthony, Prasad, everyone of you.
Norm, Vidya, Betsy, Norm, Marlene &
Haragopal, Preeti, David, Joy & Annie, A/V System: Jatin
David, Marlene, Rajitha: All of them Bhakta for Sound
Meena and a few volunteered to house System. Dayakar for
others who helped at out of town guests. the Projector and the
various times and in screen.
various ways. Even Setup: All of us
while being on the are very grateful and Hosting the Teacher:
course, Norm made thankful to Jatin Dayaka and his wife
Part2 Sharing on this last course, in
St. Louis, her
levels, etc. The silence
courses are so much
George
extensive and deep about going deep into Clooney at
Fred and I just
returned from the Part grasp of Guruji’s the self (and hardly Maplewood UM
2 in St. Louis with knowledge made even interacting at all Church
Tanuja. We also several processes that with other course
attended the recent we have done so many participants) that the
Part 2 course with times, seem much sense of sharing with
Tanuja in Cincinnati. more powerful and others often seems to
We were tremendously meaningful than ever almost slip out of the
impressed with both before. It was a picture. On this course,
courses. We have tangible demonstration however, some of the
taken the Part 2 course for us of not only how first timers reported
probably 70 or 80 experiences in sadhana feeling more a part of
times since our basic deepen and illuminate our course group, than
course in 1990, and knowledge, but also of any other social
have always how knowledge can context in their lives. Mary with the famous
appreciated the deepen and transform There seemed to be a actor
opportunity to go deep experience. We also clear realization that Mapelwood United
into the silent realms of noticed that even just the kind of spiritual Methodist Church,
consciousness under since the Cincinnati transformation that home for Art of Living
the guidance of course, Tanuja seems these courses make in the Metro St Louis
Guruji’s inimitable to have subtly refined a possible is in part a area, has a special
knowledge. During few things to make the group endeavor, even visitor. Actor George
these courses with course even better when the people in the Clooney, shown with
Tanuja, we also every time. Her group are hardly even our own Mary Kunce,
noticed that the Part 2 profound and clear looking at each other is filming a movie in St
course has been refined explanations about the most of the time. We Louis. We look
in some rather inner workings of think it was Tanuja’s forward to Mary and
delightful ways, processes that often masterful handling of Tony sharing their
leading to more mystify course the course, and her stories of the movie
integration of physical participants had the patient and attentive shoot. Due to the
experience with effect, in our opinion, doubt-dispelling talks, film shoot, Long
experiences of deep of creating a deep that were responsible Kriya will be held at
transcendence. The feeling of security and for the remarkable the Gandhi Center
effects seem to be safety in which many level of experience on starting at 6:45 PM
more long lasting course participants, this course. on Thursday
afterwards, perhaps including first timers, Jai Guru Dev, March26.
due to these subtle but could let go of Betty and Fred
powerful boundaries and be Krueger
developments. We also open to very profound
noticed that Tanuja is a levels of expanded
teacher who can very awareness – even in a
simply and profoundly course context that
clarify the value and included people from
inner workings of the very different cultural
processes. Particularly backgrounds, age
Seva(Service) Part 1 course Follow Up Schedule This
May 11 – 16
On March 20, 4 Indian Week
students lost their lives Please join us for the
in a fatal car accident. next Part 1 course
The St Louis Telugu taught by Mary at the Thursday March 26
Association is raising Maplewood Center.
money for the Gee Mary is getting 6:45 PM
bereaved families. If busy these days ! Gandhi Center
you would like to All our events are
contribute to this listed on 717 Weidman Rd., Ballwin
cause please contact secure.artoflivng.org
Gopal Chivkula (314- just use the drop down
600-1341) menus to see what is Sunday March 29
gopalchivkula@yahoo. happening locally 6 PM
com
or Maplewood UM Church
Rajesh Pudota 7409 Flora, Maplewood
(925- 212-1763) email
pudota.pudota@gmail.
com

Coming Up...

Health and
Happiness
Workshop
On April 4 from 1pm –
3 pm, Mary Kunce
will be conducting a 2
hr program of yoga,
pranayam and
meditation at our
center in Maplewood.
No previous
experience is necessary
and its a great way to
introduce people to
Art of Living