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My Meditation Journey

with Raghu Markus

Date/Time:

April 22, 2023.

1-2 p.m. EDT (New York), 7-8 p.m. CEST (Europe)

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Registration will close 1 hour in advance of the event.

Who can attend this event?

This program is open to everyone.

Translation

Translation from English will be offered in Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.

“The feeling of floating in freedom, letting go — it must be exhilarating to be in the moment. I think everyone has had that experience.” — Raghu Markus

During a sixty-minute conversation with Tergar Cofounder Cortland Dahl, cofounder of the Be Here Now Network and host of the Mindrolling Podcast Raghu Markus shares stories from his first steps of spiritual inquiry to the development of an established meditation practice. From the foothills of the Himalayas and his friendship with Baba Ram Dass to the founding of a transformational media network, this conversation promises to explore a fascinating path from an extraordinary perspective.

WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?

My Meditation Journey is a light-hearted discussion with a serious message that intends to empower, inspire curiosity, and help to develop self-confidence and joy through healthy habits.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

A rare opportunity to hear Raghu Markus, the host of the Be Here Now Network’s Mindrolling Podcast, share his own meditation habits and stories of his spiritual journey, helping to demystify the spiritual and place meditative practices in the sphere of everyday living.  

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM?

  • An interview with Raghu Markus based on carefully curated questions
  • An open Q&A for participants to ask questions in the last segment of the program

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About Raghu Markus

Raghu Markus spent 18 months in India with Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Dass. He has been involved in music and transformational media since the early 1970s, when he was program director of CKGM-FM in Montreal.

In 1974, he collaborated with Ram Dass on the box set Love Serve Remember. In 1990, he launched Triloka Records, which established itself as a critical leader in the development of world music. For 17 years, Triloka was home to such artists as Krishna Das, Hugh Masekela, Walela, Jai Uttal and transformational media projects that featured Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, and Les Nubians.

Raghu lives in Ojai, California, and is the Executive Director of the Love Serve Remember Foundation. In 2016, he co-founded the Be Here Now Network, where he hosts the Ram Dass Here & Now podcast, as well as his own Mindrolling podcast. He is the producer of Becoming Nobody, a Ram Dass documentary feature film that was released in 2019.

Mindrolling Podcast is about coming unstuck and the recent history of awoken awareness. It’s about the intersection of culture, consciousness and realization.

This podcast “rolls” the frantic monkey mind, mugs the complacent mental head. The moving power of music is one of the main tools of the show, transformation is the common denominator. Actual direct experiences is the core of the Mindrollers, some of which are enlightening, some of which were intensely frightening – what turns up here is a Mindroll of the karmic and cosmic dice, but we dare to promise honesty and guarantee high comedy along with the more high falutin’ content…

 

About Cortland Dahl

Cortland is a scientist, translator, and meditation teacher who offers workshops and leads retreats around the world. He has practiced meditation for nearly three decades and has spent time on retreat in monasteries and retreat centers throughout Japan, Burma, and India, including eight years spent living in Tibetan refugee settlements in Kathmandu, Nepal. He has a Ph.D. in Mind, Brain and Contemplative Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was mentored by renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson. He also holds a master’s Degree in Buddhist Studies from Naropa University. In addition to his work as an Instructor for the Tergar community and Executive Director of Tergar International, Cortland serves as Research Scientist and Chief Contemplative Officer at UW-Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds and the center’s affiliated non-profit, Healthy Minds Innovations. Cortland is actively involved in scientific research and has published articles on the impact of meditation practices on the body, mind, and brain. He has also published twelve books of translations of classical texts on Buddhist philosophy and meditation. He currently lives with his wife and son in Madison, Wisconsin.