CIF: July, August, September 2008 Program Listing

PROGRAM LISTING
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July 2008 Program

Date
July 06 TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION
No Sunday Service--Independence Day Week-end
About the Speaker:

July 13
A Creative and Harmonious Life: The Journey Begins. A Course in Integral Philosophy for Teens

About the Speaker:
Taun Relihan, Ph.D., is a poet, conceptual artist and a nurse. She works in hospice doing end of life education. Taun has an MS in Community Mental Health in Nursing, an MA in Arts and Consciousness, and a Ph.D. in Integral Studies from CIIS. Taun has also created a curriculum in Integral Philosophy for Teenagers.

July 20 The Psychology of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
About the Presenter:
Pratibha Rita Gramman, M.Ed., is a Certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Practitioner. Pratibha is a former Dean and is currently teaching at Evergreen Valley College and De Anza College. This presentation will focus on the psychology of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. You will learn about the science of concentration and samadhi, differentiation between the mind, ego, and other psycho-spiritual constructs.

July 27 Shell Mounds, Ancient Monuments, and Funerary Places in the San Francisco Bay Area
About the Speaker:
Perry Matlock, is a researcher and advocate of shell mounds, ancient monuments, and funerary places in the SF Bay Area. For last 15-20 years, he has volunteered with the International Indian Treaty Council and the California Archaeological Monitoring Group. Perry also works with the Shell Mounds Peace Walk to advocate and spread awareness about the sacredness of Native American funerary and other sacred places.

July 2008 Program
Date July 06	TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION No Sunday Service--Independence Day Week-end About the Speaker:
July 13	A Creative and Harmonious Life: The Journey Begins. A Course in Integral Philosophy for Teens About the Speaker: Taun Relihan, Ph.D., is a poet, conceptual artist and a nurse. She works in hospice doing end of life education. Taun has an MS in Community Mental Health in Nursing, an MA in Arts and Consciousness, and a Ph.D. in Integral Studies from CIIS. Taun has also created a curriculum in Integral Philosophy for Teenagers.
July 20	The Psychology of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras About the Presenter: Pratibha Rita Gramman, M.Ed., is a Certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Practitioner. Pratibha is a former Dean and is currently teaching at Evergreen Valley College and De Anza College. This presentation will focus on the psychology of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. You will learn about the science of concentration and samadhi, differentiation between the mind, ego, and other psycho-spiritual constructs.
July 27	Shell Mounds, Ancient Monuments, and Funerary Places in the San Francisco Bay Area About the Speaker: Perry Matlock, is a researcher and advocate of shell mounds, ancient monuments, and funerary places in the SF Bay Area. For last 15-20 years, he has volunteered with the International Indian Treaty Council and the California Archaeological Monitoring Group. Perry also works with the Shell Mounds Peace Walk to advocate and spread awareness about the sacredness of Native American funerary and other sacred places.

August 2008 Program
Date August 03	TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION Crisis as an Opportunity About the Speaker: Michael Glandon, Ph.D., is the Secretary of the Global Commons or the Global Marshall Plan. Michael has taught political science for a number of years including at the California State University system and the University of Redlands. He was formerly a principal investigator of educational research at the Farwest Labs.
August 10	Red Rice of the Bhagavathi: Pongala at Attukal Temple About the Speaker: Diane Jenett, Ph.D., is Co-Director of Women's Spirituality Program at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, and a founder of Serpentina, a collaboration in support of women centered research for everybody. Diane co-authored Organic Inquiry: If Research were Sacred. Diane also travels to India every year where she researches and participates in community rituals to Bhadrakali.
August 17	Sri Aurobindo Birthday Celebrations: On the Four Great Realizations of Yogi Sri Aurobindo About the Speaker: Rick Lipschutz leads an Integral Studies Group at CIF and also teaches the Synthesis of Yoga. He is also a poet, and a student of Western Esotericism and Theosophy.
August 24	Religion and the Emergence of a Global Community- A Baha'i Perspective About the Speaker: Nushin Mavadat, MBA, is a member of the Baha'i community in San Francisco and organizer of the World Religious Day in San Francisco. Nushin's main interests are in intercultural and interfaith dialogue.
August 31	No Sunday Service About the Speaker: There will be no Sunday Service due to the Labor Day Week-end.

September 2008 Program
Date Sept 07	TOPIC AND SPEAKER INFORMATION The Sage of Arunachal- Sri Raman Maharshi About the Speaker: Documentary Video. Sri Raman Maharshi was India's one of the most imporant spiritual being in recent memory. This documentary video highlights the spiritual evolution and views of Sri Raman Maharshi.
Sept 14	Autumn Equinox Poetry Festival About the Speaker: Community Event. We believe that we are all poets and that it is the Divine Wish that we share our poetry. So please do come, and mind you, we use "poetry" rather creatively to honor all poems and poets.
Sept 21	Autumnal Equinox Presentation: The Yoga of Nature; Poetic Light in Silent Beauty. This presentation will be a synthesis of spiritual photography and exotic music About the Speaker: Steven Satyavan Krolik, is a member of the Cultural Integration Fellowship since 1965. He is an independent ethnographic researcher in symbolism and a yoga instructor trained by Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri and Bikram Chaudhuri.
Sept 28	A Journey to the Boonies of Jewish Identity: Spurious and Controversial Communities About the Speaker: Ken Blady, M.A. is an educator, writer, and Yiddish translator. He was born in Paris and grew up in Chassidic Brooklyn, where he attended yeshiva and rabbinical seminary. Ken is the author of The Jewish Boxers' Hall of Fame, Jewish Communities in Exotic Places, and translator of The Journeys of David Toback. He recently appeared on the History Channel documentary, Operation Magic Carpet. Ken is currently a lecturer in Jewish History at the American Jewish Whizin Center and Shurgin Elder Hostel Program.