Meditation Courses, Groups, Workshops & Events

At IMU Meditation Center Chicago

Our groups, courses, workshops and events build bridges to bring the meditation practice into our everyday living. Through a wakeful way of being with activities such as Hiking Meditation, dance and stillness as offered in the Full Moon Meditation, consciously watching Films, Everyday Awareness Techniques, the joy of living is consciously experienced. Periods of silence are part of all activities offered at the Inner Metamorphosis University meditation center in Rogers Park, Chicago.

Full Moon Meditation Night Event

Friday, May 24 9:00pm - midnight

The full moon meditation night event is a 3-cycle meditation, alternating Silent Sitting session and Dance Meditation. Energy, when silently contained and expressed celebrative in dancing - can reveal to us our natural state of inner peace and joy.
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Meditation for Beginners – Workshop

Saturday, May 25, 3:00-6:30pm

A workshop, introducing a variety of playful meditative exercises with periods of stillness; as well as time to ask about your inner practice.
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Goddess Gathering - Guest Event

Sunday, May 26, 5:30-7:30pm

Let's gather, Goddesses! To create, share, explore, learn and grow together as we honor our divine feminine energy and Goddess nature.
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Hiking Meditation

Sunday, June 2 All day workshop

Simply walking in nature and being present to the moment while feeling the ground, being in contact with the breath and listening to the sound of the wind can bring us in deep contact with our natural state of joy and harmony. A guided meditative hike with several awareness exercises in and with nature.
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Open House – The IMU introduces itself

Saturday, June 8, 2:30-6:30pm/10:00pm

Get a free taste of our classes and events followed by 6:30-8:00pm vegetarian potluck & 8:00pm movie/discourse with IMU initiator Bhashkar Perinchery.
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Greening Your Block - Greening The Planet!

Sunday, June 9 10:00am-1:00pm

The Ultimate 12 Step-Program Towards a Green Planet.
In many places, effects of climate change are already obvious. How do we create a sustainable future? By joining forces! Together, we can explore, coordinate, and encourage sustainable living here in Chicago and surrounding towns. read more

Gourmet Beginner Raw Food Prep - Guest Event

Sunday, June 9 2:00pm to 5:00pm

In this beginner's class, you will learn the basics for creating delicious raw foods that will heal the body and cleanse the soul. Presentations will show you how to create a variety of delicious, easy-to-prepare raw recipes.
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Online Live Streaming with Mystic Bhashkar Perinchery

Sunday, June 16 2:00-3:30/4:00pm

A coming together with Bhashkar Perinchery promotes an atmosphere for deeper awareness and insight - an opportunity for anyone on the inner search to ask questions. Miracle also indicates, to be aware of and celebrate the miracle of life.
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Full Moon Meditation Night Event

Saturday, June 22 9:00pm - midnight

Everyday Awareness Techniques – Mini Workshop

Friday, June 28, 7:30-9:30pm

Can you imagine for yourself to be centered and peaceful in the midst of all the daily pressures? Learn short and practical awareness exercises for your daily life.
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Family Constellations Soul Work – Guest Workshop

Saturday, June 29, 12:00pm-6:00pm

Family Constellations Soul-Work allows us to see how unconscious family legacies affect us, and to transform negative patterns. Within a day, with a single insight, your life can change as you let go of entanglements and burdens and reconnect to your own destiny.
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Feldenkrais (Awareness Through Movement) – Workshop

Sunday, June 30 10:00am-4:00pm

Rolling around on the floor as babies gave us a sense of our body parts, the support, and our relationship with gravity. As adults revisiting those movements with precisely directed awareness may bring astounding results.
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Advanced Raw Food - Fiesta Mexicana - Guest Event

Sunday, June 30 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Take your raw preparation to a new level in this advanced raw foods prep class. Exciting new recipes, techniques and tricks of the trade are offered by chef Nirel. Learn how to make these great Mexican favorites.
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Goddess Gathering - Guest Event

Sunday, June 30, 5:30-7:30pm

Let's gather, Goddesses! To create, share, explore, learn and grow together as we honor our divine feminine energy and Goddess nature.
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Talk by Bhashkar Perinchery - I.M.U. Initiator visiting
Essentially You Are Born To Flower

Friday, July 5 7:30pm 9:30pm

When listening to a talk by a mystic in a meditative way, listening to the underlying silence, the atmosphere, to yourself, this talk can bring you into an experience way beyond the mind, something you may have never experienced.
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Workshop with Bhashkar Perinchery - I.M.U. Initiator visiting
Live Joyously OR Live Miserably? Learn To Choose

Saturday, July 6 from 9:30am to 6:30pm

A workshop with a mystic provides you with practical tools how to walk your individual journey towards inner fulfillment and peace. This is a chance to learn how to take this quality with you wherever you go and whatever you do.
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Individual Meetings with Bhashkar Perinchery
I.M.U. Initiator visiting Chicago

Sunday, July 7 by appointment

A private meeting with a mystic can be of great help to uncover our hidden potentials and thereby find a new orientation. It is a step towards creatively dealing with inner conflicts or confusion to attain new perspectives and allow new directions in your life.
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AT YOGA NOW CHICAGO
Talk: Essentially You Are Born To Flower - Bhashkar Perinchery

Sunday, July 7 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Meditation Retreat with Bhashkar Perinchery
Be Realistic - Live Joyfully - Learn

Tuesday, July 9 to Sunday, July 14 (or 3 days only) in Wisconsin

Join if you want to go consciously and become more familiar with the inner riches, the inner depth and mysteries, and find a balanced and creative approach to life. Being in nature in this beautiful Wisconsin Valley greatly supports the inner process.
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