AUM 2022 Program Schedule

AUM 2022 Conference Schedule

August 11−14, 2022

Hydrangea, given the spiritual significance “Collective Harmony” by the Mother

AUM 2022, to be held August 11−14, will examine the spiritual significance of Sri Aurobindo in today’s world, with a special focus on approaches to collective yoga. The conference will be a virtual gathering via Zoom. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. Zoom links and conference materials will be sent to participants upon registration. 

  • All times are Pacific Daylight Time.
  • Please note: Program times shift from day to day!

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IN DOWNLOADABLE, PRINTABLE PDF

Thursday, August 11

9:25–9:30:
Zoom room opens with music
9:30–9:55:
Sangeetha Sriram & Rajiv Natarajan: “Vedic Chanting”
9:55–10:00:
Welcome and Invocation
10:00–10:50:
Debashish Banerji: “The World Crisis and the Need and Way to Exceed the Human”
10:50-11:20:
Breakout rooms followed by Q&A for Debashish
11:20-11:25:
Group Meditation
11:25-11:55:
BREAK
11:55-12:00:
Zoom room opens with music
12:00–12:20:
Musical Meditation, Welcome, and Invocation
12:20–12:50:
Lynda Lester & Mateo Needham: “Why Collective Yoga?” and “Zoom-Circle Best Practices”
12:50–2:00
Collective Introductions (three small-group breakout sessions)

Friday, August 12

1:55–2:00:
Zoom room opens with music
2:00–2:15:
Musical Meditation
2:15–2:25:
Welcome, Invocation, and Group Meditation
2:25–3:15:
Pravir Malik: “A Practical Approach to Leveraging Powers within to Build Organizations of the Future”
3:15–3:45:
Plenary Discussion and Q&A with Pravir
3:45–4:10:
Break
4:10–4:15:
Zoom room opens with music
4:15–4:30:
Musical Meditation
4:30–5:15
Marco V Morelli: “COSMOS, a Living Laboratory—How a Cooperative Embodiment of Integral Yoga Could Contribute to the Creative Evolution of Our Becoming-in-the-World”
5:15–5:45:
Plenary Discusion and Q&A with Marco
5:45–6:00:
Closing and Musical Meditation

Saturday, August 13

Collective Yoga Workshop

10:55–11:00:
Zoom room opens with music
11:00–11:15:
Welcome, Invocation, and Group Meditation
11:15–11:35:
Sri Aurobindo Association: “Tools & Methods for Connecting”
Lynda Lester, Mateo Needham, & Jonathan Kay
11:35–12:25:
Small-Group Breakouts
12:25–12:35:
BREAK
12:35–12:45:
Music, Invocation, and Group Meditation
12:45–1:05:
Shree Hindman, The Mother’s Center: “Circle Work as a Tool for Collective Sadhana”
1:05–2:00:
Small-Group Breakouts
2:00–2:55:
LUNCH BREAK
2:55–3:00:
Zoom room opens with music
3:00–3:10:
Music, Invocation, and Group Meditation
3:10–3:30:
Susan Curtiss & Rick Thomas: “Creating a Receptive Space for An Experience of Human Unity”
3:30–4:25:
Small-Group Breakouts
4:25–4:35:
BREAK
4:35–4:45:
Music, Invocation, and Group Meditation
4:35–6:00:
Plenary Discussion: “Workshop Experiences, Insights, Discoveries, Challenges, and Future Possibilities”

Sunday, August 14

1:55–2:00:
Zoom room opens with music
2:00–2:25:
Musical Meditation, Welcome, and Invocation
2:25–3:10:
Rand Hicks: “Sri Aurobindo beyond Boundaries”
3:10–3:40:
Discussion and Q&A with Rand
3:40–4:05:
BREAK
4:05–4:10:
Zoom room opens with music
4:10–4:20:
Music, Invocation, and Group Meditation
4:20–5:45:
Closing Circle: “Possibilities for Collective Yoga Going Forward”
5:45–6:00:
Closing and Musical Meditation