Prudence Farrow Bruns, a long-time meditation teacher, will talk about “Transcendental Meditation” on Nov. 21 to the Emerald Coast Meditation Society.
The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. atChrist the King Episcopal Church, 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa RosaBeach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical anddoes not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Bruns followed an early interest in meditation and yoga when, atage 18, she began to study transcendental meditation and studied withSwami Satchidananda to be a yoga instructor. In 1968, she went toIndia to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and was made a teacher oftranscendental meditation. It was there that she met the Beatles andthey wrote the song “Dear Prudence” about her.
After marrying Albert Bruns, a fellow TM teacher, and whileraising a family, she began working in film as art departmentcoordinator for Woody Allen, and as a producer. She is best known fororiginating and developing the feature film “Widow’s Peak,”starring her sister, Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright and NatashaRichardson.
After raising three children, she returned to school and, in 2007,received her Ph.D. degree in Sanskrit, from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. She has published a book on Ayurvedic pulsediagnosis along with articles for academic journals and magazines onSouth Asian studies, world religion, Ayurvedic medicine and healthyliving. She has given presentations at numerous conferences atuniversities such as Harvard, Texas, Hawaii, and California, and hastaught courses at UC Berkeley and Rutgers.
She founded the Dear Prudence Foundation in July 2012 to createscholarships for the programs of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She and herhusband live in Seagrove Beach and have three children and fourgrandchildren.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMSmeets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July andAugust. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15p.m. For information contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com.
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The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. atChrist the King Episcopal Church, 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa RosaBeach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical anddoes not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Bruns followed an early interest in meditation and yoga when, atage 18, she began to study transcendental meditation and studied withSwami Satchidananda to be a yoga instructor. In 1968, she went toIndia to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and was made a teacher oftranscendental meditation. It was there that she met the Beatles andthey wrote the song “Dear Prudence” about her.
After marrying Albert Bruns, a fellow TM teacher, and whileraising a family, she began working in film as art departmentcoordinator for Woody Allen, and as a producer. She is best known fororiginating and developing the feature film “Widow’s Peak,”starring her sister, Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright and NatashaRichardson.
After raising three children, she returned to school and, in 2007,received her Ph.D. degree in Sanskrit, from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. She has published a book on Ayurvedic pulsediagnosis along with articles for academic journals and magazines onSouth Asian studies, world religion, Ayurvedic medicine and healthyliving. She has given presentations at numerous conferences atuniversities such as Harvard, Texas, Hawaii, and California, and hastaught courses at UC Berkeley and Rutgers.
She founded the Dear Prudence Foundation in July 2012 to createscholarships for the programs of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She and herhusband live in Seagrove Beach and have three children and fourgrandchildren.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMSmeets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July andAugust. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15p.m. For information contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com.
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