"Pursuing a Dream: A Journey to India's Maha Kumbha Mela 2013" is the title of a talk to be given May 2 to the Emerald Coast Meditation Society. Speaker will be Prudence Farrow Bruns, teacher of transcendental meditation.
The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical and does not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Last winter Bruns was part of a film crew that went to India to film a festival that takes place for several weeks every 12 years, and attracts millions of visitors. She will talk about this amazing event and some of her group's experiences there.
At the young age of 18 Bruns, the daughter of actress Maureen O'Sullivan and writer/director John Farrow, became interested in yoga and transcendental meditation, which she studied at UCLA. Two years later she went to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and was made a T.M. teacher. At that time her fellow meditators included the Beatles, who wrote the song “Dear Prudence” about her. Over the years Bruns studied with various noted Indian swamis.
From teaching T.M. in Manhattan and Boston in 1968, Bruns has continued to study and teach it in many places. She estimates she has taught T.M. to thousands of people in the U.S. and Canada.
Since 1980, Bruns has also been involved in various aspects of show business, including writing screenplays and producing movies. In 2007 she received her Ph.D. in South Asian Studies, Sanskrit, from the University of California, Berkeley. She has published a book on Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis along with articles on South Asian studies, world religions, Ayurvedic medicine and healthy living for academic journals and magazines. She founded the Dear Prudence Foundation in 2012 to create scholarships for the programs of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
In 1969 she married Albert Bruns, also a T.M. teacher. They raised three children and have four grandchildren, and now live in Seagrove Beach.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com. #
The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical and does not follow any religion. There is no charge.
Last winter Bruns was part of a film crew that went to India to film a festival that takes place for several weeks every 12 years, and attracts millions of visitors. She will talk about this amazing event and some of her group's experiences there.
At the young age of 18 Bruns, the daughter of actress Maureen O'Sullivan and writer/director John Farrow, became interested in yoga and transcendental meditation, which she studied at UCLA. Two years later she went to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and was made a T.M. teacher. At that time her fellow meditators included the Beatles, who wrote the song “Dear Prudence” about her. Over the years Bruns studied with various noted Indian swamis.
From teaching T.M. in Manhattan and Boston in 1968, Bruns has continued to study and teach it in many places. She estimates she has taught T.M. to thousands of people in the U.S. and Canada.
Since 1980, Bruns has also been involved in various aspects of show business, including writing screenplays and producing movies. In 2007 she received her Ph.D. in South Asian Studies, Sanskrit, from the University of California, Berkeley. She has published a book on Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis along with articles on South Asian studies, world religions, Ayurvedic medicine and healthy living for academic journals and magazines. She founded the Dear Prudence Foundation in 2012 to create scholarships for the programs of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
In 1969 she married Albert Bruns, also a T.M. teacher. They raised three children and have four grandchildren, and now live in Seagrove Beach.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com. #