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Learn to Meditate with Sound and Silence

Meditation observes the breath, while the mind goes inward with self reflection and thoughtlessness, this reduces stress and anxiety, develops inner stillness, increases self-awareness, and opensthe heart and mind to presence.

Lost Highway

"We've met before, haven't we?" A mesmerizing meditation on the mysterious nature of identity, David Lynch's seventh feature film, is one of the filmmaker's most potent cinematic dreamscapes. Starring Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman, the film expands the horizons of themedium, taking its audience on a journey through the unknown and the unknowable. As this postmodern noir detours into the realm of science fiction, it becomes apparent that the only certainty isuncertainty. — The Criterion Collection

"Lynch brings the movie's febrile and violent artifice to life in visual compositions of a poised, painterly authority and interrupts them with quick bursts of hallucinatory frenzy."– TheNew Yorker

Homegrown Radicals

Youcef Soufi critically examines the "radicalization" of three Muslim university students from Winnipeg and its profound aftermath. Through a captivating narrative blending history, interviews, andauto-ethnography, he explores the emergence of a new theory of jihad and its resonance for the three men. The story reveals the experiences of the Muslim community to which the men belonged, sheddinglight on state surveillance, the operation of Islamophobia, and the enduring scars of the War on Terror.

Youcef Soufiis a Researcher in Islamophobia at the University of Manitoba's Institute for the Humanities. He is an expert in the history of Islamic legal thought, former Chair ofthe Canadian Association for the Study of Islam and Muslims, and author of The Rise of Critical Islam.

Meditation Club Soup Supper

Meditation Soup Supper is open to participants from the Meditate program to gather, share ideas, and plan activities.

Taraweeh Prayer

Taraweeh is special praying that can be only performed during Ramadan. It is going to start at the Ishaa time on Feb 28th and continue until March 28th

Lost Highway

"We've met before, haven't we?" A mesmerizing meditation on the mysterious nature of identity, David Lynch's seventh feature film, is one of the filmmaker's most potent cinematic dreamscapes. Starring Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman, the film expands the horizons of themedium, taking its audience on a journey through the unknown and the unknowable. As this postmodern noir detours into the realm of science fiction, it becomes apparent that the only certainty isuncertainty. — The Criterion Collection

"Lynch brings the movie's febrile and violent artifice to life in visual compositions of a poised, painterly authority and interrupts them with quick bursts of hallucinatory frenzy."– TheNew Yorker