PHILIP GOLDBERG
Author - Spiritual Coach - Public Speaker

I am available for lectures and workshops of varying lengths based on AMERICAN VEDA. All presentations feature illuminating photographs, videos and audios featuring key figures discussed in AMERICAN VEDA. Where appropriate, experiential practices--meditation, yoga asanas and pranayama, chanting, etc.--introduced to the West by leading gurus, swamis and yoga masters are also emphasized. To discuss dates and other details, e-mail Phil@​AmericanVeda.com, or call 310-827-8266.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday, January 14, 6:00 p.m., Trilogy Yoga, 3141 E. Broadway, Long Beach CA 90803. www.trilogyyoga.com

Sunday, January 15, 1:30 p.m.,lecture for Yuva Varg, Camp Woodmen, 5193 Hwy 36 North, Bellville, TX 77418 (Houston).

Sunday, January 15, 6:00 p.m., lecture for Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, at Keshav Smruti, 4018 West Hollow Parkway, Houston TX 77082.

Friday – Sunday, February 3-5, Big I (Interfaith, Interspiritual, Integral) conference, Scarritt-Bennett Center, 1008 19th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212. http:/​/​www.scarrittbennett.org/​programs/​big%20i/​big_i_flier_ltr.pdf

Saturday, February 18, The Beatles Transmission, with music, Spiritual Salon, Village Interfaith Center, 343 Church Lane, Brentwood CA 90049.

Sunday, February 19, 9:00 a.m., Mount Hollywood Congregational Church, 4607 Prospect Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027. http:/​/​www.mthollywood.org/​

Thursday, February 23, 6:00 p.m., Hindu Yuva student group, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta GA.

Friday, February 24, 5:00 p.m., Hindu Students Association, Emory University, Cannon Chapel, 515 S. Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA, 30322.

Saturday, February 25, 12:00 p.m., Kashi Atlanta, Urban Yoga Ashram, 1681 McLendon Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30307. www.kashiatlanta.org.

Wednesday, March 28, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Thomas Counseling Center 5000 Dunn Road, Ft Pierce, Fl 34981. http:/​/​www.tchospice.org/​counseling-center

Thursday, March 29, 5:00 p.m., Florida International University, Program in the Study of Spirituality, Miami FL. http:/​/​casgroup.fiu.edu/​spirituality/​

Friday, April 20, 7:00 p.m., Beatles Event with live music. Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, San Jose CA. http:/​/​www.csecenter.org/​


PREVIOUSLY HELD 2010 and 2011 EVENTS:

October 29 and November 1, 7:30 pm: Two evenings at the Vedanta Center of Atlanta, 2331 Brockett Road, Tucker, GA 30084, 770-938-6673.

October 31, 12:00 pm: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, 5851 GA Hwy 85,Riverdale GA 30274.

November 7, 7:30 pm: Bodhi Tree Bookstore, 8585 Melrose Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90026, 310-659-1733.

November 10, 7:30 pm: Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, University Hall, Theological Studies Village.

November 11, 7:30 pm: University of Southern California, Forum Room in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center.

November 14, 3:00 pm: Sivananda Yoga Center, 13325 Beach Ave., Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, 310-822-9642.

November 24, 6:30 am (yes, a.m.), Inside Edge, University of California at Irvine, University Club, www.insideedge.org, 949-460-4242.

December 5, 12:00 pm, Vedanta Society of Southern Californa, 1946 Vedanta Pl., LA, CA 90068, 323-465-7114.

January 6, 2011, 7 pm. Lecture and books signing at Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101, 626-449-5320.

January 15, 10 am - 4 pm. 5-hour workshop at Loyola Marymount University, Yoga Studies Program, Los Angeles. An opportunity to dig deeper into the subject, see and hear the gurus who impacted America and experience some of the practices they taught. Contact: yoga@​lmu.edu, 310-338-2358.

January 20, 6:30 pm: Workshop at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, 1146 University Ave., San Jose, CA 95126, 408-283-0221.

January 22, 2:30-4:30 pm. Special event sponsored by the Hindu American Foundation. Shreemaya Krishnadham Cultural and Community Center, 25 Corning Ave, Milpitas, CA 95035. Info: raosudha@​gmail.com or 510-299-8805.

January 22, 7:00 pm. Lecture and signing at East West Bookshop, 324 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041,650-988-9800.

January 28, 7:00, Mystic Journey Books, 1319 Abbot Kinney, Venice CA 310-399-7070

January 30, 10:30 am, morning service at Monte Vista Unitarian Universalist Church, 9185 Monte Vista Avenue Montclair CA 91763.

January 30, 2:00 pm, afternoon workshop at same location.

February 1, 7 p.m. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, 805-682-6787.

Feb. 27, 1-4 p.m., 3-hour workshop at Unity of Tustin in Orange County. 14402 Prospect Ave, Tustin, CA 92780, 714-730-3444.

Tues. March 8, 6 p.m. California Institute of Integral Studies, 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, Namaste Hall.

Fri. March 11, 7 p.m. JFK University, 100 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.

Sat. March 12, 9:30-12:30, workshop at Integral Yoga, 770 Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA 94114, 415-821-1117. www.integralyogasf.org/​events.php

Sat. March 12, 7 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera CA, 94925, http:/​/​bookpassage.com.

Sun. March 13, 11 a.m., Cultural Integration Fellowship, 2650 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA 94118, 415-668-1559.

Fri. March 25, 6 p.m., Harvard College, Emerson Hall, Room 210, lecture on behalf of "Dharma" the Hindu Students Association.

Sat. March 26, 2-5 p.m., 3-hour workshop at the Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington Mass, 02474, http:/​/​www.arlingtoncenter.org.

Sun. March 27, 7 p.m., lecture and signing at Down Under Yoga, 306 Walnut St., Newtonville Mass, 02460, http:/​/​www.downunderyoga.com.

Wed. March 30, workshop "The Future of East-West Spirituality" at Sadhana Meditation Center, Portland, Maine: http:/​/​www.sadhaname.com.

Sat. April 2, 2:30-4:30 p.m., workshop "The Great Transmission" at Integral Yoga Institute, 227 W. 13th St., New York NY 10011, http:/​/​www.iyiny.org.

Wed. April 6, 6:30 p.m., lecture and signing at the Livingston, New Jersey, Public Library, http:/​/​livingston.bccls.org.

Fri. April 8, 7 p.m., lecture and signing at One Spirit Learning Alliance,247 West 36th Street, 6th Floor, NY, NY 10018.

Sat. April 9, 4 p.m., lecture and signing at Hindu Temple Society of North America, 45-57 Bowne St., Flushing NY 11355, www.nyganeshtemple.org

Sun. April 10, 2 p.m., lecture and signing at Sri Aurobindo Center, 631 Vale Drive, Morganville, New Jersey, http:/​/​www.sayfna.org.

Saturday, April 30, 2:00, panel on "Interfaith Peacemaking," at Peace and Justice Book Fair, United University Church, Los Angeles, http:/​/​www.uniteduniversitychurch.org.

Sunday, May 1, 11:00, panel on Spirituality: The Search for Solitude, at the LA Times Festival of Books, at the University of Southern California, http:/​/​events.latimes.com/​festivalofbooks/​general-information/​

Saturday, May 7, 2:00, Guibord Center: Religion Inside Out, at St. John’s Cathedral, 514 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, http:/​/​theguibordcenter.org.

Sunday, May 8, 2:00, University of Philosophical Research, 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027, http:/​/​uprs.edu/​wpcms/​?page_id=307

Saturday, May 14, 4:00, Sri Aurobindo Center. www.sriaurobindocenter-la.org, 12329 Marshall Street Culver City, CA 90230 - (310) 390-9083

Sunday, May 22, 4 p.m., The Sacred Space, 2594 Lillie Ave., Summerland, CA 93067, (805) 565-5535.

Sunday, July 17, 12 p.m., Hindu Temple, Waterloo, Ontario, http:/​/​www.brahmrishimission.org/​pages/​welcome.htm.

Monday, July 18, 7 p.m., Inner Garden, 401 Richmond St. W, Toronto. 416-537-1413. www.theinnergarden.ca/​.

Wednesday, July 20, 8 p.m., Soul City Social Club, 2098 Yonge St. Toronto, http:/​/​www.meetup.com/​SoulCity/​events/​23972421/​.

Monday, July 25, 7 p.m., Art of Living Center, 212 Durham Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840, 732-738-4457, http:/​/​www.us.artofliving.org/​metuchen.

Tuesday, July 26, 6:30 p.m., Indo-American Arts Council at Misha Nicole, 303 Bowery, NY City, http:/​/​www.iaac.us/​American_Veda_Revisited/​index.htm.

Thursday, July 28, 7 p.m., on behalf of Yoga Alliance, at Busboys and Poets, Washington, D.C., http:/​/​yogaalliance.org/​sites/​default/​files/​images/​Philip%20Goldberg%20Event.pdf

Friday, July 29 – Sunday, July 31, Dharmic Seva Conference, Washington, D.C.

Saturday, August 6, SPECIAL EVENT!, “The Spirit of the Beatles,” with live band. Sivananda Yoga Center, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. http:/​/​www.sivananda.org/​la/​

Sunday, August 14, 4:30, panel on Yoga 2.0, The Second Coming of Yoga, at Moksha Festival, Santa Monica College – Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401.http:/​/​www.mokshafestival.com/​

Saturday, August 20, 9 a.m PST (noon EST), love online webinar for the American College of Vedic Astrology. Information and registration: http:/​/​www.acvaonline.org.

Sunday, September 4, 1:30 pm, for Bharatiya Vichar Manch, Sanatan Dharma Temple, Gandhi Room, 15311 Pioneer Blvd., Norwalk CA 90650.

Saturday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St., Evanston, IL. 60201. http:/​/​www.lakestreet.org/​

Sunday, Sept. 18, 2 p.m., Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, IL, 60439. http:/​/​htgc.org/​

Wednesday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Schorling Auditorium, 1202 School of Education Building, 610 E. University Ave.

Thursday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m., Crazy Wisdom Bookstore, 114 South Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. http:/​/​www.crazywisdom.net/​

Saturday, Sept. 24, 1:00, Schuler’s Books, 2660 28th St., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512. www.schulerbooks.com.

Saturday, Sept. 24, 5:00, West Michigan Hindu Temple, 4870 Whitneyville Ave. SE, Ada, MI 48104, www.westmichiganhindutemple.org.

Sunday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m., Mothers Trust/​Lakeshore Interfaith Institute, Ganges, MI, 49408. http:/​/​www.motherstrust.org/​

Thursday, October 6, 7:30 pm: Ananda Village, Hansa Mandir, 14618 Tyler Foote Rd., Nevada City, CA., 530-478-7501. http:/​/​www.ananda.org/​ananda/​village/​

Saturday, October 15, 1 - 6 p.m., Workshop at Loyola Marymount University, Yoga Studies Program, Spiritual Transmission: Beats Through the 60s and 70s. For information and registration: http:/​/​www.lmu.edu/​academics/​extension/​crs/​yoga.htm

Sunday, October 23, 10:15 a.m., All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Avenue - Pasadena, CA 91101, www.allsaints-pas.org

Mon.-Wed, October 31-November 2, Yoga Alliance Leadership Conference in Palm Springs, CA. www.yogaalliance.org.

SPECIAL WEEKEND WORKSHOP. Friday-Sunday, November 4-6, Kripalu Institute for Yoga and Health: http:/​/​www.kripalu.org/​program/​view/​GYT-111/​the_great_yogic_transmission_a_deep_immersion_in

Monday, November 7, 4:00, lecture to Kripalu staff.

Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst, 121 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01004, http:/​/​www.uusocietyamherst.org.

Friday, November 11, 7:30 p.m., Hindu Samaj Temple of Minnesota, 911 11th Ave, NW, Rochester, MN 55901, http:/​/​www.histemplemn.org.

Sunday, November 13, 1:00 p.m., Hindu Temple of Minnesota, 10530 Troy Lane, Maple Grove, MN 55311, http:/​/​www.hindumandirmn.org.

Monday, November 21, 1:00 – 3:30, American Academy of Religion annual conference, in San Francisco. Panel: “Mother India Meets the Golden State: California Gurus and West Coast Yoga.” Conference registrants only.

Thursday, December 8, 8:00 p.m., Ananda College of Living Wisdom 14618 Tyler Foote Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 292-3024. http:/​/​www.anandauniversity.org/​index.php