French History

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🌿 *NIRAKAAR YOG ABHYAS* 🌿 *Presents* ✨ *Wellness Yoga and Meditation Workshop* ✨ 📍 At MIA Park Start your morning with peace, positivity, and fresh energy in the beautiful surroundings of nature. Join us for a calming and refreshing session designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners. 🧘‍♂️ Yoga Instructor: *Punjesh Sharma* ✨ Session Includes: Pranayama, Stretching & Guided Meditation 📅 Date: 11 April, 2026 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 07:30 AM Location 📍 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/AeJuXSaoPHgG3tnT6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/AeJuXSaoPHgG3tnT6) join our WhatsApp group for more updates [https://chat.whatsapp.com/EKAc3N5XxzyJcieDU6Nm86?mode=gi_t](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EKAc3N5XxzyJcieDU6Nm86?mode=gi_t) Let’s take a pause from our busy lives and reconnect with ourselves through breath, movement, and mindfulness. 🌸 💬 “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” 👉 Please bring your yoga mat and water bottle Looking forward to seeing you all there! 🙏

✨ Join Us for the “Silent Book Reading” Ritual ✨ No speaking, just a gentle presence 🌸 How it unfolds: 1. Bring your current book. 2. Read in silence for 1.5 hours, immersing yourself fully in the calm energy of the circle. 3. Reflection time (30 mins): Share a line, a thought, or a feeling after a read. Let us enjoy each others silent reading and a gentle energy 🌸📖

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🌿 *NIRAKAAR YOG ABHYAS* 🌿 *Presents* ✨ *Wellness Yoga and Meditation Workshop* ✨ 📍 At MIA Park Start your morning with peace, positivity, and fresh energy in the beautiful surroundings of nature. Join us for a calming and refreshing session designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners. 🧘‍♂️ Yoga Instructor: *Punjesh Sharma* ✨ Session Includes: Pranayama, Stretching & Guided Meditation 📅 Date: 11 April, 2026 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 07:30 AM Location 📍 [https://maps.app.goo.gl/AeJuXSaoPHgG3tnT6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/AeJuXSaoPHgG3tnT6) join our WhatsApp group for more updates [https://chat.whatsapp.com/EKAc3N5XxzyJcieDU6Nm86?mode=gi_t](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EKAc3N5XxzyJcieDU6Nm86?mode=gi_t) Let’s take a pause from our busy lives and reconnect with ourselves through breath, movement, and mindfulness. 🌸 💬 “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” 👉 Please bring your yoga mat and water bottle Looking forward to seeing you all there! 🙏

✨ Join Us for the “Silent Book Reading” Ritual ✨ No speaking, just a gentle presence 🌸 How it unfolds: 1. Bring your current book. 2. Read in silence for 1.5 hours, immersing yourself fully in the calm energy of the circle. 3. Reflection time (30 mins): Share a line, a thought, or a feeling after a read. Let us enjoy each others silent reading and a gentle energy 🌸📖

Bienvenue! Columbus French Conversation group invites you to our Saturday morning French conversation club. Expect a casual and welcoming atmosphere in which to learn french! I will bring my laptop so we can look up new vocabulary as needed! The venue is a beautiful French restaurant so you can really get into the zone :)

This month's prompt concerns the idea of the “warrior philosopher” (seemed appropriate in these times)--that is someone whose understanding of violence, power, and justice is forged through direct experience of war. We are looking at Major General Smedley D. Butler, a highly decorated U.S. Marine raised in a Quaker (pacifist) tradition who later became a prominent critic of American militarism (there is a wonderful biography of Gen. Butler called "Gangsters of Capitalism") Butler's argument in *War Is a Racket* (1935): that many U.S. interventions were driven less by national defense than by corporate and financial interests, with Butler portraying himself as an enforcer for business and Wall Street. We can consider the moral ambiguity of his insider critique—whether complicity strengthens or undermines credibility and also consider some of the concrete reforms he proposed (e.g., “conscript” capital before soldiers, restrict the military to coastal defense, and have only those who fight decide on war). Butler’s life arc clearly changed from pacifist upbringing to warrior to antiwar crusader—and asks whether true understanding of peace requires firsthand knowledge of war, and what that implies about the cost of suffering. So do we need to suffer to understand suffering? Do we have to experience war to appreciate peace? As one more question: in the movie "A Few Good Men" Jack Nicholson's character says that "you have the luxury of not knowing what I know" so do most of us go through life oblivious to real violence and suffering? See you at Drunken Philosophy!

**Optional movie afterwards**

Private Group. Closed to the Public Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy. In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected. The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve. I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia

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AI is changing how art is made. But when does it stop being your work and start being the machine’s? This month we're going to be doing a panel with with digital image, music, and written word artists, talking about at what point, while using AI in the creation process, does the work become not the artist creation? We encourage audience participation during this event that will be moderated by Chris Slee. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.transformlabs.com/services) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/55umjqta)

Let’s meet and share our thoughts about Carson McCullers’ novella, The Ballad of The Sad Café.