Exceptionally varied instruction in yoga, Nia aerobic movement classes, Tai Chi, meditation, and offering meditation for teens. Located at 1949 Green Acres Rd. in Fayetteville. For more information, contact Andrea Fournet or Bryan Fowler at 521-9642 or visit www.aryoga.com.

Meets at United Campus Ministries, 902 W. Maple, on the corner of Maple and Storer Streets in Fayetteville. The transformation of inner faith into outward action is the focus of this group. Although Quakers do not maintain a creed, their Testimonies of peace, simplicity, equality, community, and integrity are the collective outward expression of inner grace and divine leading.

During the “Meeting for Worship” Quakers gather in reverent silence for an hour, filled with the desire to draw nearer to God and one another. No one person is designated as minister; rather, all attending share equally in ministering to one another. Those who feel led by the Spirit may speak out of the silence. Sunday morning worship is preceded by 15 minutes of singing beginning at 9:00 a.m. An additional midweek meeting for worship takes place each Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

In addition, Quakers meet regularly for other forms of worship, study, and business. For more information contact David or Susan Schoen at 479-251-9255

The Sufi Center of the Ozarks is a local center of the Sufi Order International, a Sufi tradition brought to the West in the early twentieth century by Hazrat Inayat Khan. This great teacher conveyed a message of the unity of religious ideals and of love, harmony, and beauty for all humanity. The Sufi Order seeks to promote the awakening of humanity, our kinship with one another, and our union with the one Creator. The Sufi Center of the Ozarks aspires to achieve these same ideals. Hazrat Inayat Khan's son, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and his grandson, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, have continued his teachings.

The retreat process is an important part of the Sufi path. Individual and group retreats are held frequently. The Sufi Center of the Ozarks meets each Thursday in Eureka Springs at 6:00 PM for a pot luck supper followed by devotions at 7:00 PM which include prayer, meditation, movement, and the singing of sacred phrases from many of the world’s many spiritual traditions.

For information and directions you may contact Espabad Babbs at 479-253-6664 or Neferti Babbs at 479-253-8303

Healing meditation meeting: a meditation group where, through loving intent, ‘distant healing energy’ is sent to those in need across the country. The meetings are free of charge and open to anyone interested in the Power of the Focused Mind. Every Tuesday, 7:30-9:00 pm (one hour of this time is devoted to several guided meditations for individual and collective healing), ORI Headquarters, 221 S. Locust Ave., Fayetteville. Call ORI at 479-582-9197 or visit www.ozarkresearch.org for a current information on this and other groups, classes, and workshops.

CCL is the Fayetteville branch of the Church of Religious Science, newly established here under the direction of Rev. Denise Schubert, and is open to the public for services, periods of guided meditation, and other spiritually enlivening activities. Study group meets at 326 Holcomb Avenue in Springdale. Contact Rev. Denise Schubert at 479-443-6568 or visit www.cclcenter.com for more information and/or directions.

welcomes all to attend discourses on its spiritual approach, which is of Eastern origin but distinct from Hinduism or Buddhism. Its Science of the Soul Study Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, from 10-11 am. Individuals who become seriously interested may request initiation into the Radha Soami Society, and upon initiation will receive meditation instruction. For more information contact Patrick Holiman at 479-582-4629.

at Ft. Smith has long presented a remarkable annual schedule of retreats and programs, as well private and assisted retreats for individuals. Topics include contemplation, focus on Mary and the Divine Feminine, Benedictine spirituality, retreats for young women and Hispanic people, dream work, and much more. Visit the website at www.scholasticafortsmith.org or call 479-783-1135 for more information.

meets intermittently to read and discuss the writings and teachings of philosopher, teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986). For information contact Andrew Sieff at (479) 582-2393.

Note: Krishnamurti talks and dialogues are presented regularly on Fayetteville Community Access T.V. (C.A.T.), Channel 18. Times: Sunday 11 AM, Tuesday 8 PM, Thursday 9 PM. (Times may be subject to change. Contact C.A.T. in case of discrepancies.)

and other resources for Christian prayer and meditation are available at www.stpaulsfay.orgSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. Over the years, St. Paul’s has broadened its activities to include much community outreach to the homeless, a labyrinth ministry, an open dream group, yoga, healing services, excellent lecture series and musical programs, and a variety of Christian contemplative approaches. Contact 442-7373 or www.stpaulsfay.org to reach the Church, and Jean Kebis 479-521-2805 (home) or 479-750-4971 (work) for more information on the Centering Prayer group specifically.

is an affiliate of Self-Realization Fellowship which was founded by Paramahansa Yogananda (author of the modern classic Autobiography of a Yogi) in 1920. Services include meditation, devotional chanting, a healing prayer service, and a group reading of The Second Coming of Christ. In this well-received publication of 2005, Yogananda imparts the life-transforming realization that each of us can experience for ourselves the promised Second Coming-awakening of the Divine Consciousness latent within our souls. In his words, “contact with this consciousness, experienced in the ever new joy of meditation, will be the real second coming of Christ — and it will take place right in the devotee's own consciousness." The group meets at 902 W. Maple in Fayetteville from 3:30 to 6 p.m. each Sunday. For more information, visit the group's Yahoo group site.

A Newton County group meets twice monthly for meditation, chants, and readings. Please call 870-861-552 for information.

Circle of Light is a spiritual center in Eureka Springs, AR. It focuses on opening the hearts of humanity and bringing SoulMates (Twin Flames) together in God's Love. The Circle of Light’s work is based on the Messages from God, brought through by Yael and Doug Powell in a daily mystical communion for over 35 years (there are presently 87 notebooks of these Messages and many tapes). Five published books of compilations of these Messages both on SoulMates and on Christ Consciousness are available through the www.circleoflight.net website or on amazon.com.. There is an email sign up on the home page to receive bimonthly Messages from God and a newsletter.

Tuesday evenings each week Yael speaks a Meditation from God. People may attend in person, or one may choose attend by phone bridge. Simply dial 605-772-3300, then dial pin #679076 at 8 p.m. Central time any Tuesday to hear these meditations by phone.

Circle of Light maintains other websites, www.unitingtwinflames.com and www.netoflight.com.

Contact: Shanna MacLean at 479-253-6832 or 866-629-9894. Circle of Light, 3969 Mundell Road, Eureka Springs, AR 72631.

The Hindu Association of Northwest Arkansas prayer hall is open every Saturday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. The prayer hall is located at 12778 E Gaiche Road in Gentry. Teachers from the Chinmaya Mission in Dallas visit here periodically.

For more information and directions to the prayer hall, visit www.nwahindutemple.org.