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LGBTQI LOVING KINDNESS DAY RETREAT at Spirit Rock
Saturday June 30, 2018, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Community Meditation Center Teacher: John Martin
Cost: Sliding Scale $40 – 100
This LGBTQI Community retreat will be spent cultivating love and loving-kindness (Metta). The practice of loving-kindness was taught by the Buddha to cultivate the natural beautiful qualities of an open and loving heart. The practice begins with ourselves and expands outward for all beings. The cultivation of loving kindness supports a caring and balanced heart that is able to open to all the joys and difficulties of life.
In this day together, there will be instructions and teachings to develop this practice and to work with the challenges that may block the full expression of the heart.
Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $45.
Saturday June 30, 2018, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Community Meditation Center Teacher: John Martin
Cost: Sliding Scale $40 – 100
This LGBTQI Community retreat will be spent cultivating love and loving-kindness (Metta). The practice of loving-kindness was taught by the Buddha to cultivate the natural beautiful qualities of an open and loving heart. The practice begins with ourselves and expands outward for all beings. The cultivation of loving kindness supports a caring and balanced heart that is able to open to all the joys and difficulties of life.
In this day together, there will be instructions and teachings to develop this practice and to work with the challenges that may block the full expression of the heart.
Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $45.
Lake Chabot Camping and Meditation Retreat with Arinna Weisman
(download event flyer for more information)
For Trans, Queer, Lesbian and Bi Women and the Gender Non-Conforming Community
Thursday July 12th, 4:00pm thru Sunday July 15th, noon
As we cultivate awareness and kindness we come closer to both our hearts of generosity and the coverings of defense and dis-ease. In the environment of dharma, nature and community there is the beautiful support to open, relax and let go into wisdom and friendship. There will be guided meditations, dharma talks, group sharing and time for exploring and walking.
Register online: arinnaweisman.org/retreats
(download event flyer for more information)
For Trans, Queer, Lesbian and Bi Women and the Gender Non-Conforming Community
Thursday July 12th, 4:00pm thru Sunday July 15th, noon
As we cultivate awareness and kindness we come closer to both our hearts of generosity and the coverings of defense and dis-ease. In the environment of dharma, nature and community there is the beautiful support to open, relax and let go into wisdom and friendship. There will be guided meditations, dharma talks, group sharing and time for exploring and walking.
Register online: arinnaweisman.org/retreats
A Path of Happiness: A Retreat for the LGBTQI Gender-Fluid Community at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
[download flyer here for more information]
Auguest 13 (Monday) 3:00 PM – August 18 (Saturday) 11:30 AM
with ARINNA WEISMAN, LAMA ROD OWENS, NOLIWE ALEXANDER, KATY WISS (TRAINEE)
How do we open to the challenges and uncertainties of our lives and the worlds we live in without being imprisoned in hatred, passivity or grief. The Buddha’s teaching of liberation offers us a practice to build the capacities of faith, kindness and wisdom and to orient towards building peace.
In the blessings of our queer community, we will explore ourselves through guided meditations, dharma talks, and group and individual inquiry.
Spirit Rock extends a special invitation to young adults (age 18-26) who wish to attend this retreat at a rate of $35 per night, on a first come, first serve basis. A limited number of special rates are available, please apply early.
[download flyer here for more information]
Auguest 13 (Monday) 3:00 PM – August 18 (Saturday) 11:30 AM
with ARINNA WEISMAN, LAMA ROD OWENS, NOLIWE ALEXANDER, KATY WISS (TRAINEE)
How do we open to the challenges and uncertainties of our lives and the worlds we live in without being imprisoned in hatred, passivity or grief. The Buddha’s teaching of liberation offers us a practice to build the capacities of faith, kindness and wisdom and to orient towards building peace.
In the blessings of our queer community, we will explore ourselves through guided meditations, dharma talks, and group and individual inquiry.
Spirit Rock extends a special invitation to young adults (age 18-26) who wish to attend this retreat at a rate of $35 per night, on a first come, first serve basis. A limited number of special rates are available, please apply early.
Mindfulness Care Center, 42 Gough St, SF --- Saturday September 16th 9:30-1:00pm
This half-day retreat is open for those in the LGBTQ who might be new to mindfulness and meditation, as well as those who have a longer meditation practice. The day includes silent meditation, walking practice, short dharma talks and some relational practices.
The focus of the half-day is on the third refuge, sangha, and our response to current events. We’ll explore the teachings of the Buddha in meditation practice and how to integrate mindfulness into our daily lives. We view the dharma through a queer perspective, viewing the Buddha’s teaching through our LGBTQ experiences to see how this can lead to greater freedom.
The class is offered on a dana/donation basis, the MCC is supported by the practice of shared generosity. To register for the retreat: http://mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/828 click on + Book this event
Teachers:
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995, studying in the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron. She has completed Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Dedicated Practitioner Program and is currently training with the Community Dharma Leadership Program. She lives with her wife in San Francisco.
Baruch Golden has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center in Redwood City. He teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and at sitting groups in the Bay Area.
This half-day retreat is open for those in the LGBTQ who might be new to mindfulness and meditation, as well as those who have a longer meditation practice. The day includes silent meditation, walking practice, short dharma talks and some relational practices.
The focus of the half-day is on the third refuge, sangha, and our response to current events. We’ll explore the teachings of the Buddha in meditation practice and how to integrate mindfulness into our daily lives. We view the dharma through a queer perspective, viewing the Buddha’s teaching through our LGBTQ experiences to see how this can lead to greater freedom.
The class is offered on a dana/donation basis, the MCC is supported by the practice of shared generosity. To register for the retreat: http://mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/828 click on + Book this event
Teachers:
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995, studying in the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron. She has completed Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Dedicated Practitioner Program and is currently training with the Community Dharma Leadership Program. She lives with her wife in San Francisco.
Baruch Golden has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center in Redwood City. He teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and at sitting groups in the Bay Area.
5 day LGBTQI Insight Retreat with John Martin and Bruni Davila
October 4 to 8, 2018 - Hours: Thursday check-in is from 2:00 to 4:00 pm End time: Monday 1:00 pm
A silent mindfulness retreat for the LGBTQI community. This is a wonderful opportunity to come together in the safety of community, embracing all of ourselves as we cultivate the wholesome and loving qualities of our hearts and minds. There will be alternating sitting and walking meditation, instruction, dharma talks, work meditation, and practice discussion with the teachers. Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners who self-identify as LGBTQI or genderqueer.
FAQ - APPLY ONLINE - Registration opened June 4, 2018 - Login or Register for Carpooling
October 4 to 8, 2018 - Hours: Thursday check-in is from 2:00 to 4:00 pm End time: Monday 1:00 pm
A silent mindfulness retreat for the LGBTQI community. This is a wonderful opportunity to come together in the safety of community, embracing all of ourselves as we cultivate the wholesome and loving qualities of our hearts and minds. There will be alternating sitting and walking meditation, instruction, dharma talks, work meditation, and practice discussion with the teachers. Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners who self-identify as LGBTQI or genderqueer.
FAQ - APPLY ONLINE - Registration opened June 4, 2018 - Login or Register for Carpooling
- Note: Your application and $100 deposit must by received by 6/25/18 to be entered into the lottery. Applicants will be notified in mid-July if they have been Accepted or are on the Waiting List. Subsequent applications will be added to the Waiting List.
- Questions: Contact the Registrar (email preferred), Leo Hirai, [email protected] or 310-804-1384
Healing the Oppressor Within: A Space for White Men to Explore the Intersection of Whiteness and Masculinity in the Context of the Dharma
Dear Awakening White Men,
You are warmly invited to attend a daylong at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland. During the day we will investigate the intersections of masculinity and whiteness, within the context of the dharma. We will reflect on and practice with how we can gain increasing awareness of, take responsibility for, and ultimately heal the parts of ourselves that cause oppression in the world. If you are a white man and wish to explore your own masculinity and whiteness, join us for this rare opportunity. If you know any white men who may be interested, please share this with them.
Deep bows.
Baruch Golden, Gregory Mengel and Tom Malarkey
Dear Awakening White Men,
You are warmly invited to attend a daylong at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland. During the day we will investigate the intersections of masculinity and whiteness, within the context of the dharma. We will reflect on and practice with how we can gain increasing awareness of, take responsibility for, and ultimately heal the parts of ourselves that cause oppression in the world. If you are a white man and wish to explore your own masculinity and whiteness, join us for this rare opportunity. If you know any white men who may be interested, please share this with them.
Deep bows.
Baruch Golden, Gregory Mengel and Tom Malarkey
Queer Dharma at San Francisco Zen Center
300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Meeting time: Saturdays once a month, 1 – 3 pm, followed by tea
Next date: Saturday March 11, 1-3pm with Beata Chapman
The LGBTIQ Queer Dharma Group is an open group, and newcomers are welcome. It meets once a month in the Buddha Hall at City Center.
Dates for 2018 and Speakers
May 12 Siobhan Cassidy
June 16 Lisa Hoffman
July 14 Tova Green
August 11 Allison Tait
September 22 TBA
October 13 TBA
November 10 Eugene Bush
December 15 Beata Chapman
Please check the San Francisco Zen Center website, as dates can change!
300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Meeting time: Saturdays once a month, 1 – 3 pm, followed by tea
Next date: Saturday March 11, 1-3pm with Beata Chapman
The LGBTIQ Queer Dharma Group is an open group, and newcomers are welcome. It meets once a month in the Buddha Hall at City Center.
Dates for 2018 and Speakers
May 12 Siobhan Cassidy
June 16 Lisa Hoffman
July 14 Tova Green
August 11 Allison Tait
September 22 TBA
October 13 TBA
November 10 Eugene Bush
December 15 Beata Chapman
Please check the San Francisco Zen Center website, as dates can change!
Previous Events 2017
Half Day Retreat
Mindfulness Care Center, 42 Gough St, SF --- Saturday September 16th 9:30-1:00pm
This half-day retreat is open for those in the LGBTQ who might be new to mindfulness and meditation, as well as those who have a longer meditation practice. The day includes silent meditation, walking practice, short dharma talks and some relational practices.
The focus of the half-day is on the third refuge, sangha, and our response to current events. We’ll explore the teachings of the Buddha in meditation practice and how to integrate mindfulness into our daily lives. We view the dharma through a queer perspective, viewing the Buddha’s teaching through our LGBTQ experiences to see how this can lead to greater freedom.
The class is offered on a dana/donation basis, the MCC is supported by the practice of shared generosity. To register for the retreat:http://mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/828 click on + Book this event
Teachers:
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995, studying in the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron. She has completed Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Dedicated Practitioner Program and is currently training with the Community Dharma Leadership Program. She lives with her wife in San Francisco.
Baruch Golden has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center in Redwood City. He teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and at sitting groups in the Bay Area.
Mindfulness Care Center, 42 Gough St, SF --- Saturday September 16th 9:30-1:00pm
This half-day retreat is open for those in the LGBTQ who might be new to mindfulness and meditation, as well as those who have a longer meditation practice. The day includes silent meditation, walking practice, short dharma talks and some relational practices.
The focus of the half-day is on the third refuge, sangha, and our response to current events. We’ll explore the teachings of the Buddha in meditation practice and how to integrate mindfulness into our daily lives. We view the dharma through a queer perspective, viewing the Buddha’s teaching through our LGBTQ experiences to see how this can lead to greater freedom.
The class is offered on a dana/donation basis, the MCC is supported by the practice of shared generosity. To register for the retreat:http://mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/828 click on + Book this event
Teachers:
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995, studying in the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron. She has completed Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Dedicated Practitioner Program and is currently training with the Community Dharma Leadership Program. She lives with her wife in San Francisco.
Baruch Golden has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center in Redwood City. He teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and at sitting groups in the Bay Area.
Rest & Reflect
A Meditation and Movement Retreat on the Beautiful Land of Redwood Trees
with Arinna Weisman and Amana Brembry Johnson
For Lesbian, Bi and Trans Gender Queer Women & Gender Non-Conforming People
September 1 - 4th 2017, Labor Day Weekend
at Camp Double Bear in the Santa Cruz Mountains
These are tumultuous times that reflect deep suffering in the world and as active members in our LBTQ community it can be ‘especially’ difficult to find time to rest. This retreat offers us a safe and contained place to be led through practices that can help us reflect, refresh and rest; rest that is so needed now so that we may continue to ‘be present and active’ in creating a better world for all.
There will be guided meditations in mindfulness and loving kindness through sitting and movement, dharma talks and small and large group inquiry
A Meditation and Movement Retreat on the Beautiful Land of Redwood Trees
with Arinna Weisman and Amana Brembry Johnson
For Lesbian, Bi and Trans Gender Queer Women & Gender Non-Conforming People
September 1 - 4th 2017, Labor Day Weekend
at Camp Double Bear in the Santa Cruz Mountains
These are tumultuous times that reflect deep suffering in the world and as active members in our LBTQ community it can be ‘especially’ difficult to find time to rest. This retreat offers us a safe and contained place to be led through practices that can help us reflect, refresh and rest; rest that is so needed now so that we may continue to ‘be present and active’ in creating a better world for all.
There will be guided meditations in mindfulness and loving kindness through sitting and movement, dharma talks and small and large group inquiry
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Annual LGBTQI Retreat at Spirit Rock:
Awakening Strength, Courage and Tenderness: A Retreat for the LGBTQI Gender-Fluid Community
With Arinna Weisman, Larry Yang, Melvin Escobar (yoga)
Friday, October 27, 2017, 3:00pm - Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 11:30am
Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Upper Retreat Hall
Cost: $1035 - $470 sliding scale, plus a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 308R17.
Register: Will open for registration on 6/27/2017
How do we open to the challenges and uncertainties of our lies and the worlds we live in without being imprisoned in hatred, passivity or grief. The Buddha's teaching of liberation offers us a practice to build the capacities of faith, kindness and wisdom and to orient towards building peace.
In the blessings of our queer community we will to explore ourselves through guided meditations dharma talks and group and individual inquiry.
Arinna and Larry will be assisted on this retreat by Susana Renaud.
For details and registration, visit http://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4436
Awakening Strength, Courage and Tenderness: A Retreat for the LGBTQI Gender-Fluid Community
With Arinna Weisman, Larry Yang, Melvin Escobar (yoga)
Friday, October 27, 2017, 3:00pm - Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 11:30am
Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Upper Retreat Hall
Cost: $1035 - $470 sliding scale, plus a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 308R17.
Register: Will open for registration on 6/27/2017
How do we open to the challenges and uncertainties of our lies and the worlds we live in without being imprisoned in hatred, passivity or grief. The Buddha's teaching of liberation offers us a practice to build the capacities of faith, kindness and wisdom and to orient towards building peace.
In the blessings of our queer community we will to explore ourselves through guided meditations dharma talks and group and individual inquiry.
Arinna and Larry will be assisted on this retreat by Susana Renaud.
For details and registration, visit http://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4436
LGBTQ Community Half-Day Retreat with Baruch Golden and Pam Pierce
Saturday, May 13, 2017 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street (located between Market and Otis)
San Francisco, CA. 94109
This half-day retreat is open for those in the LGBTQ who might be new to mindfulness and meditation, as well as those who have a longer meditation practice.The day includes silent meditation, walking practice and short dharma talks.
We’ll explore the teachings of the Buddha in meditation practice and how to integrate mindfulness into our daily lives. We bring a queer perspective on Buddhist practice, viewing the Buddha’s teaching through our LGBTQ experiences to see how this can lead to greater freedom.
The class is offered on a dana/donation basis, the MCC is supported by the practice of shared generosity. For more details, see http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/827
Facilitators:
Baruch Golden has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center in Redwood City. He teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and at sitting groups in the Bay Area.
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995, studying in the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron. She has completed Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Dedicated Practitioner Program and is currently training with the Community Dharma Leadership Program. She lives with her partner in San Francisco.
Saturday, May 13, 2017 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street (located between Market and Otis)
San Francisco, CA. 94109
This half-day retreat is open for those in the LGBTQ who might be new to mindfulness and meditation, as well as those who have a longer meditation practice.The day includes silent meditation, walking practice and short dharma talks.
We’ll explore the teachings of the Buddha in meditation practice and how to integrate mindfulness into our daily lives. We bring a queer perspective on Buddhist practice, viewing the Buddha’s teaching through our LGBTQ experiences to see how this can lead to greater freedom.
The class is offered on a dana/donation basis, the MCC is supported by the practice of shared generosity. For more details, see http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/827
Facilitators:
Baruch Golden has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center in Redwood City. He teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and at sitting groups in the Bay Area.
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995, studying in the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron. She has completed Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Dedicated Practitioner Program and is currently training with the Community Dharma Leadership Program. She lives with her partner in San Francisco.
Vipassana Retreat for Queer Practitioners with Arinna Weisman
A Retreat for the Gender-Non-Conforming, Trans, Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Community
Dhamma Dena Desert Vipassana Center, Joshua Tree, CA
March 17-31, 2017
How do we open to the challenges and uncertainties of our lives and the worlds we live in without being imprisoned in hatred, passivity or grief? The Buddha's teaching of liberation offers us a practice to build the capacities of faith, kindness and wisdom, and to orient towards building peace.
In the blessings of our queer community, we will explore together the Buddha's path through guided meditations, dharma talks, group inquiry, and individual interviews.
This is a wonderful opportunity to come together in community: to co-create together a container that allows us to be who we are in the field of our dharma practice and activism. This retreat is committed to building an anti-racist, anti-sexist and accessible community.
Your participation is invited for either one or two weeks, from Friday to Friday.
To Register and More Info: http://dhammadena.com/retreats.html
A Retreat for the Gender-Non-Conforming, Trans, Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Community
Dhamma Dena Desert Vipassana Center, Joshua Tree, CA
March 17-31, 2017
How do we open to the challenges and uncertainties of our lives and the worlds we live in without being imprisoned in hatred, passivity or grief? The Buddha's teaching of liberation offers us a practice to build the capacities of faith, kindness and wisdom, and to orient towards building peace.
In the blessings of our queer community, we will explore together the Buddha's path through guided meditations, dharma talks, group inquiry, and individual interviews.
This is a wonderful opportunity to come together in community: to co-create together a container that allows us to be who we are in the field of our dharma practice and activism. This retreat is committed to building an anti-racist, anti-sexist and accessible community.
Your participation is invited for either one or two weeks, from Friday to Friday.
To Register and More Info: http://dhammadena.com/retreats.html
Awakening Our Hearts: Exploring White Privilege to Build Authentic Relationships Across Difference
with Arinna Weisman, Joan Doyle, Baruch Golden
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
Saturday, March 11, 2017, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Cost: Sliding Scale $75 - $200. Please bring your lunch. Code AW1D17.
Details: For all who self-identify as white.
Buddhism has as its refuge and vision a heart that is unrestricted, luminous and free. As we practice The Eightfold Path, our hearts begin to open and call us to explore unconscious beliefs and behaviors that cause harm and suffering to others and ourselves. For example, we as white people are unaware of the ways we build identities of whiteness which cover our hearts and separate us from people of color.
By becoming aware of our group identity as white people and by owning this reality of privilege and access to power and resources, we are able to transform ourselves and our ability to be in authentic relationships, across differences. We begin to work towards the creation of multicultural communities by addressing the changes needed to bring about true inclusion. Through this process, we will have the opportunity to create structures and cultural norms that honor everyone in our sanghas.
Register at: http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4488
with Arinna Weisman, Joan Doyle, Baruch Golden
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
Saturday, March 11, 2017, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Cost: Sliding Scale $75 - $200. Please bring your lunch. Code AW1D17.
Details: For all who self-identify as white.
Buddhism has as its refuge and vision a heart that is unrestricted, luminous and free. As we practice The Eightfold Path, our hearts begin to open and call us to explore unconscious beliefs and behaviors that cause harm and suffering to others and ourselves. For example, we as white people are unaware of the ways we build identities of whiteness which cover our hearts and separate us from people of color.
By becoming aware of our group identity as white people and by owning this reality of privilege and access to power and resources, we are able to transform ourselves and our ability to be in authentic relationships, across differences. We begin to work towards the creation of multicultural communities by addressing the changes needed to bring about true inclusion. Through this process, we will have the opportunity to create structures and cultural norms that honor everyone in our sanghas.
Register at: http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4488
Exploring Addictions Through the Lens of the Buddhist and Wisdom Teachings
With Shahara Godfrey & Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Open to all in recovery
During this one-day retreat we will explore, from a cross-cultural approach, ways to heal addiction. We will introduce you to the eight steps to recovery by Dr. Mason-John and practice specific meditation and wisdom teachings to work with our addiction. We believe this inclusive approach can build a solid foundation for those at any level of recovery and for those who have yet to seek help. Through these practices we hope you gain a practice that can sustain you in your recovery. We ask that you attend this daylong sober with respect for others that may be actively in recovery.
DR. VIMALASARA (VALERIE) MASON-JOHN M.A. (HON.DOC), is the co-author of the award-winning book Eight Step Recovery – Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction. She is a TEDx speaker and is the author of eight books including her award winning novel Borrowed Body, and Detox Your Heart, which focuses on anger, hatred and fear. She is the curator of Teachings in Uncertain Times. She works as a public speaker and trainer in the field of Mindfulness for Addiction and emotional health. She is chairperson of Vancouver Triratna Buddhist Centre. She has been practicing for over 25 years and was ordained into the Triratna Lineage in India 2005.
SHAHARA GODFREY, PH.D. is a graduate of the UCLA Mindfulness and Awareness Research Center program and holds a MA in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University with a Ph.D. in Transformative Learning from California Institute of Integral Studies. She has been in recovery for over 20 years and practices in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. In addition, Ms. Godfrey has completed Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leadership and Dedicated Practitioner’s programs. Shahara also contributed a chapter on Aging and Illness in the book, Real World Mindfulness for Beginners.
Cost: The teachings are regarded as priceless. So they are offered without a fee. You are invited to support the teachings and our efforts by contributing voluntary donations (the practice of “Dana”) for the expenses of the meditation center and the support of the teachers.
Fragrance Free event
For more details, visit https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/exploring-addictions-through-the-lens-of-the-buddhist-and-wisdom-teachings/
With Shahara Godfrey & Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Open to all in recovery
During this one-day retreat we will explore, from a cross-cultural approach, ways to heal addiction. We will introduce you to the eight steps to recovery by Dr. Mason-John and practice specific meditation and wisdom teachings to work with our addiction. We believe this inclusive approach can build a solid foundation for those at any level of recovery and for those who have yet to seek help. Through these practices we hope you gain a practice that can sustain you in your recovery. We ask that you attend this daylong sober with respect for others that may be actively in recovery.
DR. VIMALASARA (VALERIE) MASON-JOHN M.A. (HON.DOC), is the co-author of the award-winning book Eight Step Recovery – Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction. She is a TEDx speaker and is the author of eight books including her award winning novel Borrowed Body, and Detox Your Heart, which focuses on anger, hatred and fear. She is the curator of Teachings in Uncertain Times. She works as a public speaker and trainer in the field of Mindfulness for Addiction and emotional health. She is chairperson of Vancouver Triratna Buddhist Centre. She has been practicing for over 25 years and was ordained into the Triratna Lineage in India 2005.
SHAHARA GODFREY, PH.D. is a graduate of the UCLA Mindfulness and Awareness Research Center program and holds a MA in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University with a Ph.D. in Transformative Learning from California Institute of Integral Studies. She has been in recovery for over 20 years and practices in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. In addition, Ms. Godfrey has completed Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leadership and Dedicated Practitioner’s programs. Shahara also contributed a chapter on Aging and Illness in the book, Real World Mindfulness for Beginners.
Cost: The teachings are regarded as priceless. So they are offered without a fee. You are invited to support the teachings and our efforts by contributing voluntary donations (the practice of “Dana”) for the expenses of the meditation center and the support of the teachers.
Fragrance Free event
For more details, visit https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/exploring-addictions-through-the-lens-of-the-buddhist-and-wisdom-teachings/
Working with the Seasons: Bridging Indigenous Wisdom and Buddhist Practices, with Carol Cano
Sunday, January 8, 2017, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
In this cross-cultural daylong, we will bridge indigenous wisdom and Buddhist practices in the context of our modern culture. We will work with the season of Winter and explore how our practice can be enriched by working with Mother Earth, especially at this time when great changes are happening to her and the impact that has on all of us and seven generations into the future.
We will investigate our relationship into our own Nature as we cultivate a practice of deep listening and open to our hearts longing for a deeper understanding of what it's like to live fully engaged with all of life's mystery.
This daylong is for all levels of practitioners with a curiosity about how to integrate the wisdom of the indigenous and how to transform our relationship with Nature.
As my beloved teacher, the late Angeles Arrien, would remind us: What the ancestors are whispering to us at sunrise or sunset, maybe this is the one who wakes up and remembers...Maybe this is the one.
Register at: http://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4411
Sunday, January 8, 2017, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
In this cross-cultural daylong, we will bridge indigenous wisdom and Buddhist practices in the context of our modern culture. We will work with the season of Winter and explore how our practice can be enriched by working with Mother Earth, especially at this time when great changes are happening to her and the impact that has on all of us and seven generations into the future.
We will investigate our relationship into our own Nature as we cultivate a practice of deep listening and open to our hearts longing for a deeper understanding of what it's like to live fully engaged with all of life's mystery.
This daylong is for all levels of practitioners with a curiosity about how to integrate the wisdom of the indigenous and how to transform our relationship with Nature.
As my beloved teacher, the late Angeles Arrien, would remind us: What the ancestors are whispering to us at sunrise or sunset, maybe this is the one who wakes up and remembers...Maybe this is the one.
Register at: http://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4411
Previous Events 2016
Coming Home to Who You Are: Discovering Your Natural Capacity for Love, Integrity and Compassion, with David Richo
Sunday, January 8, 9:30am - 4:00pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
Life is a challenging journey. Though we hope that our lives will be easy, comfortable and serene, they are often complicated, conflicted and disappointing. Too many of us bear the scars of painful life experiences, suffer from low self-esteem, and become trapped in cycles of self-destructive behavior. And so the happiness we desire often eludes us.
To set our lives on a positive course, we can begin developing loving-kindness toward ourselves and others. When we learn to approach ourselves with friendliness and caring, the dynamics of our lives begin to shift. In the Buddhist and in other religious traditions, this is a pathway to happiness and spiritual growth.
In this Daylong we explore specific ways to grow in self-respect and loving-kindness. We say yes to the basic goodness in all of us and in all the universe. We say yes to who we are and who others are in all our daily behavior. We say yes to reality as it is. This art of acceptance forms the foundation of our own integrity and our healthy love of ourselves and others.
Register at: http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4439
Sunday, January 8, 9:30am - 4:00pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
Life is a challenging journey. Though we hope that our lives will be easy, comfortable and serene, they are often complicated, conflicted and disappointing. Too many of us bear the scars of painful life experiences, suffer from low self-esteem, and become trapped in cycles of self-destructive behavior. And so the happiness we desire often eludes us.
To set our lives on a positive course, we can begin developing loving-kindness toward ourselves and others. When we learn to approach ourselves with friendliness and caring, the dynamics of our lives begin to shift. In the Buddhist and in other religious traditions, this is a pathway to happiness and spiritual growth.
In this Daylong we explore specific ways to grow in self-respect and loving-kindness. We say yes to the basic goodness in all of us and in all the universe. We say yes to who we are and who others are in all our daily behavior. We say yes to reality as it is. This art of acceptance forms the foundation of our own integrity and our healthy love of ourselves and others.
Register at: http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4439
Unattended Past - Healing the Heart - Open to all self-identified women of color, with Verlinda Montoya, Carol Cano
Sunday, February 5, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
These teachings are offered by vipassana teacher, Carol Cano. A traditional Native American Lakota sweat lodge, teachings and songs will be led by Verlinda Montoya, a Native American medicine woman. These ceremonies will renew our hearts and open us to a new state of awareness.
For the sweat lodge, Verlinda will create the sacred space in which to ground ourselves in a traditional ceremony to purify and connect physical and spiritual worlds. We will return to Earth’s womb and emerge cleansed, ready to fulfill our intentions for a deeper practice of the heart. The sweat lodge ceremony is a sacred ritual for connecting us through prayer and song. A gift of life.
The sweat lodge ceremony is optional; women on their moon time (menstruation) should honor tradition and not participate. Anyone who wishes to meditate, rather than enter the sweat lodge, will be offered guided sitting and walking meditation practice throughout the day.
The daylong is open to all self-identified women of color with all levels of meditation experience, including newcomers. Please register early, especially if you wish to attend the sweat lodge ceremony so we can plan ahead. Please bring lunch, a towel, a loose sundress or t-shirt with a sarong or skirt to change into for the sweat lodge ceremony. Traditionally, a long, loose dress covering the knees and a top with sleeves is worn in the lodge.
For more details and registration, see: http://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4442
Sunday, February 5, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Center
These teachings are offered by vipassana teacher, Carol Cano. A traditional Native American Lakota sweat lodge, teachings and songs will be led by Verlinda Montoya, a Native American medicine woman. These ceremonies will renew our hearts and open us to a new state of awareness.
For the sweat lodge, Verlinda will create the sacred space in which to ground ourselves in a traditional ceremony to purify and connect physical and spiritual worlds. We will return to Earth’s womb and emerge cleansed, ready to fulfill our intentions for a deeper practice of the heart. The sweat lodge ceremony is a sacred ritual for connecting us through prayer and song. A gift of life.
The sweat lodge ceremony is optional; women on their moon time (menstruation) should honor tradition and not participate. Anyone who wishes to meditate, rather than enter the sweat lodge, will be offered guided sitting and walking meditation practice throughout the day.
The daylong is open to all self-identified women of color with all levels of meditation experience, including newcomers. Please register early, especially if you wish to attend the sweat lodge ceremony so we can plan ahead. Please bring lunch, a towel, a loose sundress or t-shirt with a sarong or skirt to change into for the sweat lodge ceremony. Traditionally, a long, loose dress covering the knees and a top with sleeves is worn in the lodge.
For more details and registration, see: http://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4442
Healing into our Hearts/Minds and Bodies: A New Years Retreat For Women -- with Arinna Weisman and Susana Renaud
For trans, queer, bi-sexual, gender-queer, lesbian, intersex and cis-gendered people.
Monday December 26, 2016 –January 1, 2017
Tokayana Cottage, Colfax, CA 95713
Cost: $375--$475 sliding scale + Dana.
Scholarships available, prioritizing POC
Something special happens when we come together and co-create a field, through our intentions and effort, presence and caring for ourselves and others. Living with trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic illness and pain or the impact of oppression challenges us. The path of Buddhist liberation reminds us that we each and together have the capacity to recognize hold and integrate these experiences so that the heart/mind opens into happiness and ease. The Buddha has been explicit in his teachings that in the very place we are most challenged we find the path of ending suffering.
There will be instructions, guided meditations in sitting, walking and eating, dharma talks and individual and group inquiry. We will also explore the conditioning that obstruct caring across privilege especially in relation to white privilege. As we unfold as a community we will provide a separate space for those who identify as People of Color to meet with Susana.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1088161154607961/
Contact: [email protected]
Registration: arinnaweisman.org/retreats
Financial Aid form
Arinna’s retreat questionnaire
For trans, queer, bi-sexual, gender-queer, lesbian, intersex and cis-gendered people.
Monday December 26, 2016 –January 1, 2017
Tokayana Cottage, Colfax, CA 95713
Cost: $375--$475 sliding scale + Dana.
Scholarships available, prioritizing POC
Something special happens when we come together and co-create a field, through our intentions and effort, presence and caring for ourselves and others. Living with trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic illness and pain or the impact of oppression challenges us. The path of Buddhist liberation reminds us that we each and together have the capacity to recognize hold and integrate these experiences so that the heart/mind opens into happiness and ease. The Buddha has been explicit in his teachings that in the very place we are most challenged we find the path of ending suffering.
There will be instructions, guided meditations in sitting, walking and eating, dharma talks and individual and group inquiry. We will also explore the conditioning that obstruct caring across privilege especially in relation to white privilege. As we unfold as a community we will provide a separate space for those who identify as People of Color to meet with Susana.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1088161154607961/
Contact: [email protected]
Registration: arinnaweisman.org/retreats
Financial Aid form
Arinna’s retreat questionnaire
Queer Dharma at San Francisco Zen Center
300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Meeting time: Saturdays once a month, 1 – 3 pm, followed by tea
Next date: Saturday, Dec. 17, 1-3pm with Dana Takagi
The LGBTIQ Queer Dharma Group is an open group, and newcomers are welcome. It meets once a month in the Buddha Hall at City Center.
Dates for 2016 Speakers
August 6 Lisa Hoffman
September 3 Tova Green
October 8 Julia Ten Eyck
November 12 Eugene Bush
December 17 Dana Takagi
Please check the website, http://sfzc.org/city-center/zen-meditation-practice/practice-groups/queer-dharma, as dates can change!
300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Meeting time: Saturdays once a month, 1 – 3 pm, followed by tea
Next date: Saturday, Dec. 17, 1-3pm with Dana Takagi
The LGBTIQ Queer Dharma Group is an open group, and newcomers are welcome. It meets once a month in the Buddha Hall at City Center.
Dates for 2016 Speakers
August 6 Lisa Hoffman
September 3 Tova Green
October 8 Julia Ten Eyck
November 12 Eugene Bush
December 17 Dana Takagi
Please check the website, http://sfzc.org/city-center/zen-meditation-practice/practice-groups/queer-dharma, as dates can change!
Transforming Depression and Anxiety: Weekly Practice Class
Practice classes are facilitated by David Zimmerman, Paul Irving, Gary Deluhey, and Sarita Grossier.
Thursdays, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Dates: This class will meet weekly in 2016, with the exception of 11/24, 12/22 and 12/29.
Sponsored by San Francisco Zen Center in the Conference Center
308 Page Street (near Laguna)
The class begins and ends with meditation and includes time for discussion about how our practice is going. Different from a therapy group, San Francisco Zen Center is offering these drop-in classes with the intention to encourage the development of the mindfulness and compassion practices taught in the workshop framework and offers support for examining the links of conditioned patterns and our relationship to them.
Sliding scale fee: $15 – $20. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Fees will be collected at the class. (See note above for prerequisite.)
For more information see this page for additional details or please contact San Francisco Zen Center at 415.863.3136.
Practice classes are facilitated by David Zimmerman, Paul Irving, Gary Deluhey, and Sarita Grossier.
Thursdays, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Dates: This class will meet weekly in 2016, with the exception of 11/24, 12/22 and 12/29.
Sponsored by San Francisco Zen Center in the Conference Center
308 Page Street (near Laguna)
The class begins and ends with meditation and includes time for discussion about how our practice is going. Different from a therapy group, San Francisco Zen Center is offering these drop-in classes with the intention to encourage the development of the mindfulness and compassion practices taught in the workshop framework and offers support for examining the links of conditioned patterns and our relationship to them.
Sliding scale fee: $15 – $20. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Fees will be collected at the class. (See note above for prerequisite.)
For more information see this page for additional details or please contact San Francisco Zen Center at 415.863.3136.
LGBTQ COMMUNITY HALF-DAY MEDITATION RETREAT with Baruch Golden and Pam Pierce
Saturday, October 22, 2016 2016 9:30am - 1:00pm
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street, San Francisco CA 94103
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Saturday, October 22, 2016 2016 9:30am - 1:00pm
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street, San Francisco CA 94103
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Loving-Kindness in Relationships with Dave Richo
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 9:30am - 4:00pm
Community Meditation Center, Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Sliding Scale $90 - $250. Please bring your lunch. Code DR2S16.
Registration: https://www.spiritrock.org/login?bm=-23469811
Loving-kindness practice is our key to all the directions love can take. Love is a commitment to a caring connection - unconditional, mindful, universal. There are tools for learning how to love in evolved adult ways, ways to love ourselves without guilt and with compassion. Calling upon wisdom from Buddhism and psychology, we are gently led to love’s inevitable outcome: having a heart that loves freely, fearlessly and universally. This transcendent and unconditional love isn’t just for a heroic few; it’s everyone’s magnificent calling and life purpose.
We will learn some practices that make for improved communication skills and conflict resolution in relationships and in clinical work.
For more details see: http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4313
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 9:30am - 4:00pm
Community Meditation Center, Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Sliding Scale $90 - $250. Please bring your lunch. Code DR2S16.
Registration: https://www.spiritrock.org/login?bm=-23469811
Loving-kindness practice is our key to all the directions love can take. Love is a commitment to a caring connection - unconditional, mindful, universal. There are tools for learning how to love in evolved adult ways, ways to love ourselves without guilt and with compassion. Calling upon wisdom from Buddhism and psychology, we are gently led to love’s inevitable outcome: having a heart that loves freely, fearlessly and universally. This transcendent and unconditional love isn’t just for a heroic few; it’s everyone’s magnificent calling and life purpose.
We will learn some practices that make for improved communication skills and conflict resolution in relationships and in clinical work.
For more details see: http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4313
Labor Day Retreat: Rest & Reflect, A Meditation and Movement Retreat
for Queer Women, Trans, Bi, Gender Queer, Lesbian
with Arinna Weisman and Susana Renaud
Friday, Sep. 2, 2016 dinner (registration 4 – 5 pm) through 2:30 pm Monday Sept 5, 2016
Camp Double Bear in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Santa Cruz & Los Gatos
These are tumultuous times that reflect deep suffering in the world and as active members in the LBTQ community it can be ‘especially’ difficult to find time to rest. This Vipassana (Insight) meditation retreat offers us a safe and contained place to be led through practices that can help us reflect, refresh and rest; rest that is so needed now so that we may continue to ‘be present and active’ in creating a better world for all. There will be guided meditations in mindfulness and loving kindness through sitting and movement, dharma talks and small and large group inquiry.
This retreat is open to beginners and experienced students.
Dormitory Sleeping in Yurts OR camping, Vegetarian Meals, Fragrance Free
Cost: $192 - $270 sliding scale before August 15th Additional $20 after August 15th, Scholarships available
Registration cost covers food and lodging only. Dana to support the teachers, cook and manager may be offered at the end of the retreat.
Online Registration is open at: arinnaweisman.org/retreats or Register here
For more information contact: [email protected]
for Queer Women, Trans, Bi, Gender Queer, Lesbian
with Arinna Weisman and Susana Renaud
Friday, Sep. 2, 2016 dinner (registration 4 – 5 pm) through 2:30 pm Monday Sept 5, 2016
Camp Double Bear in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Santa Cruz & Los Gatos
These are tumultuous times that reflect deep suffering in the world and as active members in the LBTQ community it can be ‘especially’ difficult to find time to rest. This Vipassana (Insight) meditation retreat offers us a safe and contained place to be led through practices that can help us reflect, refresh and rest; rest that is so needed now so that we may continue to ‘be present and active’ in creating a better world for all. There will be guided meditations in mindfulness and loving kindness through sitting and movement, dharma talks and small and large group inquiry.
This retreat is open to beginners and experienced students.
Dormitory Sleeping in Yurts OR camping, Vegetarian Meals, Fragrance Free
Cost: $192 - $270 sliding scale before August 15th Additional $20 after August 15th, Scholarships available
Registration cost covers food and lodging only. Dana to support the teachers, cook and manager may be offered at the end of the retreat.
Online Registration is open at: arinnaweisman.org/retreats or Register here
For more information contact: [email protected]
Ari Lathuras (one of our guest teachers!) Dharma talk for the Oakland Against the Stream group
Topic: Practicing Equanimity and Compassion in Difficult Times.
Weds. 9/28/16 7:00pm-8:30pm. 111 Fairmount Ave. Oakland! Join us!
Topic: Practicing Equanimity and Compassion in Difficult Times.
Weds. 9/28/16 7:00pm-8:30pm. 111 Fairmount Ave. Oakland! Join us!
Mindfulness and Aging: Claiming our Eldership & Wisdom
with Noliwe Alexander and Arinna Weisman
Sunday September 11, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm
East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Half-day retreat for self-identified women and gender-fluid people.
How do we open to aging; the loss of physical resilience, perhaps increasing illness, the decline of our mental faculties and memory? The Buddha offers us a path of mindfulness and loving kindness that challenges the habitual ways we have 'owned' or 'identified' with our bodies and minds, and that allows us to join the natural processes of nature and our planet earth. Join us as we claim our eldership and wisdom, which have come with our years lived, and the blessings these bring.
Registration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here to register.
Cost: There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events. However, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving, or "dana").
Fragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC.
with Noliwe Alexander and Arinna Weisman
Sunday September 11, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm
East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Half-day retreat for self-identified women and gender-fluid people.
How do we open to aging; the loss of physical resilience, perhaps increasing illness, the decline of our mental faculties and memory? The Buddha offers us a path of mindfulness and loving kindness that challenges the habitual ways we have 'owned' or 'identified' with our bodies and minds, and that allows us to join the natural processes of nature and our planet earth. Join us as we claim our eldership and wisdom, which have come with our years lived, and the blessings these bring.
Registration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click here to register.
Cost: There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events. However, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving, or "dana").
Fragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC.
The Transformative Power of the Four Noble Truths
with Noliwe Alexander and Dana DePalma
Sunday, August 28, 2016, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Community Meditation Center at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Woodacre, CA 94973
The Four Noble Truths point the way to transforming our understanding and relationship with life and guide us to live with greater ease and joy. Our day will include systematic, progressive teachings; guided silent and walking meditations; and exploration of the Four Noble Truths as they weave seamlessly through our individual and collective lives. The day is open to students familiar with basic Insight Meditation (Vipassana) instructions. We will explore these teachings through the lens of Phillip Moffitt’s book, Dancing with Life. We welcome all diverse populations for a day of insight and healing. Dana will be teaching a six-week class in September on the Four Noble Truths.
Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $45.
Cost: Sliding Scale $75 - $200. Please bring your lunch. Code DD2D16.
Click to register
with Noliwe Alexander and Dana DePalma
Sunday, August 28, 2016, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Community Meditation Center at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Woodacre, CA 94973
The Four Noble Truths point the way to transforming our understanding and relationship with life and guide us to live with greater ease and joy. Our day will include systematic, progressive teachings; guided silent and walking meditations; and exploration of the Four Noble Truths as they weave seamlessly through our individual and collective lives. The day is open to students familiar with basic Insight Meditation (Vipassana) instructions. We will explore these teachings through the lens of Phillip Moffitt’s book, Dancing with Life. We welcome all diverse populations for a day of insight and healing. Dana will be teaching a six-week class in September on the Four Noble Truths.
Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $45.
Cost: Sliding Scale $75 - $200. Please bring your lunch. Code DD2D16.
Click to register
LGBTQ COMMUNITY HALF-DAY MEDITATION RETREAT with Baruch Golden and Pam Pierce
Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:30am - 1:00pm
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street, San Francisco CA 94103
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:30am - 1:00pm
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street, San Francisco CA 94103
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Arinna Weisman Bay Area Sangha Peer Sits
Saturday, July 2, 2016 12 noon (Open to Everyone)
Sit and Knit
My house is not 100% fragrance free but mostly so with no pets and accessible. We can meet at noon and socialize over potluck vegan gluten free lunch (I'll make a vegan soup). Sit from 1- 1:30. After that folks can depart or stay to darn socks (I can teach you), knit, sew or whatever while listening to a dharma talk. Contact: Kelly (415) 515-8104 or [email protected]
Saturday, July 2, 2016 12 noon (Open to Everyone)
Sit and Knit
My house is not 100% fragrance free but mostly so with no pets and accessible. We can meet at noon and socialize over potluck vegan gluten free lunch (I'll make a vegan soup). Sit from 1- 1:30. After that folks can depart or stay to darn socks (I can teach you), knit, sew or whatever while listening to a dharma talk. Contact: Kelly (415) 515-8104 or [email protected]
Pride Sit at San Francisco, Zen Center [MAP]
Sunday, June 26, 2016
4:30-5:30pm
To conclude Pride Weekend, San Francisco Zen Center is hosting a post-Parade "Proud and Peaceful" sit from 4:30 to 5:30 pm that will be led by Larry Yang and Tova Green, co-founder of SFZC Queer Dharma. We hope you'll be able to join us at the Zen Center (300 Page St.) for this chance to practice together for the benefit of all beings.
Sunday, June 26, 2016
4:30-5:30pm
To conclude Pride Weekend, San Francisco Zen Center is hosting a post-Parade "Proud and Peaceful" sit from 4:30 to 5:30 pm that will be led by Larry Yang and Tova Green, co-founder of SFZC Queer Dharma. We hope you'll be able to join us at the Zen Center (300 Page St.) for this chance to practice together for the benefit of all beings.
San Francisco's LGBTQTI Pride Parade
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Theme: For Racial And Economic Justice
The Parade kicks off at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 26 at Market & Beale and ends at Market & 8th Street in downtown San Francisco
http://sfpride.org/faq/
Community Grand Marshals Larry Yang, Founder EBMC (and SFLGBT Sangha), Fresh! White, Mia “Tu Mutch” Satya, and Janetta Johnson
http://www.sfpride.org/grand-marshals/
March with us!
Sign up here to be in the contingent from the Bay Area Buddhist community to walk in the Parade behind Larry's Grand Marshal vehicle.
Details for Assembling:
Click here for June 21st email update (Click here for June 13th email update)
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Theme: For Racial And Economic Justice
The Parade kicks off at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 26 at Market & Beale and ends at Market & 8th Street in downtown San Francisco
http://sfpride.org/faq/
Community Grand Marshals Larry Yang, Founder EBMC (and SFLGBT Sangha), Fresh! White, Mia “Tu Mutch” Satya, and Janetta Johnson
http://www.sfpride.org/grand-marshals/
March with us!
Sign up here to be in the contingent from the Bay Area Buddhist community to walk in the Parade behind Larry's Grand Marshal vehicle.
Details for Assembling:
- Assembly Area 038, Section J1, Spear between Market & Mission
- Marchers should be in place by 11:00 am
- Approximate step-off time onto Market Street is 11:35 am-12:35 pm
Click here for June 21st email update (Click here for June 13th email update)
Queer Women’s Community Camp Out and Dharma Retreat at Del Valle with Arinna Weisman
Friday, July 8, 2016, 4:30pm through Sunday, July 11, 2016, 12 noon
Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore, CA
For Queer Women, Trans, Bi, Gender Queer, Lesbian
This weekend is a lovely invitation to receive the blessings of a beautiful place to open and relax into soft awareness and spaciousness. Being in nature reminds our minds to fall into the natural flow of life and supports us to remember we are part of it. There will be guided meditations, open times for individual practice, dharma talks and circle sharing.
$75 includes Vegetarian meals from Saturday breakfast through Sunday breakfast, camping, parking, boat transport of gear, silent practice, dharma talks, community time, swimming, hiking and camp fire(as permitted).
This is a HIKE-IN campsite on the lake, a one-mile walk from the parking lot on a smooth, wide, but not paved, road. NO VEHICLE ACCESS ALLOWED (bicycles ok). The site has a drinking fountain and 2 chemical toilets.
For more information contact Becca at: [email protected]
Online registration is available at: arinnaweisman.org/retreats
Friday, July 8, 2016, 4:30pm through Sunday, July 11, 2016, 12 noon
Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore, CA
For Queer Women, Trans, Bi, Gender Queer, Lesbian
This weekend is a lovely invitation to receive the blessings of a beautiful place to open and relax into soft awareness and spaciousness. Being in nature reminds our minds to fall into the natural flow of life and supports us to remember we are part of it. There will be guided meditations, open times for individual practice, dharma talks and circle sharing.
$75 includes Vegetarian meals from Saturday breakfast through Sunday breakfast, camping, parking, boat transport of gear, silent practice, dharma talks, community time, swimming, hiking and camp fire(as permitted).
This is a HIKE-IN campsite on the lake, a one-mile walk from the parking lot on a smooth, wide, but not paved, road. NO VEHICLE ACCESS ALLOWED (bicycles ok). The site has a drinking fountain and 2 chemical toilets.
For more information contact Becca at: [email protected]
Online registration is available at: arinnaweisman.org/retreats
San Francisco Zen Center Queer Dharma
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Meeting time: Saturdays once a month, 1 – 3 pm, followed by tea
June 18 - Volunteer at the Aids Memorial in Golden Gate Park
June 26 - Pride Parade: SFZC will have a contingent!
For more information: http://sfzc.org/city-center/zen-meditation-practice/practice-groups/queer-dharma
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Meeting time: Saturdays once a month, 1 – 3 pm, followed by tea
June 18 - Volunteer at the Aids Memorial in Golden Gate Park
June 26 - Pride Parade: SFZC will have a contingent!
For more information: http://sfzc.org/city-center/zen-meditation-practice/practice-groups/queer-dharma
Walking Our Path Together: Insight Meditation with LGBT*QI Community with Anushka Fernandopulle & Pascal Auclair
Saturday, June 11, 2016 3:00pm - Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:30am
upper Retreat Hall
$930 - $465 sliding scale, plus a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 366R16.
Retreat Description:
Annual Queer Retreat at Spirit Rock!
Celebrate Pride month with community, cultivating wisdom, love and freedom through awareness. In this silent Vipassana retreat, we will have a chance to develop the liberation of heart and mind through practicing mindfulness while sitting, walking, eating and doing basic work meditation. Our practice will be supported by dharma talks, group meetings and Q & A with teachers. This retreat is open to beginners or experienced meditation practitioners. Come join us for a unique way of being together in community to celebrate the possibilities of our lives.
Financial assistance is available. See http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4116 for more details and to register.
Saturday, June 11, 2016 3:00pm - Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:30am
upper Retreat Hall
$930 - $465 sliding scale, plus a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 366R16.
Retreat Description:
Annual Queer Retreat at Spirit Rock!
Celebrate Pride month with community, cultivating wisdom, love and freedom through awareness. In this silent Vipassana retreat, we will have a chance to develop the liberation of heart and mind through practicing mindfulness while sitting, walking, eating and doing basic work meditation. Our practice will be supported by dharma talks, group meetings and Q & A with teachers. This retreat is open to beginners or experienced meditation practitioners. Come join us for a unique way of being together in community to celebrate the possibilities of our lives.
Financial assistance is available. See http://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4116 for more details and to register.
Arinna Weisman Bay Area Sangha Peer Sits
Peer Sit Sunday, June 5, 2016 @ 2pm
Walk, sit and potluck in Southwest Santa Rosa on Sunday, June 5th. Arrive for the easy walk by 2pm (potluck food can go in the refrigerator) and we will be returning by 4 to meet up with anyone who wants to join us for 1/2 hour sit followed by a potluck. I have a sweet little dog, and a mostly scent free home, porch and garden, plus there will be plenty of fresh air circulating through in June. Email me to rsvp, and for questions and address. Open to all women. Contact Laura at [email protected], or (707)542-1160.
Peer Sit Sunday, June 5, 2016 @ 2pm
Walk, sit and potluck in Southwest Santa Rosa on Sunday, June 5th. Arrive for the easy walk by 2pm (potluck food can go in the refrigerator) and we will be returning by 4 to meet up with anyone who wants to join us for 1/2 hour sit followed by a potluck. I have a sweet little dog, and a mostly scent free home, porch and garden, plus there will be plenty of fresh air circulating through in June. Email me to rsvp, and for questions and address. Open to all women. Contact Laura at [email protected], or (707)542-1160.
LGBTQI Loving Kindness Daylong with John Martin
Saturday, June 4, 2016, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Against the Stream
2701 Folsom St, San Francisco (@23rd Street)
Start Pride month in community, cultivating love and loving-kindness (Metta). This is a daylong retreat for the LGBTQI community.
Cost: $35-$75 sliding scale registration, plus dana (donation) to support to teacher.
Visit http://www.againstthestream.org/lgbtqi-loving-kindness/ to register.
Saturday, June 4, 2016, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Against the Stream
2701 Folsom St, San Francisco (@23rd Street)
Start Pride month in community, cultivating love and loving-kindness (Metta). This is a daylong retreat for the LGBTQI community.
Cost: $35-$75 sliding scale registration, plus dana (donation) to support to teacher.
Visit http://www.againstthestream.org/lgbtqi-loving-kindness/ to register.
Arinna Weisman Bay Area Sangha Peer Sits
Peer Sit - Sunday May 29, 2016 in Oakland
Everyone Welcome
Contact Lisa 510 547-3038 or [email protected]
Parking is easy so come over to my Craftsman Bungalo with dog (poodle e.g. a non allergenic breed). Time to be decided soon. Im looking forward to seeing everyone again and Im open to whatever format folks are wanting. Im happy to serve a light nosh and tea (will need a head count), and please let me know if theres anything people might need or want at my home.
Peer Sit - Sunday May 29, 2016 in Oakland
Everyone Welcome
Contact Lisa 510 547-3038 or [email protected]
Parking is easy so come over to my Craftsman Bungalo with dog (poodle e.g. a non allergenic breed). Time to be decided soon. Im looking forward to seeing everyone again and Im open to whatever format folks are wanting. Im happy to serve a light nosh and tea (will need a head count), and please let me know if theres anything people might need or want at my home.
Healing Our Hungry Ghosts: Compassion Starts Here, with Ko-Shin Steven Tierney and Ryotan Cynthia Kear
May 23–26, 2016 (Monday-Thursday)
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
39171 Tassajara Road
Carmel Valley, CA, 93924
A retreat for people in recovery. Discover the myriad ways in which the dharma and recovery enhance and deepen each other while enjoying the beautiful setting of Tassajara. In this three-day workshop we will gently inquire into those dimensions and dynamics of self which afflict us and cause great pain and suffering while limiting our ability to enjoy and embody freedom. We will look at character traits from a recovery perspective while also studying the classic Buddhist hindrances to clarity (desire, anger - in all its forms, fear, sleepiness, restlessness, and doubt). Through this potent dual lens, and in the safety of sangha, we’ll examine our demons, their karmic roots, and how the twining vines of practice and recovery offer transformation and liberation. How can these demons be dharma gates?
Retreat fee: $265 ($225/Member); does not include accommodations._
For more details, see http://sfzc.org/tassajara/guest-season/retreats/mindful-living-retreats/practice-is-recovery-recovery-is-practice
May 23–26, 2016 (Monday-Thursday)
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
39171 Tassajara Road
Carmel Valley, CA, 93924
A retreat for people in recovery. Discover the myriad ways in which the dharma and recovery enhance and deepen each other while enjoying the beautiful setting of Tassajara. In this three-day workshop we will gently inquire into those dimensions and dynamics of self which afflict us and cause great pain and suffering while limiting our ability to enjoy and embody freedom. We will look at character traits from a recovery perspective while also studying the classic Buddhist hindrances to clarity (desire, anger - in all its forms, fear, sleepiness, restlessness, and doubt). Through this potent dual lens, and in the safety of sangha, we’ll examine our demons, their karmic roots, and how the twining vines of practice and recovery offer transformation and liberation. How can these demons be dharma gates?
Retreat fee: $265 ($225/Member); does not include accommodations._
For more details, see http://sfzc.org/tassajara/guest-season/retreats/mindful-living-retreats/practice-is-recovery-recovery-is-practice
LGBTQ COMMUNITY HALF-DAY MEDITATION RETREAT with Baruch Golden and Pam Pierce
Saturday, May 21, 2016 9:30am - 1:00pm
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street, San Francisco CA 94103
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives.
This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice.
This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
To register, visit: http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-retreat/registration
Saturday, May 21, 2016 9:30am - 1:00pm
At Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street, San Francisco CA 94103
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives.
This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice.
This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
To register, visit: http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-retreat/registration
Awakening Our Hearts: Exploring White Privilege to Build Authentic Relationships Across Difference
ARINNA WEISMAN, BARUCH GOLDEN, JD DOYLE, SUZANNE PEGAS
Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 9:30am - 4:30pm
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Woodacre, CA
Buddhism has as its refuge and vision a heart that is unrestricted, luminous and free. As we practice The Eight-fold Path, our hearts begin to open and call us to explore unconscious beliefs and behaviors that cause harm and suffering to others and ourselves. For example, we as white people are unaware of the ways we build identities of whiteness, which cover our hearts and separate us from people of color. By becoming aware of our group identity as white people and by owning this reality of privilege and access to power and resources, we are able to transform ourselves and our ability to be in authentic relationships. This is a daylong white people.
Register at: https://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4253
CE Credit available – for more information please visit www.spiritrock.org/continuing-education
ARINNA WEISMAN, BARUCH GOLDEN, JD DOYLE, SUZANNE PEGAS
Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 9:30am - 4:30pm
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Woodacre, CA
Buddhism has as its refuge and vision a heart that is unrestricted, luminous and free. As we practice The Eight-fold Path, our hearts begin to open and call us to explore unconscious beliefs and behaviors that cause harm and suffering to others and ourselves. For example, we as white people are unaware of the ways we build identities of whiteness, which cover our hearts and separate us from people of color. By becoming aware of our group identity as white people and by owning this reality of privilege and access to power and resources, we are able to transform ourselves and our ability to be in authentic relationships. This is a daylong white people.
Register at: https://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=4253
CE Credit available – for more information please visit www.spiritrock.org/continuing-education
Dharma and the Creative process at IMC/Redwood City, with Dawn Neal
Jan. 9 2016 through April 30, 2016
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-peninsula (IMC/Redwood City)
108 Birch Street
Redwood City, California 94062
See http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org for more information.
Jan. 9 2016 through April 30, 2016
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-peninsula (IMC/Redwood City)
108 Birch Street
Redwood City, California 94062
See http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org for more information.
Sit and Dharma talk at IMC LGBTQueer Sangha, with Dawn Neal
Thursday, April 14, 2016, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
IMC Annex
1040 Brewster Ave, Redwood City, CA 94062
See http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/programs/lgbtqueer-sangha/ for more details
Thursday, April 14, 2016, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
IMC Annex
1040 Brewster Ave, Redwood City, CA 94062
See http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/programs/lgbtqueer-sangha/ for more details
Arinna Weisman Bay Area Sangha Peer Sits
Peer Sit - Sunday April 10, 2016 12 noon (Open to Everyone) in San Francisco
Agenda: Potluck and socialize 1 hour, half hour sit, optional knit/sew/craft time afterwards with dharma talk. And, if anyone salsa dances and wants to come to El Rio afterwards, there's salsa dancing from 3-8.
Contact: Loretta at 415-707-9064, or [email protected]
Peer Sit - Sunday April 10, 2016 12 noon (Open to Everyone) in San Francisco
Agenda: Potluck and socialize 1 hour, half hour sit, optional knit/sew/craft time afterwards with dharma talk. And, if anyone salsa dances and wants to come to El Rio afterwards, there's salsa dancing from 3-8.
Contact: Loretta at 415-707-9064, or [email protected]
Sit and Dharma talk at San Francisco Insight, with Dawn Neal
Sunday, April 3, 2016, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco
1187 Franklin (at Geary)
San Francisco 94109
See http://www.sfinsight.org/ for more details
Sunday, April 3, 2016, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco
1187 Franklin (at Geary)
San Francisco 94109
See http://www.sfinsight.org/ for more details
LGBTQ Community Half-Day Meditation Retreat
Saturday, March 12, 2016, 9:30am - 1:00pm
Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street (located between Market and Otis),San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 503-1971
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. The half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Facilitators:
Baruch Golden began practicing Vipassana meditation in 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program in 2012 through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training program at the Sati Center. He’s teaches mindfulness in the Bay Area. He is a hospice nurse.
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995. Her 1st retreat was with Thich Nhat Hanh and has sat several retreats with Pema Chodron. She completed the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioner Program in 2013 and is currently in the Community Dharma Leaders Program. Pam is a licensed clinical social worker. She lives with her wife in San Francisco.
Please register at http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-retreat-1/registration
Saturday, March 12, 2016, 9:30am - 1:00pm
Mindfulness Care Center
42 Gough Street (located between Market and Otis),San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 503-1971
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. The half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Facilitators:
Baruch Golden began practicing Vipassana meditation in 1998. He completed the Community Dharma Leaders program in 2012 through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training program at the Sati Center. He’s teaches mindfulness in the Bay Area. He is a hospice nurse.
Pam Peirce began practicing meditation in 1995. Her 1st retreat was with Thich Nhat Hanh and has sat several retreats with Pema Chodron. She completed the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioner Program in 2013 and is currently in the Community Dharma Leaders Program. Pam is a licensed clinical social worker. She lives with her wife in San Francisco.
Please register at http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-retreat-1/registration
LGBT Queer Daylong at IMC with John Martin
Saturday, February 27, 2016, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
At Insight Meditation Center - Redwood City
108 Birch St, Redwood City, CA 94062
This Vipassana daylong is a wonderful opportunity for LGBTQueer practitioners to come together and engage in the dharma as a loving community. The day will include mindfulness, alternating periods of sitting & walking meditation and Dharma talks. Whether you are new to meditation or a long time practitioner, all levels of experience are welcome to attend. Bring Lunch. For more information, please contact facilitators Sue Bachman & Joe Hayes at [email protected]
Saturday, February 27, 2016, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
At Insight Meditation Center - Redwood City
108 Birch St, Redwood City, CA 94062
This Vipassana daylong is a wonderful opportunity for LGBTQueer practitioners to come together and engage in the dharma as a loving community. The day will include mindfulness, alternating periods of sitting & walking meditation and Dharma talks. Whether you are new to meditation or a long time practitioner, all levels of experience are welcome to attend. Bring Lunch. For more information, please contact facilitators Sue Bachman & Joe Hayes at [email protected]
Finding Ease: A Mindful Approach to Anxiety, with Lisa Hoffman and David Zimmerman
February 27, 2016, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach
Please RSVP here
Learn a gentle way to shift your relationship to anxiety, and develop tools based in mindfulness and meditation to interrupt the mental and emotional habits that open the anxiety rabbit hole. We will cultivate the opportunity to be with what is actually happening with awareness and clarity so we can respond to difficulties with consciousness, ease and new choices, rather than reactivity that at times can make things worse.
February 27, 2016, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach
Please RSVP here
Learn a gentle way to shift your relationship to anxiety, and develop tools based in mindfulness and meditation to interrupt the mental and emotional habits that open the anxiety rabbit hole. We will cultivate the opportunity to be with what is actually happening with awareness and clarity so we can respond to difficulties with consciousness, ease and new choices, rather than reactivity that at times can make things worse.
Love: Supported by the Four Divine States, CC 2/6 With Keiryu Liên Shutt
Saturday, February 6, 2016, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
At San Francisco Zen Center Conference Center
308 Page St., San Francisco CA, 94102
We all want love. And, having and holding love and loving feelings may be challenging at times, perhaps especially when we’re in the midst of a relationship. Join us in exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States: Lovingkindness, Compassion, Inclusive Joy, Balance of Heart/Mind.
Fees: $80; $72 current SFZC members; $64 limited income. Lunch, tea and an afternoon snack will be provided. Some partial scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds. To register: see Register Online button or call our toll-free number (888.743.9362) or our local number (415.475.9362)
Saturday, February 6, 2016, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
At San Francisco Zen Center Conference Center
308 Page St., San Francisco CA, 94102
We all want love. And, having and holding love and loving feelings may be challenging at times, perhaps especially when we’re in the midst of a relationship. Join us in exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States: Lovingkindness, Compassion, Inclusive Joy, Balance of Heart/Mind.
Fees: $80; $72 current SFZC members; $64 limited income. Lunch, tea and an afternoon snack will be provided. Some partial scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds. To register: see Register Online button or call our toll-free number (888.743.9362) or our local number (415.475.9362)
Sit and Dharma talk: Recollection of Generosity as a practice, with Dawn Neal
Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
At IMSB - Mountain View
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
Edwards Hall, 2094 Grant Rd.
Mountain View, CA 94040 map
See http://www.imsb.org/events/ for more details
Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
At IMSB - Mountain View
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
Edwards Hall, 2094 Grant Rd.
Mountain View, CA 94040 map
See http://www.imsb.org/events/ for more details
Previous Events 2015
Women’s New Year's Retreat with Arinna Weisman
December 28, 2015- January 4, 2016
New Year 's Silent Retreat For Women “Awakening To Our Power And Beauty”
with ARINNA WEISMAN and TUERE SALA
Enchanted Hills Retreat, Napa, CA
http://enchantedhillsretreat.com
We will learn in community to open into our wise and compassionate hearts by meeting ourselves where we are. In this field of acceptance we are able to let go of what does not serve us and to sustain and build the beautiful qualities of mind such as faith, mindfulness, patience and focus. These energies open the doorway for clarity and love and a deepening connection with all life. We increasingly come home to ourselves as powerful and beautiful. The Buddha and a lineage of awakened women have discovered this way for thousands of years, and we join them through the capacity to transform ourselves. All women - trans, queer, bisexual, genderqueer, straight, lesbian, intersex and cisgendered - are welcome.
Cost: Room and board for this retreat is $475 -$600 sliding scale, plus dana. Most sleeping arrangements are roommate style in groups of 2 (with a shared bathroom for 4). There are camping spaces and single space options too. Registration cost covers food and lodging only.
We financially support women of color whenever possible.
For more information and to register, please contact Laura at [email protected].
PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE NOVEMBER 28th!
TEACHER BIOS:
Arinna Weisman is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, MA, and co-author of A Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation. She teaches in the lineage of Ruth Denison and U Bha Khin. Her practice and teaching have been infused with her li fe experiences as an environmental and political activist.
Tuere Sala is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 25 years. She has been a practicing member of Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS) since 2001. She is a Local Dharma Leader and member of SIMS's Teacher Council. She facilitates daylong workshops using nonviolent communication (NVC) to support a mindfulness practice both in the community and in area prisons.
December 28, 2015- January 4, 2016
New Year 's Silent Retreat For Women “Awakening To Our Power And Beauty”
with ARINNA WEISMAN and TUERE SALA
Enchanted Hills Retreat, Napa, CA
http://enchantedhillsretreat.com
We will learn in community to open into our wise and compassionate hearts by meeting ourselves where we are. In this field of acceptance we are able to let go of what does not serve us and to sustain and build the beautiful qualities of mind such as faith, mindfulness, patience and focus. These energies open the doorway for clarity and love and a deepening connection with all life. We increasingly come home to ourselves as powerful and beautiful. The Buddha and a lineage of awakened women have discovered this way for thousands of years, and we join them through the capacity to transform ourselves. All women - trans, queer, bisexual, genderqueer, straight, lesbian, intersex and cisgendered - are welcome.
Cost: Room and board for this retreat is $475 -$600 sliding scale, plus dana. Most sleeping arrangements are roommate style in groups of 2 (with a shared bathroom for 4). There are camping spaces and single space options too. Registration cost covers food and lodging only.
We financially support women of color whenever possible.
For more information and to register, please contact Laura at [email protected].
PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE NOVEMBER 28th!
TEACHER BIOS:
Arinna Weisman is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, MA, and co-author of A Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation. She teaches in the lineage of Ruth Denison and U Bha Khin. Her practice and teaching have been infused with her li fe experiences as an environmental and political activist.
Tuere Sala is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 25 years. She has been a practicing member of Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS) since 2001. She is a Local Dharma Leader and member of SIMS's Teacher Council. She facilitates daylong workshops using nonviolent communication (NVC) to support a mindfulness practice both in the community and in area prisons.
LGBTQ Community Half-Day Retreat Meditation Retreat at Mindfulness Care Center
Saturday, November 14th 9:00am - 1:00pm
Mindfulness Care Center, 42 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Facilitators: Pam Pierce and Baruch Golden
For more details, see http://mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-2
Saturday, November 14th 9:00am - 1:00pm
Mindfulness Care Center, 42 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
Facilitators: Pam Pierce and Baruch Golden
For more details, see http://mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-2
How a Buddha Offers Feedback, with Jisho Lisa Hoffman
Saturday, October 24, 10 AM-4 PM, San Francisco Zen Center, 308 Page Street, San Francisco
RSVP: http://www.sfzc.org/how-a-buddha-offers-feedback-workshop
Offering feedback is a communication challenge most of us find daunting, whether it involves colleagues, friends, or family. This experiential workshop will combine Buddhist teachings with contemporary relationship and communication concepts and skills to cultivate the practice of giving feedback with compassion and clarity. Our underlying theme will be the Buddha’s lesson of connection: How do we remain connected in giving feedback that will likely be hard for another person to hear? With a foundation of meditation and mindfulness, we will look at what feedback is and isn’t and how to deal with our internal reactions so we can offer feedback that is useful, true and kind. We will learn and practice the verbal and nonverbal tools needed for skillful feedback. We will also look at how to receive feedback, which creates balance and perspective for our feedback skills. There is a fee.
Saturday, October 24, 10 AM-4 PM, San Francisco Zen Center, 308 Page Street, San Francisco
RSVP: http://www.sfzc.org/how-a-buddha-offers-feedback-workshop
Offering feedback is a communication challenge most of us find daunting, whether it involves colleagues, friends, or family. This experiential workshop will combine Buddhist teachings with contemporary relationship and communication concepts and skills to cultivate the practice of giving feedback with compassion and clarity. Our underlying theme will be the Buddha’s lesson of connection: How do we remain connected in giving feedback that will likely be hard for another person to hear? With a foundation of meditation and mindfulness, we will look at what feedback is and isn’t and how to deal with our internal reactions so we can offer feedback that is useful, true and kind. We will learn and practice the verbal and nonverbal tools needed for skillful feedback. We will also look at how to receive feedback, which creates balance and perspective for our feedback skills. There is a fee.
An Undefended Heart and Mind: 5-night Retreat for the LGBTQI Gender-Queer Community at Spirit Rock
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 through Sunday, October 18, 2015
With Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig, Winnie Nazarko, Susana Renaud (yoga)
This retreat is a wonderful opportunity to come together as LGBTQI gender-queer community, to give and receive support in cultivating the beautiful qualities of mind and heart that support awakening into freedom.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 through Sunday, October 18, 2015
With Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig, Winnie Nazarko, Susana Renaud (yoga)
This retreat is a wonderful opportunity to come together as LGBTQI gender-queer community, to give and receive support in cultivating the beautiful qualities of mind and heart that support awakening into freedom.
Daylong: Magnificent Consent with Eric Kolvig, Arinna Weisman, Noliwe Alexander
Saturday, October 10, 2015, 9:30am - 5:00pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Hall
$55 - $150 sliding scale, plus a donation to the teacher(s) Add $5 at the door. Please bring your lunch. Code AW1D15.
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery. Albert Camus tells us that if we can find in our hearts 'magnificent consent,' then 'from absolute despair will spring infinite joy, from blind servitude unbounded freedom.' In this retreat we will seek some of that joy and some of that freedom.
We welcome everyone to this silent, one-day meditation retreat, beginners and experienced students.
Visit https://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=3937 for more details and to register.
Saturday, October 10, 2015, 9:30am - 5:00pm
Spirit Rock, Community Meditation Hall
$55 - $150 sliding scale, plus a donation to the teacher(s) Add $5 at the door. Please bring your lunch. Code AW1D15.
How much can you accept reality as it is, instead of what you want it to be? In your answer to that question lies your happiness or your misery. Albert Camus tells us that if we can find in our hearts 'magnificent consent,' then 'from absolute despair will spring infinite joy, from blind servitude unbounded freedom.' In this retreat we will seek some of that joy and some of that freedom.
We welcome everyone to this silent, one-day meditation retreat, beginners and experienced students.
Visit https://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=3937 for more details and to register.
Labor Day Weekend Meditation Retreat for Lesbian, Bi and Trans Gender Queer Women with Arinna Weisman at Camp Double Bear
September 4, 2015 through September 7, 2015
Awareness & Love: A Meditation and Movement Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Susana Renaud.
his retreat is a special time to come together in community to explore in silence and dialogue the unfolding of our lives in the practice environment of awareness and love. Meditation practice as a LBTQ community affirms the possibility of our awakening, helps to create the conditions for this awakening and grounds us in the knowledge that we are not alone in this endeavor.
When: Friday, Sept 4th, dinner (registration 4 – 5 pm) thru 2:30 pm Monday Sept 7th
Where: Camp Double Bear in the SC Mountains between Santa Cruz & Los Gatos
Dormitory Sleeping in Yurts OR Camping; Vegetarian Meals; Fragrance Free
Cost: $170 - $270 before August 20th ; Additional $20 after August 20th
Scholarships available for women of color
Your registration cost covers food and lodging only. According to the ancient tradition of dana, those who carry on the teachings of the Buddha are supported through the generosity of the community; thus dana to support the teachers, cook and manager may be offered at the end of the retreat. For more information and registration, contact:
Betsy Blessing [email protected] or 831-566-3960
September 4, 2015 through September 7, 2015
Awareness & Love: A Meditation and Movement Retreat with Arinna Weisman and Susana Renaud.
his retreat is a special time to come together in community to explore in silence and dialogue the unfolding of our lives in the practice environment of awareness and love. Meditation practice as a LBTQ community affirms the possibility of our awakening, helps to create the conditions for this awakening and grounds us in the knowledge that we are not alone in this endeavor.
When: Friday, Sept 4th, dinner (registration 4 – 5 pm) thru 2:30 pm Monday Sept 7th
Where: Camp Double Bear in the SC Mountains between Santa Cruz & Los Gatos
Dormitory Sleeping in Yurts OR Camping; Vegetarian Meals; Fragrance Free
Cost: $170 - $270 before August 20th ; Additional $20 after August 20th
Scholarships available for women of color
Your registration cost covers food and lodging only. According to the ancient tradition of dana, those who carry on the teachings of the Buddha are supported through the generosity of the community; thus dana to support the teachers, cook and manager may be offered at the end of the retreat. For more information and registration, contact:
Betsy Blessing [email protected] or 831-566-3960
LGBTQ Community Half-Day Retreat at Mindfulfulness Care Center
Saturday August 8th 9:00am - 1:00pm
Teachers: Baruch Golden and Pam Pierce
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice.This half-day is offered on dana/donation
Saturday August 8th 9:00am - 1:00pm
Teachers: Baruch Golden and Pam Pierce
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice.This half-day is offered on dana/donation
An Undefended Heart and Mind: A Retreat for the LGBTQI Gender-Queer Community – LGBTQI at IMS in Barre, MA
July 31, 2015 – August 5, 2015 (Friday to Wednesday)
Teachers: Arinna Weisman & Jean Esther; Assistant: John Martin
This retreat is a wonderful opportunity to come together as LGBTQI gender-queer community, to give and receive support in cultivating the beautiful qualities of mind and heart that support awakening into freedom.
This course, held within a context of silence, is open to both new and experienced meditators. Susana Renaud will offer an optional daily period of mindful yoga. Register at www.dharma.org
July 31, 2015 – August 5, 2015 (Friday to Wednesday)
Teachers: Arinna Weisman & Jean Esther; Assistant: John Martin
This retreat is a wonderful opportunity to come together as LGBTQI gender-queer community, to give and receive support in cultivating the beautiful qualities of mind and heart that support awakening into freedom.
This course, held within a context of silence, is open to both new and experienced meditators. Susana Renaud will offer an optional daily period of mindful yoga. Register at www.dharma.org
Queer Women’s Community Camp Out and Dharma Retreat for Queer/Bi/Trans Women with Arinna Weisman
at De Valle Lake, Livermore CA
Friday, July 10, 2015 5pm through Sunday, July 12, 2015, 12 noon.
This is a HIKE-IN campsite on the lake. There will be guided meditations, open times for individual practice, dharma talks and circle sharing.
$75 includes Vegetarian meals from Saturday breakfast through Sunday breakfast, camping, parking, boat transport of gear, silent practice, dharma talks, community time, swimming, hiking and camp fire(as permitted). Dana will be offered to the teacher.
Contact Betsy at [email protected] for more information or call 831-566-3960.
To encourage racial diversity in our Sangha we have scholarships available for Queer Women of color.
This retreat is open to new and seasoned meditation practitioners. All queer women (cis and trans) are welcomed.
at De Valle Lake, Livermore CA
Friday, July 10, 2015 5pm through Sunday, July 12, 2015, 12 noon.
This is a HIKE-IN campsite on the lake. There will be guided meditations, open times for individual practice, dharma talks and circle sharing.
$75 includes Vegetarian meals from Saturday breakfast through Sunday breakfast, camping, parking, boat transport of gear, silent practice, dharma talks, community time, swimming, hiking and camp fire(as permitted). Dana will be offered to the teacher.
Contact Betsy at [email protected] for more information or call 831-566-3960.
To encourage racial diversity in our Sangha we have scholarships available for Queer Women of color.
This retreat is open to new and seasoned meditation practitioners. All queer women (cis and trans) are welcomed.
Mindfulness of the Body Retreat - Angela Center, Santa Rosa with Anushka Fernandopulle and Chas diCapua
Wednesday, June 17 2015 through Sunday June 21, 2015 (4 nights)
If you would like to do a retreat during Pride month, consider this one! During this retreat we will explore the true nature of the body through mindfulness in stillness, in walking, while eating, resting, and engaging in daily activities of care. We will connect with the body as part of nature, made up of the elements of the natural world. We will develop the ability to read emotions and moods in the body, and to cultivate compassion for the suffering of physical existence, including the challenges of sickness, aging and death.
Sponsored by Spirit Rock, held at the Angela Center in Santa Rosa CA.
For more details, see https://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4001
Wednesday, June 17 2015 through Sunday June 21, 2015 (4 nights)
If you would like to do a retreat during Pride month, consider this one! During this retreat we will explore the true nature of the body through mindfulness in stillness, in walking, while eating, resting, and engaging in daily activities of care. We will connect with the body as part of nature, made up of the elements of the natural world. We will develop the ability to read emotions and moods in the body, and to cultivate compassion for the suffering of physical existence, including the challenges of sickness, aging and death.
Sponsored by Spirit Rock, held at the Angela Center in Santa Rosa CA.
For more details, see https://www.spiritrock.org/CalendarDetails?EventID=4001
Practicing with Sexual Energy: Presence, Precepts and Power- Led by Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt and Rev. Daigan Gaither
Saturday May 09, 2015 - 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
East Bay Meditation Center / 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
What is it to stay upright in the midst of sexual energy? How do we not turn away from our experience or ourselves in the present moment? We will explore our intention to “not misuse sexuality” and how it both informs our practice and sexual choices within the context of our diverse lived experiences. How do we relate to desire in healthy and respectful ways, both for ourselves and with others? Are we using our energies or are they using us?
Join us as we explore what it means to practice while maintaining a healthy relationship to our sexual lives. Please bring your lunch to eat during our mid-day break. Download workshop flyer here.
Registration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click the link below to register:
http://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may15sexualenergy
Saturday May 09, 2015 - 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
East Bay Meditation Center / 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
What is it to stay upright in the midst of sexual energy? How do we not turn away from our experience or ourselves in the present moment? We will explore our intention to “not misuse sexuality” and how it both informs our practice and sexual choices within the context of our diverse lived experiences. How do we relate to desire in healthy and respectful ways, both for ourselves and with others? Are we using our energies or are they using us?
Join us as we explore what it means to practice while maintaining a healthy relationship to our sexual lives. Please bring your lunch to eat during our mid-day break. Download workshop flyer here.
Registration: Registration is required and space is limited. Click the link below to register:
http://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=may15sexualenergy
How We Brought/Are North American Buddhism — Past & Present Asian American Perspectives- with Lien Shutt
April 6, 2015 through May 18, 2015 (6 Mondays *)
7:30 p.m.– 9:00 p.m. (PST)
308 Page Street, San Francisco, CA, SFZC Conference Center
The class series will be a combination of a broad survey of each ethnic group’s Buddhist history to North America and then more varied in format for the personal or small-group practice experiences/reflections. This series is intended to be a reclaiming his-, her- & they-stories as well as adding current voices to our exploration. Format:
April 6, 2015 through May 18, 2015 (6 Mondays *)
7:30 p.m.– 9:00 p.m. (PST)
308 Page Street, San Francisco, CA, SFZC Conference Center
The class series will be a combination of a broad survey of each ethnic group’s Buddhist history to North America and then more varied in format for the personal or small-group practice experiences/reflections. This series is intended to be a reclaiming his-, her- & they-stories as well as adding current voices to our exploration. Format:
- 30 minutes of Zazen/Meditation
- 20-30 Presentation of an ethnic/cultural group’s experiences via the books mentioned and additional information from various sources. Sangha member(s) will be invited to read, reflect, explore additional materials, and then present it at the next meeting.
- 20-30 Discussion and Dedication of Merit
Daylong Meditation Retreat with Arinna Weisman in Santa Cruz Mountains
Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Scott's Valley, CA
We will share the day at a lovely private home north of Scotts Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains, nestled amongst the redwoods. Address and directions provided when you register. In keeping with the Buddha’s precept of non-harming, a Vegan lunch will be provided for all.
There will be guided meditations in mindfulness and loving kindness, group inquiry and dharma sharing. Beginners and other practitioners are welcome.
Registration cost of $15.00 covers admin fees and lunch. There will be an opportunity at the end of the day to offer Dana to Arinna for her teachings.
For more information contact [email protected].
Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Scott's Valley, CA
We will share the day at a lovely private home north of Scotts Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains, nestled amongst the redwoods. Address and directions provided when you register. In keeping with the Buddha’s precept of non-harming, a Vegan lunch will be provided for all.
There will be guided meditations in mindfulness and loving kindness, group inquiry and dharma sharing. Beginners and other practitioners are welcome.
Registration cost of $15.00 covers admin fees and lunch. There will be an opportunity at the end of the day to offer Dana to Arinna for her teachings.
For more information contact [email protected].
LGBT Community Half-Day Meditation with Baruch Golden and Pam Pierce
Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. (PST)
Mindfulness Care Center, 42 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
You can register here: http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/copy-of-lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-1-1
Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 9:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. (PST)
Mindfulness Care Center, 42 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
We'll explore the basic teachings of the Buddha in both meditation practice and daily life. Plus looking at how we can integrate mindfulness into all aspects of our lives. This half-day retreat is appropriate for those in the LGBTQ who have been practicing meditation and to those who are new to the practice. This half-day is offered on dana/donation.
You can register here: http://www.mindfulnesscare.org/calendar/copy-of-lgbtq-community-half-day-meditation-1-1
Finding Ease: A Zen and Mindfulness Approach to Anxiety
Saturday, March 14, 2005, 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. (PST)
Green Gulch Farm, 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach
For more information and to register: http://www.sfzc.org/ggf/display.asp?catid=&pageid=2224
Saturday, March 14, 2005, 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. (PST)
Green Gulch Farm, 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach
For more information and to register: http://www.sfzc.org/ggf/display.asp?catid=&pageid=2224
Insight Meditation Center Redwood City LGBTQ Queer Sangha
Thursday February 12, 7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
IMC Annex, 1040 Brewster Ave. Suite D, Redwood City, CA 94062
The IMC LGBTQueer Sangha is a peer led sitting group open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-neutral, intersex and queer individuals. Our intention is to provide a safe and loving place where LGBTQ members of our community can explore the Dharma and share some heartfelt connections. Our evening will include a sitting meditation, discussions and socializing. We will meet on the second Thursday of each month from 7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Co-facilitators are Sue Bachman and Joe Hayes.
[The Jan. 24th daylong with Anushka Fernandopulle was the kick-off of a monthly LGBTQ dharma group at IMC Redwood City. But you don’t have to be from the South Bay to attend! http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/]
Thursday February 12, 7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
IMC Annex, 1040 Brewster Ave. Suite D, Redwood City, CA 94062
The IMC LGBTQueer Sangha is a peer led sitting group open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-neutral, intersex and queer individuals. Our intention is to provide a safe and loving place where LGBTQ members of our community can explore the Dharma and share some heartfelt connections. Our evening will include a sitting meditation, discussions and socializing. We will meet on the second Thursday of each month from 7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Co-facilitators are Sue Bachman and Joe Hayes.
[The Jan. 24th daylong with Anushka Fernandopulle was the kick-off of a monthly LGBTQ dharma group at IMC Redwood City. But you don’t have to be from the South Bay to attend! http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/]
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