with Mushim Ikeda  Open to Committed Practitioners* What message was the Buddha actually trying to teach? Inspired by Bodhipaksa’s www.fakebuddhaquotes.com, we will compare some of the many fabulous & fake Buddha quotes circulating on social media with real quotes from Buddhist suttas (texts). This fun half-day will include meditation, a Dharma talk, and facilitated discussion. *Committed practitioners […]

Based on the Leadership Embodiment work of Wendy Palmer with Paul Ciske, Ph.D. and Anjali Sawhney, MBA This insightful work allows us to see, and hold with kindness, our limiting habitual reactive patterns that arise with the pressures of life while cultivating a greater capacity for returning to the natural state of compassion and wisdom […]

Bienvenido a todos que se identifican como parte de la diáspora latinoamericana Open to all who identify as part of the Latin American diaspora con (with)  Margarita Loinaz y Melvin Escobar En el budismo, hay refugios que se llaman “las tres joyas” o “los tres tesoros”. Estos son: el Buda (todos los seres humanos tenemos […]

with Shahara Godfrey and Walt Opie Open to all in recovery During this daylong, we will explore craving and the end of craving—offering ways to help heal addiction inspired by Buddhist teachings. We will incorporate Eight Step Recovery as developed by Dr. Valerie Mason-John, which offers a Buddhist approach for working with addiction and obsessive […]

with Mushim Ikeda  Are you looking for a way to start a mindfulness meditation practice, but don’t quite know how? These classes will give you the basics of sitting and walking/movement meditation in the vipassana (insight) style, and metta (goodwill) meditation. Don’t worry about “getting it right” – if you can sit – on a […]