Sanghas + Events in the Plum Village Tradition in Northern California
Spiritual Friends Sangha invites you to our monthly recitation of the Buddhist Precepts for Ethical Living, aka the Five Mindfulness Trainings. After a period of settling in, we will cultivate awareness together in silence for 20 to 30 minutes - sitting, walking, standing, reclining, rolling meditation all welcome. This will be followed by a communal …
Many members of our community will be in France for the Order of Interbeing retreat during much of June, so we are cancelling our plans to hold a local Day of Mindfulness this month. Please join us the following months at Shantideva and elsewhere around the Bay Area!
Deer Park's very popular annual retreat for families to join monastics and other practitioners in the Plum Village tradition. For more information, see the link to the Deer Park website below.
Explore holding the chaos, anger, grief and not knowingness through the lens of Trauma Informed Plum Village Practices & experimenting with play practices using various expressive arts with Northern California-based Dharma Teacher Jo-ann Rosen, author of Unshakeable: Trauma-Informed Mindfulness for Collective Awakening. This online event is offered by the Community of Mindfulness / New York …
Singing Frog Sangha wants to warmly invite you to a Day of Mindfulness we’re hosting on July 25th, 9a-4p at Canticle Farm (1972 36th Ave, Oakland)! We would love for you to come join us in practice. The inspiration for the day is to reflect on stories from the founding of our tradition, in resistance to …
Update: This day of mindfulness is now at capacity, so we are no longer accepting reservations. You are invited to a Day of Mindfulness Hosted by Potluck Sangha Join us for a nourishing day of mindfulness dedicated to exploring the depth and freedom of Great Love—a love that is spacious, wise, and liberating. Rooted in the …
Dear Plum Village Nor-Cal community,As white-bodied practitioners who have been practicing together in a Plum Village sangha to look deeply into our white awareness in order to address and end racism, our deepening white awareness sangha offers this online half-day of mindfulness to other white bodied practitioners. Please register here to receive the zoom link. …
Our Wisdom Meditation School (Pho Tri) Days of Mindfulness continue exploration of Dharma with our next event — the 54th in our series. Title / Theme: “Wisdom & Transformation in Stillness” Please save the date & RSVP to Châu Yoder if you are coming. If you have any questions about this DOM, please contact Châu Yoder: PhotriDOM@gmail.com …
There will be a day of mindfulness at Udumbara on October 3 (confirmed date). Details to come in August/September.
Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness in San Francisco, co-sponsored by Home Within Sangha and the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco.
Our annual winter retreat will be held from Friday to Monday on the weekend before Veteran's Day / Armistice Day. More details TBA.
Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at the Compassion Meditation Center in Hayward. This day is being led by Dharma Teachers Lyn Fine, Caleb Cushing, and Denise Bergez, who will offer a transmission of the Five Mindfulness Trainings (5MT) during the day. More details TBA!