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SUMMARY:BIPOC Weekend at Deer Park
DESCRIPTION:A Mindfulness Weekend for Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color (BIPOC) at Deer Park Monastery\, May 15-17. \n\n\n\nSee the Deer Park website for more details (link below).
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/bipoc-weekend-at-deer-park/
LOCATION:Deer Park Monastery\, 2499 Melru Lane\, Escondido\, CA\, 92026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beyond the Bay Area,Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T143000
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SUMMARY:May Day of Mindfulness with Victoria Mausisa: Fierce Love -- Resistance and Rest
DESCRIPTION:A day for reflection\, recovery\, and engagement\n\n\n\nNOTE: This Day of Mindfulness will be held at East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC). See details below. \n\n\n\nWith cruelty and injustice in the world running rampant every day\, it can seem difficult to know what to do. \n\n\n\nWe invite you — activists\, advocates\, practitioners\, and all who support the creation of a better world — to gather for a day of mindfulness at EBMC. \n\n\n\nOur purpose\, first\, is to rest and recover our strength. If you have been protesting\, come and let the sangha hold you for a day. \n\n\n\nA second purpose is for mindful discussion about where we find hope\, and how our actions might help realize our hopes. \n\n\n\nDharma teacher Victoria Mausisa will be offering a teaching\, and other members of the NorCal Plum Village community will lead practices like sitting meditation\, walking meditation\, and eating meditation. Please bring a vegetarian lunch.  \n\n\n\nAll are welcome! \n\n\n\n\nAdd your name to the registration list\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Bay Meditation Center is approximately 3–4 blocks from 19th Street BART in Oakland. Metered street parking is available\, as well as at the Douglas Parking lot ($10.50/day) located at 1811 Harrison Street. \n\n\n\nParticipants will be offered to wear N95 or KN95 face masks\, but face masks are not mandatory.  \n\n\n\nFragrance-Free: East Bay Meditation Center is a scent free / fragrance free space. To attend in person\, you need to be completely free of fragranced body and clothing products. \n\n\n\nEBMC is wheelchair accessible. \n\n\n\nOpportunity for Dana: \n\n\n\nWe joyfully receive your dana/donations as acts of generosity and want you to know your presence is enough. For transparency\, we are renting EBMC for $250 to host this day together. \n\n\n\nTo support this Day of Mindfulness and help cover the space rental at EBMC\, please consider sending a donation ahead of time\, via Venmo to @JennaD7 . \n\n\n\n\nClick here to register
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/may-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:EBMC\, 285 17th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260531T170000
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SUMMARY:Geography of Change: A Forest Retreat for Navigating Life Transitions\, with Valerie Brown
DESCRIPTION:Dharma teacher Valerie Brown will be offering a retreat at Quaker Center this coming year. Please share this invitation with your sanghas! \n\n\n\nThis is an in-person retreat\, May 29-31\, 2026. \n\n\n\nImmersed in the stunning beauty of the redwoods in spring\, this retreat explores issues of life transition\, vocation\, passion\, purpose\, meaning\, direction\, and underlying patterns\, to live in greater alignment with your deepest values\, to listen to your own inner wisdom\, and to have the courage to act with integrity and authenticity. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, see this link: \n\n\n\n\nGeography of Change\n\n\n\n\nAbout the facilitator. Valerie Brown is an author\, Buddhist-Quaker Dharma teacher\, facilitator\, and executive coach specializing in leadership development and mindfulness practices with a focus on diversity\, social equity\, and inclusion. A former lawyer and lobbyist\, Valerie transformed her high-pressure career into serving nonprofits to create trustworthy\, authentic\, and compassionate workspaces. For more information about Valerie\, please visit  www.valeriebrown.us.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/geography-of-change-a-forest-retreat-for-navigating-life-transitions-with-valerie-brown/
LOCATION:Quaker Center\, Ben Lomond\, California\, 95005\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T203000
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness Trainings Recitation
DESCRIPTION:Spiritual Friends Sangha invites you to our monthly recitation of the Buddhist Precepts for Ethical Living\, aka the Five Mindfulness Trainings. \n\n\n\nAfter 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. \n\n\n\nThis will be followed by a communal recitation of this Global Spiritual Ethic\, a modern adaptation of the original Buddhist Precepts\, developed by Zen Monk\, Poet and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. \n\n\n\nThe evening will culminate with time for you to offer questions and reflections about the precepts or your practice. Augusta will offer reflections and responses on living and practicing with these ethical precepts. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, click the “Register” button below or go to https://events.humanitix.com/mindfulness-trainings-recitation?c=teacher
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/mindfulness-trainings-recitation/
LOCATION:San Francisco Dharma Collective\, 2929 24th St\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Augusta Hopkins":MAILTO:augustahopkins@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T150000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: June Day of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nPlease join us the following months at Shantideva and elsewhere around the Bay Area!
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/june-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T140000
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SUMMARY:Deer Park Family Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Deer Park’s very popular annual retreat for families to join monastics and other practitioners in the Plum Village tradition. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, see the link to the Deer Park website below.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/deer-park-family-retreat-2/
LOCATION:Deer Park Monastery\, 2499 Melru Lane\, Escondido\, CA\, 92026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beyond the Bay Area,Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260725T113000
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SUMMARY:July Day of Mindfulness: Great Love and Letting Go
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a Day of Mindfulness Hosted by Potluck Sangha \n\n\n\nJoin 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 teachings of the Buddha and inspired by the insights of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh\, this day invites you to touch the heart of love through presence\, reflection\, and gentle practice. \n\n\n\nThe Buddha taught that true love has four essential elements: lovingkindness (metta)\, the ability to offer gentleness and well-being; compassion (karuna)\, the capacity to be in touch with suffering and the wish to alleviate it; joy (mudita)\, the delight in the happiness of others; and equanimity (upekkha)\, a balanced\, steady openness of heart. Thay Thich Nhat Hanh offered a beautiful insight in translating equanimity as inclusiveness—a love that embraces all without discrimination\, that does not cling\, exclude\, or take sides. \n\n\n\nWhat does it mean to experience equanimity as inclusiveness? How is equanimity deeply connected to letting go? How is letting go an expression of true love? \n\n\n\nThis day will invite us to reflect on the willingness to love without needing to hold on\, to care without needing to control\, and to be present without needing things to be different. It is the courage to allow change\, impermanence\, and uncertainty—and still remain open-hearted. This is Great Love: a love that liberates rather than confines. \n\n\n\nPlease bring a bag lunch\, floor cushion\, and a yoga mat or blanket (for uncarpeted flooring) if you would like to lie down during deep relaxation/guided meditation. The room will also have chairs available.  \n\n\n\nSpace is limited and advance registration is required! Please register soon: Registration link \n\n\n\nCome as you are. Leave lighter. \n\n\n\nQuestions?  \n\n\n\nV (veronica.riglick@gmail.com) or Tamar (tlxenoch@icloud.com) \n\n\n\nPlease note the late morning start time! \n\n\n\nThis will be held a the Rossmoor Gateway Clubhouse: 1001 Golden Rain Road\, Walnut Creek\, CA 94595\, in Multipurpose Room 3 \n\n\n\nRides from Rockridge BART station can be requested. (Rossmoor is a 20-minute ride from Rockridge station.)
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/july-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Rossmoor Gateway Clubhouse\, 1001 Golden Rain Rd\, Walnut Creek\, California\, 94595\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Tamar Enoch":MAILTO:tlxenoch@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T150000
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SUMMARY:August Day of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/august-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260919T150000
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SUMMARY:September Day of Mindfulness in Vacaville
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Pho Tri Wisdom Meditation School in Vacaville.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/september-day-of-mindfulness-in-vacaville/
LOCATION:Pho Tri Wisdom Meditation School\, 7233 Pleasants Valley Road\, Vacaville\, California\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261017T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261017T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T153245
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SUMMARY:October Day of Mindfulness in Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:A day of mindfulness at Udumbara is planned for October. However\, the date is not yet confirmed.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/october-day-of-mindfulness-in-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:Udumbara Retreat Center / Duc Vien Tinh Uyen\, 21055 Summit Road\, Los Gatos\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261121T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T153245
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SUMMARY:November Day of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/november-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261212T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261212T150000
DTSTAMP:20260624T153245
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SUMMARY:December Day of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/december-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
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