July Day of Mindfulness: Great Love and Letting Go
2026-07-25 11:30 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rossmoor Gateway Clubhouse, 1001 Golden Rain Rd, Walnut Creek, California, 94595, United States
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 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.

The 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.

What 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?

This 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.

Please 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.

This retreat is now full.

Come as you are. Leave lighter.

Questions?

V (veronica.riglick@gmail.com) or Tamar (tlxenoch@icloud.com)

Please note the late morning start time!

This will be held a the Rossmoor Gateway Clubhouse: 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94595, in Multipurpose Room 3

Rides from Rockridge BART station can be requested. (Rossmoor is a 20-minute ride from Rockridge station.)

Half-Day of Mindfulness: Deepening White Awareness In These Times (online)
2026-08-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Online
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.

Contact PVDWA.sangha@gmail.com with any questions.

Please share attached flyer with other white-bodied practitioners who may be interested.

A lotus to you,

Sheryl Muñoz-Bergman

True Spring Light of Gratitude

Aug8th DOM flyer – Deepening White Awareness in These Times (1)Download

September Day of Mindfulness in Vacaville
2026-09-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Pho Tri Wisdom Meditation School, 7233 Pleasants Valley Road, Vacaville, California, United States
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

925-708-8662 (call or text)

FLYER 09-19-2026Download

FLOW without names- 9-19-2026Download

October 3 Day of Mindfulness in Santa Cruz
2026-10-03 10:00 - 16:00 | Udumbara Retreat Center / Duc Vien Tinh Uyen, 21055 Summit Road, Los Gatos, CA, United States
There will be a day of mindfulness at Udumbara on October 3 (confirmed date). Details to come in August/September.

October Day of Mindfulness in SF
2026-10-24 10:00 - 14:30 | Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, 1187 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
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.

November Weekend Retreat
2026-11-06 17:00 - 2026-11-09 12:00 | Quaker Center, Ben Lomond, California, 95005, United States
Our annual winter retreat will be held from Friday to Monday on the weekend before Veteran’s Day / Armistice Day. More details TBA.

December Day of Mindfulness and 5 Mindfulness Trainings Transmission
2026-12-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Chua Pho Tu / Compassion Meditation Center, 17327 Meekland Avenue, Hayward, California, 94541, United States
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!

January Day of Mindfulness in SF
2027-01-23 10:00 - 14:30 | Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, 1187 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States

April Day of Mindfulness in SF
2027-04-24 10:00 - 14:30 | Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, 1187 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
