Tag: Days of Mindfulness

Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026

Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm

Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops, 210 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94129

Dear Bay Area OI Siblings and Aspirants, you are invited to our second Fire-Building Session.

The Presidio Tunnel Tops is a stunning open-air park at the gateway of the Presidio, offering sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge, beautiful public lawns, accessible restrooms, and paid parking. It is easily reachable by public transit (Muni Routes 43 and 30), as well as by Waymo or Uber.

This is a beautiful opportunity for our Bay Area OI community to come together in person, practice in community, and share a casual recitation of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings.

Please RSVP

To help us prepare, please reach out and let us know:

1. Will you be joining us on May 9?
2. Are you able to offer a ride to others? If so, how many seats are available?
3. What city in the Bay Area are you coming from? (This helps with carpooling coordination and future location planning.)

If you feel called to help shape and organize this gathering, we warmly welcome your energy and creativity — please reach out to any member of the organizing committee.

With care, joy, and deep gratitude, Dylan, Sheryl, and Tanya

For more information about the encouragement of these fire-building sessions from Plum Village, check out this link: https://plumvillage.org/articles/sangha-fire-building-sessions-around-the-world.

Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery.

Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery.

A day of mindfulness at Udumbara is planned for October. However, the date is not yet confirmed.

Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Pho Tri Wisdom Meditation School in Vacaville.

Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery.

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. 

Space is limited and advance registration is required! Please register soon: Registration link

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.)

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!

Take It Easy: Cultivating Ease with Our Practice

You are invited to a Day of Mindfulness in the redwoods inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching on the importance of calm, ease, smiling and letting go when navigating difficult times. Members of a panel will share practices and tools they use from the Plum Village tradition to cultivate ease. The day will include mindful sitting, walking, eating, movement and dharma sharing to help us embody well-being and ease.

LET US KNOW YOU ARE COMING!

To help us with planning and ride sharing, please RSVP here.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Ride Share Organizer
• Parking Guide
• Greeter
• Five Contemplations Reader

For questions or to volunteer:

Natascha Bruckner at njbruckner@gmail.com

Logan Payne at loganpayne@earthlink.net.