We all want to truly see and be seen in our authentic nature. Invite a friend, family member or partner to join you in this nurturing practice that expands our definition of what true intimacy (in-to-me-see) is. As we are guided in new ways to experience embodied connection with others, our self-awareness expands. We experience …
Events: 1st April 2025
Building upon Mei Elliott’s Oct. 27 lecture, The Bodhisattva with Boundaries, this lecture continues to use Buddhist teachings to explore the interface between a healthy sense of self and the experience of "not-self" that is grounded in emptiness. What practices are available for the development of a dynamic union between emptiness and a mature self? …
Practicing with Loving-Kindness for Self In this guided meditation with Kodo Conlin, participants will practice a gentle approach to metta (Loving-Kindness) meditation, emphasizing an attitude of care, sympathy, and well-being This workshop is part of a series on Buddhist teachings. Attendees are encouraged to reigster for one or all of the sessions: –The Bodhisattva with …
You have learned many skills in your life that have become so natural to you that you may not even think about them as skills, few of these activities were natural or intuitive to you when you first started to learn them. In this lecture we will explore how mindful awareness, the liberating quality that …
Exploring meditation through the perspective of Bhakti (Hindu Devotional traditions), we delve into the aesthetics of devotional poetry and song as a contemplative practice. Utilizing poetic language to describe the object of contemplation and music to draw the senses, we explore the poetic writings of theologians from the Bhakti traditions focusing the mind and senses …
Kirtan, or keertan, is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story, specifically in Indian religions. It also refers to a genre of religious performance arts, connoting a musical form of narration or shared recitation, particularly of spiritual or religious ideas, native to the Indian subcontinent. With roots in …
We all want to truly see and be seen in our authentic nature. Invite a friend, family member or partner to join you in this nurturing guided practice that expands our definition of what true intimacy (in-to-me-see) is. As we are guided in new ways to experience embodied connection with others, our self-awareness expands. We …
Is it possible for mindful awareness to become an organic and natural ingredient in all that we do? Is it possible to live with awareness in such a way that it becomes as natural to us as reading or driving or tying our shoes? What about in moments of great stress, crisis, or habituation? In …
Indigenous traditions of mindfulness, sacred relationship, and working with breath and energy are precious gifts from our Ancestors. In this talk, Brenda Salgado will share about the Time of the Sixth Sun, and Toltec teachings and calendar to help us better understand and navigate the turbulence and change we now are experiencing as a human …
Seated meditation is the cornerstone of Soto Zen Buddhism as taught by San Francisco Zen Center’s Japanese founder, Shunryu Suzuki-roshi. The instruction is simple and yet… This iPause Guided Practice is the third part of a three session series taught by Furyu Nancy Schroeder. Attendees are welcome to register for one or all three sessions …