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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Sangha | Emily Horn
DESCRIPTION:Led by MMTCP Mentors\, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your personal practice and teaching questions and to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session\, mentors will offer a short talk\, lead a reflective or practice exercise and then offer guidance and wisdom for any questions you have  – much like we had in peer groups.   \n \nThis session is led by Emily Horn and is from 11 am – 12:30 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here \n \nPlease note: these sessions are not recorded. Now more than ever we need to be in community and though we can’t be together in person\, please join us live for this valuable community. \n \nMore about Emily \nEmily’s work is deeply influenced by her studies at Naropa University and more than a year of intensive Insight Meditation retreats mentored by Jack Kornfield\, Trudy Goodman  and others in her 20s. For almost two decades\, she has taught retreats around the world\, mentored and trained hundreds of mindfulness teachers. In addition to being an MMTCP mentor\, Emily teaches meditation\, Dharma\, and long residential retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, Insight Meditation Society\, and InsightLA. \n \nCalled a “power player of the mindfulness movement” by Wired Magazine\, Emily’s teaching and writing have been featured in 10% Happier\, Boston Children’s Hospital’s Comfort Ability Project\, Buddhist Geeks\, and pioneering mindfulness apps such as Brightmind and Buddhify\, including early explorations of mindfulness in VR. Alongside her sister\, Dr. Kirsten West\, she co-founded Mindful Wellness Space—a collaborative healing environment integrating meditation\, functional medicine\, chiropractic care\, acupuncture\, and other restorative modalities. With her husband\, Vincent Horn\, she co-created the groundbreaking Buddhist Geeks conferences and retreats while embracing the profound journey of parenthood.  Learn more about Emily here
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-sangha-emily-horn/
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SUMMARY:Half-day retreat (virtual) with Gullu Singh
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to take a half-day pause with this virtual silent retreat led by Gullu Singh.  The time will be spent mostly in noble silence with periods of sitting and walking/movement meditation\, dharma talk and Q&A time.   \n \nThe theme of the retreat will be wise effort touching upon effort not being too tight and not too loose\, initiating effort /overcoming resistance\, the 4 wise efforts\, effortless effort\, etc.  \n \nThe retreat will be from 10:30 am – 2:30 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here \n \nMore about Gullu \nGulwinder “Gullu” Singh is a mindfulness and Dharma teacher who also practices corporate real estate law. Although he was exposed to meditation as a child\, he found his own practice when\, after law school\, he found himself working at high-powered law firms where the job was extremely stressful. \nGullu completed the four-year Spirit Rock Meditation Center Teacher Training Program and qualified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Gullu is core faculty in the Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training\, the Spirit Rock Dedicated Practitioner Program\, and a mentor for MMTCP. He is also a core teacher and board member for Sacred Mountain Sangha\, a senior teacher at InsightLA\, and a member of the guiding teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. \nGullu is deeply inspired to share meditation as an antidote to stress\, a path to well-being\, and a way to inject more sanity\, compassion\, and wisdom into this world.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/half-day-retreat-virtual-with-gullu-singh/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T190000
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Sangha -- Debra Kerr
DESCRIPTION:Led by MMTCP Mentors\, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your personal practice and teaching questions and to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session\, mentors will offer a short talk\, lead a reflective or practice exercise and then offer guidance and wisdom for any questions you have  – much like we had in peer groups.   \n \nThis session is led by Deb Kerr and is from 7 – 8:30 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here \n \nPlease note: these sessions are not recorded. Now more than ever we need to be in community and though we can’t be together in person\, please join us live for this valuable community. \n \nMore about Deb \n \nDebra Kerr (she/her/hers) is a partner\, mother\, grandmother\, and retired speech pathologist who has meditated since 1991 and taught since 2002.  A graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program\, Deb is a Core Teacher at East Bay Meditation Center\, where she also guides the Every Body Every Mind Sangha for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses.  Her meditation practice is influenced by both Theravada and Dzogchen teachings. Deb is dedicated to waking up as much as possible\, and to using the tools of Buddhist practice to dismantle racism and other forms of oppression and exclusion. She loves maximizing well-being and human potential through the practices of lovingkindness\, compassion and wisdom.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-sangha-debra-kerr/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260725T120000
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SUMMARY:Wise Engagement and Relationship with AI  | Workshop with Lars Sandved-Smith
DESCRIPTION:Mindfulness is heart-centered practice\, rooted in human presence\, lineage\, and safety.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents both challenges and opportunities for more mindfulness in our world but there are also technical\, ethical\, and spiritual implications.  \n  \nJoin us for this informative session intended as an orientation for mindfulness practitioners and teachers of  today’s AI landscape. We’ll cover many relevant\, and timely\, topics in this workshop\, including:  \n\n\nWhy AI matters as a “technology of mind” shaping attention\, intention\, and view \n\n\nWhat the current AI systems actually are and where they’re heading \n\n\nBuddhist frames for understanding AI — e.g. as a karmic amplifier\, as a shift from attention economy to attachment economy\,  \n\n\nPractical paths for wise engagement\, from conscientious objection to intentional use to active stewardship \n\n\nWe are at an evolutionary turning point where we are participating with AI\, whether we want to or not\, and it is no longer just a tool we use.  Even these topics will just scratch the surface so it is important for us to become a little more AI “literate”.  \n \nThis workshop is from 12 – 3 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here \n \nMore about Lars \nLars Sandved-Smith is a computational neuroscientist and meditation teacher with a background in technology and M&A. He is excited about the potential for good in emerging technologies and advances in our scientific understanding of meditation. Lars is currently a doctoral researcher at the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies developing computational models of meditation using the active inference framework in collaboration with Karl Friston’s lab at UCL. He also founded Neurons of Potential\, teaching meditation to businesses and leadership teams through the lens of the latest scientific understandings of practice.  \n \nIn 2014 he received a master’s in Physics and Philosophy from the University of Manchester where his interest in understanding the mind’s ability to interpret reality began. This interest continued to develop during his career in technology consulting at KPMG and Deloitte and eventually led Lars to meditation\, yoga and neuroscience. An MMTCP alumni\, Lars’ goal is to contribute to the growing scientific understanding of mental well-being and explore modern approaches to contemplative practice.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/wise-engagement-and-relationship-with-ai-workshop-with-lars-sandved-smith/
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