White Awareness Sangha
2025-10-02 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-06 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
First of all, we welcome 2025 graduates to our on-going sangha. We began during our training in 2021 and continued into the alumni association. Some members are not part of the alumni association and they are welcome to join.
Our next meeting will be on the first Thursday of the month at 1:00 PM ET which is our normal time.
The zoom will come in an email a day or two before the event..
Metta,
Jerome
415-299-0428

Jerome Freedman, Ph. D., C.M.T, O. I.
jerome@mountainsangha.org
http://mountainsangha.org

Right Livelihood, Real Revenue: A Business Model Workshop for Mindfulness Teachers
2025-10-04 12:00 - 15:00
As part of our Business of Being a Mindfulness Teacher, this session will address the very important topic of money. Led by Genevieve Tregor and Jonathan DeYoe, the session will address the following topics:

what is right livelihood – ethical practices and alignment

roots of dana and how it has evolved over time, practices in the western world

exploring generosity and how you relate to it

dana vs charging – how do you determine what is right for you, hybrid

figuring out your financial model; what is your financial need to then identify how many students, price point, etc

how to create a budget / financial plan

The session is from 12 – 3 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

More About Genevieve Tregor
Genevieve Tregor, MS, has practiced vipassana meditation in-depth under Western and monastic teachers since 2008, with a year-and-a-half in cumulative retreat. She is founding teacher of Insight Meditation Scottsdale community, SolutionMindfulness.com, and OneWorldMindfulness.com—creating and teaching classes, workshops, and retreats in secular and Buddhist contexts, and teaching alongside senior teachers in the Insight tradition.

Genevieve seeks to support each student in finding their unique embodied teaching style. Her students appreciate her sense of humor, and direct and down-to-earth approach. She takes joy in sharing the dharma and the essentials of teaching.

More About Jonathan DeYoe
Jonathan has worked in the financial services industry for more than 25 years. Prior to joining EP Wealth Advisors in 2021 his career journey led from being a seminarian and Buddhist academic to a financial advisor. After spending 5 years with large Wall Street companies (“just enough to know better”), Jonathan launched his own firm, growing it from 6 clients to 280 over the course of 20 years.

Jonathan is also the bestselling author of Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend and, as the host of the Mindful Money Podcast and co-host of the Mindful Wealth Podcast, he talks about both the personal-finance decision-making process and the part money and wealth play in our culture.

RISE-Refuge & Inspiration Sangha for Educators
2025-10-05 12:00 - 13:30
Our journey continues of exploring how to heal our own hearts and the heart of democracy- we cultivate Habits of the Heart, find Refuge and Inspiration for ourselves in beloved company of fellow teachers/educators, and explore ways to take these practices to enrich the lives of others within the communities we serve,

Awakening Together Sangha gathering
2025-10-05 19:00 - 20:30
1st Sunday monthly gathering. Willie is our host. All are welcome as we build relationships that support our awakening together.

Mentor-led Session | Dawn Haney
2025-10-07 11:00 - 12:15
Led by MMTCP Mentors, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your teaching and practice questions and to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session, mentors will offer a short talk and then offer guidance and wisdom for whatever is coming up for you – much like we had in peer groups.
This session is from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET and will be led by Dawn Haney; Zoom link is here.

More About Dawn
Dawn (they/she) weaves together wisdom from Buddhism and social justice traditions, understanding identity, power, and change through their own experiences as a white, fat, queer, nonbinary femme.

For the past decade, Dawn has been a voice for justice and inclusion in Buddhism and mindfulness through formal and informal roles that include co-director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, a mentor and DEIA consultant for MMTCP, and a lead coordinator of a letter asking Insight Buddhist communities to fulfill commitments to train BIPOC & LGBTQ retreat teachers.

Dawn’s home base for teaching is with the East Bay Meditation Center, and they have also taught at many other meditation centers offering innovative and popular classes on Finding Liberation in Relationship, Fat Dharma, the Dharma of Being Anti-Racist, Mudita Revolution, and the Block Build Be spirituality+social justice retreats.
Learn more about Dawn here.

Write Yourself Free with Poet, Julia Fehrenbacher
2025-10-11 12:00 - 13:30
We’ll be coming back on Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 12:00–1:15 PM ET with a very special welcome-back session!
To mark our return, we’ll be joined by the luminous poet Julia Fehrenbacher, one of my favorite modern-day voices. Julia will guide us through her inspiring “Write Yourself Free” process—an invitation to reflect, create, and reconnect with the inner work that supports bringing our aspirations into the world.

Asia Sangha
2025-10-12 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-09 10:00 - 11:30
Monthly Online Meetup. Second Sunday of every month For anyone from, living in, connected to and / or interested in Asian cultural context of practice

Mindful Journaling
2025-10-12 11:30 - 12:30
Mindful journaling is a route to self-discovery and healing. Everyone welcome.

Disability Affinity Sangha
2025-10-14 14:30 - 16:00, 2025-11-11 14:30 - 16:00
We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 2:30-4pm ET. We are an affinity group that is open to alumni who have a disability, including a chronic medical condition. Prior to attending your first group, please read our sangha page. Here’s the zoom link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/94776947948

Plant-based Foods Exploration
2025-10-16 21:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-20 21:00 - 22:00
Monthly gathering the 3rd Thursdays at 7 pm EST to discuss individual plant-based journeys, along with teaching about plant-based lifestyles.

Joseph Goldstein | Date Rescheduled
2025-10-19 12:00 - 13:30
We are rescheduling this session to Sunday, October 19 from 12 – 1:30 pm ET. We know many of you are participating in the No Kings! events on Saturday; being present with Joseph in a live session just for our alumni is a rare gift and we look forward to seeing you.

Time with our beloved Joseph — this has become an annual tradition since we launched and we deeply appreciate Joseph’s support and wisdom. In this session he will talk about ‘mind as the forerunner of all things’ (from one of the opening passages of the Dhammapada). He will also take your questions either on his talk or anything else coming up for you in practice or teaching.

The session is from 12 – 1:30 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

Mentor-led Session | Alison Cohen
2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:15
Led by MMTCP Mentors, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your teaching and practice questions and to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session, mentors will offer a short talk and then offer guidance and wisdom for whatever is coming up for you – much like we had in peer groups.

This session is from 7 – 8:15 pm ET and will be led by Alison Cohen; Zoom link is here.

More About Alison
Alison “Ali” Cohen (she/her) is a white cisgender woman based in Washington, DC, who has spent 10+ years teaching mindfulness, often alongside BIPOC colleagues. She is passionate about the intersection of community building, contemplative practice, and social justice. Ali’s journey to practice began as a young adult when she was desperate for guidance on how to compassionately navigate her tumultuous internal landscape, not to mention the world. On an Insight meditation retreat, she found what she was looking for. Ali is a former public high school teacher and mindfulness program director who teaches trauma-informed mindfulness practice to human beings from many walks of life, in secular, Buddhist, and Jewish spaces. Ali has trained with Mindful Schools and the UMass Memorial Health Center for Mindfulness.
Learn more about Ali and her offerings here.

Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teachers Sangha
2025-10-21 21:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-18 21:00 - 22:00
Please join us for an hour to explore and share the ways in which we show up in the world as trauma sensitive mindfulness teachers. This meeting will be held monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 9-10pm Eastern. Here is the Zoom link; you can also use the following credentials:Meeting ID: 811 4289 6909Passcode: [REDACTED]

MNVC sangha
2025-10-24 13:00 - 14:30
Join us as we explore, investigate and practice key elements of Nonviolent Communication. Newcomers and beginners welcome! Typically, the sangha is led by Allison or Kathy, but we also welcome guest facilitators! If there’s a particular topic or element you’re interested in focusing on, email allison.e.schuette@gmail.com.

LGBTQIA+ Sangha
2025-10-27 20:00 - 21:00
Join MMTCP AA’s LGBTQIA+ Sangha this October for community nourishment. Loretta will guide us. Come for all or part of the session. BYO beverage, house pets, and cozy clothing to reconnect in our monthly celebration, however you see fit–hope to see you there!
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Brahmaviharas Sangha -- Breathing the Sea Air
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:30
October 29, 2025 will be our Next Sit!
New Post Alert!

-The months roll along, like waves in the ocean, which is about a 7-minute stroll from my family cottage in Ogunquit, ME. My footprints have, for many years, been imprinted on the short stretch of road and gently arching, wooden footbridge which connects the warm pavement to the soft, white sand beyond the dunes.
-Two weeks ago, my husband and I closed our family cottage until next Spring and headed home. It is not a long drive, but space and time seem to stretch mystically between Ogunquit, ME and Wayland, MA.
– As we wound up our “nautical rope” and drifted south, we listened to chant music and slowly let go of the past 4 1/2 months. My training was put to good use when we attended three funerals of friends whom we’d known for many decades. I provided emotional triage and listened to their families. There were moments of Metta, Empathetic Joy, Compassion and, yes, Equanimity. They breathed more easily during our sits together. That is all that I could do without overwhelming their sense of loss and vulnerability.
-As we turn towards the essence of Fall and savor whatever Nature presents as gifts, may we sit together in silence, listen to the rhythm of our hearts and open them to the “stranger” and “unknown” adventures that lie ahead.
“Without expectations, anything is possible.” (-anonymous, Chinese sage).
-Please bring yourself, your journal, a good quality pen and good quality headphones for listening to sounds that I share. We will focus on how to use our skills and teachings to soften our hearts and help others to embody the 4 Divine Abodes.
I might touch on facets of the “5 Invitations”, wonderful portals to awakening.
-The image below is a double exposure, not yet complete, taken at the edge of a cliff, overlooking the ocean. On the far left, is a ghost-like, female figure and her dog, gazing towards the distant horizon. What were they thinking? What would you suggest as a title? (c) Linda J. Hirsch, 2025. All Rts. Rsvd.
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Time: Oct 29, 2025 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Mindful in Nature
2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:00
Monthly Mindful in Nature Sangha meeting. This session will be lead by Ann and is from 7 – 8 pm ET

We look forward to seeing you!

RISE-Refuge & Inspiration Sangha for Educators
2025-11-02 12:00 - 13:30
Our journey continues of exploring how to heal our own hearts and the heart of democracy- we cultivate Habits of the Heart, find Refuge and Inspiration for ourselves in beloved company of fellow teachers/educators, and explore ways to take these practices to enrich the lives of others within the communities we serve.
This session is from 12 – 1:30 pm ET

Awakening Together Sangha
2025-11-02 19:00 - 20:30
At this gathering we will have the opportunity to imagine together what an awakened and mindful world would be and act like. All are welcome. Karyn will be our host.
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Mentor-led Session | Emily Horn
2025-11-04 11:00 - 12:15
Led by MMTCP Mentors, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your teaching and practice questions and to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session, mentors will offer a short talk and then offer guidance and wisdom for whatever is coming up for you – much like we had in peer groups. These sessions have been so rich and supportive that this year we are offering them twice a month and alternating times so our peers around the world can join more often.

This session will be led by Emily Horn and is from 11 am – 12:15 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

More About Emily

Emily Horn is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher via the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. She is also authorized to teach meditation, dharma, and long retreats by Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, and InsightLA.

Emily has been called a “power player of the mindfulness movement” by Wired magazine. Her work is featured in Ten Percent Happier, Boston Children’s Hospital’s Comfort Ability Project, Buddhist Geeks, and apps such as Brightmind and Buddhify. She’s also been mentoring mindfulness teachers with MMTCP led by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach for over five years.

For her, a mindful life is simply learning to dance with all of this human experience: from transcendence to dirty dishes, evolutionary edges to ancient roots, solitary practice to deepening relationships. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with her husband, Vincent, and son, Zander. Learn more about Emily here

MCMT - Carry Your Vision Forward®: Clearing Away the Static
2025-11-08 12:00 - 13:30
Surprisingly, an authentic vision or aspiration rarely shows up as a fully formed blueprint. Instead, it often comes as what I call a “vision seed”—a small yet powerful spark that holds within it the potential for everything that wants to unfold. In this session, we’ll begin to clear away the static that clouds your clarity and open space for your true vision to take shape.
Please join me with cameras on (if possible) as we engage in an experiential/relational session. Paper and pen are recommended for journaling.

Mindful Journaling
2025-11-09 11:30 - 12:30
Mindful Journaling lets you discover your deeper thoughts, create your world, process your feelings or simply pay with words. Everyone welcome.

MMTCP Connect 2025 - Annual all-alumni gathering (virtual)
2025-11-15 - 2025-11-16
MMTCP Connect 2025: One Heart, Many Voices – our second annual all-alumni gathering (virtual) will be a weekend full of inspiration and community. More details coming soon!

When:
November 15 from 11 am – 3 pm ET
November 15 from 5:30 – 9:30 /10 pm ET
November 16 from 10:30 am – 4 pm ET

We are finalizing topics with the speakers and additional session details and will share that soon. Sessions are spread out throughout the weekend to allow peers in the Asia/Pacific region to join us live.

Some highlights:

James Baraz – 11/15 at 11 am ET

Kaira Jewel Lingo – 11/15 at 1:30 pm ET

Jack Kornfield – 11/15 at 5:30 pm ET

Bhikkhu Bodhi – keynote address 11/15 at 7:00 pm ET

Tara Brach – 11/16 at 11:30 am ET

We will also have other speakers and feature an alumni panel, our fabulous sangha leaders. and fun being-in-community sessions to get to know each other.

Check the MMTCP Connect 2025 tab on our homepage for the most current information.

We look forward to seeing you!

Mentor-led Session | Imee Contreras
2025-11-18 19:00 - 20:15
Led by MMTCP Mentors, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your teaching and practice questions and to be in sangha with alumni peers. In each session, mentors will offer a short talk and then offer guidance and wisdom for whatever is coming up for you – much like we had in peer groups.

This session will be led by Imee Contreras and is and is from 7 – 8:15 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

More about Imee Contreras
Imee first discovered meditation over thirty years ago, at 16 years old, around the time when she faced one of the most impactful crossroads in her life. She spent a large part of her younger years growing up in the United States and is now based in her motherland; the Philippines. After decades of searching, she discovered a true sense of belonging in nature, motherhood, yoga therapy, meditation practice and the Dharma.
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She mentors with a unique blend of traditional yet progressive, Eastern yet Western, and gentle yet firm approach. She works in Buddhist, secular, and cross-cultural settings that intertwine harmoniously within the mindfulness field. She believes that everything belongs when exploring one’s own mind and heart. Hence, it takes courageous and compassionate enthusiasm to meet ourselves fully. She loves engaging in relaxed, meaningful conversations that build relationship and cultivate connection.

She’s a mom to two boys whom she aspires to raise as respectful, kind, and dignified human beings. She loves dancing to live music, nature hikes and campfires, and soaking in warm ocean waters. She’s a health and wellness advocate, an organic gardener, and a yoga therapist.
Learn more about Imee and her offerings here

Mindfulness and Nonviolent Communication
2025-11-21 13:00 - 14:30
Meeting time is 1 pm ET. Please note that in November and December we will be meeting on the 3rd Friday of the month, which is different than our typical 4th Friday schedule.
