The Dangers of Peace: Avoidance and Bypassing as Hindrances to Liberation | A Workshop with Kazu Haga
2026-06-14 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
As dharma practitioners and teachers, part of our path is to support others in walking toward peace. Yet in a world shaped by pervasive violence, our understanding of what it means to create “peace” can become distorted. How might our assumptions about concepts like peace, safety, agreements, healing, and accountability unintentionally create fragile or reactive spaces that replicate harm? And how can our grounding in the dharma help us cultivate containers that are not only genuinely safe, but also resilient enough to hold challenges, invite growth, and move us toward the liberation of all beings? And at a time when we are polarized and/or paralyzed by conflict, this session will offer practical tools and strategies you can bring into your relationships and teaching.

This workshop is from 12 – 3 pm ET; the Zoom link is here.

This session is presented in collaboration with the Mindfulness and Nonviolent Communication Sangha; please visit the Sangha page for more information.

More About Kazu Haga
Kazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, a core member of the Fierce Vulnerability Network, a founding core member of the Ahimsa Collective, a Jam facilitator and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm and Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging through
Collapse. His work weaves together spiritual practice, trauma healing and nonviolent action to advance social change and move towards collective liberation.
He has over 25 years of experience in nonviolence and social change work. He is a resident of the Canticle Farm community on Lisjan Ohlone land, Oakland, CA, where
he lives with his family. You can find out more about his work at www.kazuhaga.com.

Healthcare Professionals Sangha
2026-06-15 20:00 - 21:30
Healthcare Professionals Sangha Monthly meeting

Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teachers
2026-06-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-09-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-11-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-01-19 11:00 - 12:00
Facing Trauma in a Changing World
An international TSM sangha

Let’s explore how trauma shows up in our communities online and in person and the skillful means that we need as TSM teachers and/or facilitators to be of help in stormy days.
“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves,” Thich Nhat Hanh.

This sangha provides a grounded and safe space to be present with your peers who share one simple yet profound goal: Peace in every Step (á la Thich Nhat Hanh). Let us reclaim our deep listening and deep seeing into shared humanity. Let us discuss cross cultural sensitivities at the junction of trauma and mindfulness. Let us recenter, inquire and clarify what resources may be best to offer to our communities.

May this space be a home base for kindness, curiosity and inspiration amidst the chaos.

We will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of every month @ 11:00 am ET USA, which is

5:00 pm in Warsaw, Poland

6:00 pm in Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

7:00 pm in Abu Dhabi, Emirates

11:00 am in Washington DC, USA

4:00 pm in London, UK

Please use the conversion app for your time zone, respectively.

Mindful in Nature
2026-06-24 19:00 - 20:00
Greetings all,
You are invited to our June Mindful in Nature meeting on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 7-8pm ET. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Zoom invitation:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86368431610?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 863 6843 1610
Passcode: [REDACTED]

From Stillness to Action: Navigating Our Global Crisis with Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi
2026-06-27 12:30 - 14:00
Each day we’re assailed by the chaos and confusion of a world that seems to be spinning out of control. The cruelty, violence, obscene greed and glaring injustices—rolling out incessantly like ocean waves—pound on our hearts and tear at our minds, demanding a wise response. Our meditation practice offers us calm and clarity, but we also need to act, to use the quiet power generated by our practice as a platform for transforming our society, our nation, and our world. Even when the future seems bleak, the soft voice of compassion refuses to let us give up, but calls on us to engage with the wider circles that encompass our lives, acting boldly to address destructive systems responsible for collective suffering.

In this session, world-renowned scholar-monk Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi will explore with us some of the critical issues impacting our shared destiny today. After highlighting the dangers that hang over us, he will suggest guidelines to help us channel our grief and anger into concerted action that can help us realize the humane future we envision. Despite our doubts and trepidation, we must always remember that such a future IS indeed possible, and that this future depends on us.

The session is from 12:30 – 2 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

Awakening Together Sangha
2026-07-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-08-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-09-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-10-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-11-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-12-14 13:00 - 14:00
Awakening Together Sangha invites you to spend some time with each other as our unique journeys coalesce together in reverence to the oneness that is at our core. We cultivate our awareness by spending time together sharing experiences and practices that enhance our own understanding as we gather in spiritual friendship.

Disability Affinity Sangha
2026-07-14 14:30 - 16:00, 2026-08-11 14:30 - 16:00, 2026-09-08 14:30 - 16:00, 2026-10-13 14:30 - 16:00, 2026-11-10 14:30 - 16:00, 2026-12-08 14:30 - 16:00, 2027-01-12 14:30 - 16:00, 2027-02-09 14:30 - 16:00 and 3 more dates
Our Sangha is an affinity group intended for those who identify as disabled (see our sangha page for more info). We meet the second Tuesday of each month at 2:30 p.m. ET for 1.5 hours. The recurring zoom link for our sangha is https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/94776947948 or the Meeting ID is 947 7694 7948.

Wise Engagement and Relationship with AI | Workshop with Lars Sandved-Smith
2026-07-25 12:00 - 15:00
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.

Join 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:

Why AI matters as a “technology of mind” shaping attention, intention, and view

What the current AI systems actually are and where they’re heading

Buddhist frames for understanding AI — e.g. as a karmic amplifier, as a shift from attention economy to attachment economy,

Practical paths for wise engagement, from conscientious objection to intentional use to active stewardship

We 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”.

This workshop is from 12 – 3 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

More about Lars
Lars 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.

In 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.
