MMTCP

Brahmaviharas
2025-04-30 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
NEW ZOOM LINK: Please note!
BrahmaviharaSangha
April 30th: noon-1:30 PM ET

Linda HIRSCH is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Linda HIRSCH’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Apr 30, 2025 12:00 PM-1:30 PM ET
(Please check your own time zone.)

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LGBTQIA+ Sangha
2025-04-28 20:00 - 21:00
Celebrate Spring with us at our April gathering! Loretta will guide our session on Monday, April 28th from 8-9 PM ET. Here in the Zoom Room:
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Hope to see you there!

Skills Workshop - Guiding Individuals in Self-Inquiry
2025-04-26 12:00 - 13:30
(please disregard a previous announcement canceling this session; it was a calendar glitch and it is on as scheduled . Please RSVP again even if you had previously done so – our apologies for the misdirection)

Led by MMTCP Mentor, Stan Eisenstein, this workshop introduces a number of techniques, practices and stances that support mindfulness meditation teachers in guiding individuals in self-inquiry. Many meditation students introduced to such practices as RAIN seek extra assistance in uncovering and untangling subconscious programming that keeps them stuck. Others are looking for guidance associated with specific personal challenges. Working with individuals requires additional skills beyond those for teaching groups. Some of the topics we will explore include: grounding, staying in the core, attunement, meditations as experiments, the transmission of perspectives and frameworks, and the power of deepening questions.

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

Stan Eisenstein has been a mentor for MMTCP since 2019 (cohort 2). He has been a teacher for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington since 2013. He has created and taught courses in Inviting Chronic Pain and Illness to Tea, Self-Inquiry, and Meditative Reparenting. Stan has guided individuals in self-inquiry since 2015. Stan had a long career as a high school physics teacher. He has a Masters in Social Work, though he is not a licensed clinical therapist. Stan co-created and teaches Guided Embodied Inquiry with Individuals (GEII): a Course for Mindfulness Meditation Teachers. This year-long course begins January 2026. You can find more information at Stan’s website.

MNVC Sangha
2025-04-25 13:00 - 14:30
Meeting time is 1-2:30 p.m. ET

BIPOC MBSR Course
2025-04-23 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-02 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-03-26 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-03-19 19:00 - 21:30
First Course begins March 5, 2025. Pre-registration is required- please do so here

Mindful In Nature
2025-04-23 19:00 - 20:00
Mindful in Nature
We meet monthly on the third or 4th Wednesday of the month at 7 or 730 pm Eastern Time for one hour, virtually, to build community around the shared interests of mindfulness and the natural world. Check the sangha page for updated time and day we meet each month as it can vary due to facilitator schedule. The group will make space to meditate together in community, check in and share about what’s going on in life related to mindfulness and nature, and will be an opportunity to share resources and ideas related to this topic.

Mentor - led Series | Klia Bassing
2025-04-22 20:00 - 21:30
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 Klia Bassing from 8 – 9:15 pm ET; her topic will be ‘Fielding Questions Without Needing to Know the Answers — in 4 Steps!” Zoom link is here.

More about Klia: Klia Bassing, MBA, MPP is the founder of FacilitatorsCollective.org, a supportive and curated community for mindfulness teachers, therapists, and coaches. She served for six years as a mentor for MMTCP and continues to mentor Power of Awareness. Klia began her career in international development at the World Bank but transitioned to teaching mindfulness in corporate settings in 2005, after experiencing its life-changing benefits in healing emotional eating and self-judgment. Her work has been featured by TEDx, The Washington Post, NPR, NBC, ABC, and Agence France-Presse. Today, in addition to mentoring other facilitators, she leads individuals and groups in healing, intuitive development, and spiritual awakening.

Half-day Retreat with La Sarmiento
2025-04-19 10:30 - 14:30
Join us for our first half-day virtual retreat/gathering with La Sarmiento. The first half will be a combination of sitting and walking meditation; in the second half La will lead a dharma talk, question and answer session and “Mindfulness: The Musical – Singing and Chanting for Liberation” (rescheduled portion from the November 16th event). We will have a short break for a meal which we invite you to prepare ahead of time. The retreat will be from 10:30 am – 2:30 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teachers Sangha
2025-04-15 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]

Mindful Journaling
2025-04-13 11:30 - 12:30
Mindful journaling is a way to discover what is inside you, to be creative in your expression and to hear from and share with others.
Next Meeting: Sunday, April 13th at 11:30AM/EST

Asia Sangha
2025-04-13 11:00 - 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

Conscious Self-Leadership: Resilience OS (Operating System) for Agility, Wellbeing, & Success
2025-04-12 12:00 - 13:30
Learn the Resilience Operating System (OS) for Agility, Wellbeing, and Success

Nikesh Amit will be facilitating this session. His background includes:

Teaching mindfulness meditation practices focusing on building resilience and wellbeing through mobilizing participants’ internal and external resources.
Developing, delivering, and managing mindfulness-based holistic programs and service innovations including coaching and training people who are in life transitions leading to increased resilience and socio-economic well-being.

Disability Affinity Sangha
2025-04-08 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

Mentor - led Series | Dawn Mauricio
2025-04-08 11:00 - 12:30
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 Dawn Mauricio from 11 am – 12:15 pm ET; Zoom link is here
Dawn Mauricio (she/her) has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005, and regularly leads daylongs, retreats, multi-month programs, and workshops in Canada and the US for Spirit Rock, True North Insight, Sacred Mountain Sangha, and the Omega Institute. She teaches with a playful, dynamic, and heartfelt approach people of color, and folks of all backgrounds. She is also the author of “Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners” and in-training for Somatic Experiencing™. For more information, visit dawnmauricio.com.

Awakening Together Sangha Gathering
2025-04-06 19:00 - 20:00
Our first Sunday of the month gathering will be facilitated by Karyn.
Welcome to a group of spiritual friends, stay connected and be supported as we travel the path of awakening together. We start at 7pm and end near 8:15pm Awakening Together zoom linkText

Tara Brach | Processing Societal Loss and Grief
2025-04-06 14:00 - 15:30
(please note this was previously scheduled for April 5. We are aware that many of you may participate in the April 5 national/international events; we also think the topic of this session is really important thus the reschedule. We apologize for any inconvenience this change causes.)

Teaching in this time of destabilization and widespread societal loss can be deeply challenging—especially as many of us are tending to our own emotional reactivity and grief. The teachings on impermanence and the worldly winds of gain and loss apply not only to our personal lives but also to governance, where shifts in leadership and fundamental values can be abrupt and unsettling.

We experience societal grief when we lose a sense of safety, trust, or hope due to government actions. This grief is also sparked by oppression, racism, civil and human rights violations, war, environmental destruction, and the erosion of shared community and national values. When these harms threaten our physical safety, freedoms, or livelihoods, grief becomes both personal and collective—a shared pain felt by millions.

As teachers, it’s essential to honor our own grief while also guiding our students through the emotions they face.
How do we find equanimity when core values and rights are under threat? How do we open our hearts to the cruelty and suffering of our times without becoming overwhelmed? How do we move beyond blame and see the shared vulnerability and conditioning in all beings? Most importantly, how do we stay present with what’s unfolding and respond with wisdom, courage, and love?

Join Tara as she explores with us how to navigate these times with the presence and clarity of an awake heart.

The session will be from 2 – 3:30 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

White Awareness Sangha
2025-04-03 13:00 - 14:00
The White Awareness Sangha is a space for white-bodied individuals to reflect deeply on the impact of white privilege and systemic racism. Rooted in the principles of engaged Buddhist practice, we come together with the intention of fostering community, insight, compassion, and ethical conduct.

Mindful Eating
2025-04-03 12:15 - 13:00
Join us for a delightful break in your day/evening and enter the gateway to a daily path of mindful eating to ignite your practice, your relationships and frankly your life! We start with an introduction to the monthly Sangha and the intentions for the gathering followed by a brief teaching and a practice.

RISE (Refuge and Inspiration Sangha for Educators)
2025-03-30 12:00 - 13:00
Opportunities to gain Refuge and Inspiration to support us in both a) showing up with confidence, courage and poise in the work we do and b) in incorporating mindfulness practices to promote democracy, belonging, engagement and well- being in education and other settings.

Mindful Nonviolent Communication
2025-03-28 13:00 - 14:30
Join us as we explore, investigate and practice key elements of Nonviolent Communication. The inspiration for this sangha is Oren Jay Sofer’s book, “Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication.” You don’t need to have the book to participate, but it’s a great resource that we highly recommend. Zoom link

Brahmaviharas Sangha
2025-03-26 12:00 - 13:00
please join us for our monthly meeting of the Brahmaviharas

Mentor-led Series | Kirsten Rudestam
2025-03-25 19:00 - 20:30
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 byKirsten Rudestam from 7 – 8:15 pm ET; Zoom link is here.
Kirsten Rudestam has been practicing vipassana meditation in the Theravadan tradition since 2001 and teaching since 2005. She has a PhD in Environmental Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she studied climate resilience and environmental justice. She has twenty years of experience offering field-based and classroom-based college courses in environmental studies and sociology, and she is a facilitator for Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects. She, Gil Fronsdal, and Susie Harrington are the co-founders and core faculty for the Sati Center’s Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy training program.

LGBTQIA+ Sangha Meeting
2025-03-24 20:00 - 21:00
Join us for a March gathering where Alyssa will invite space to explore the theme of Community. We will rock a Zoom room from 8-9 PM Eastern Time on Monday March 24, 2025. Hope to see you there!

Belonging and Inclusion through the Lens of Accessibility | Workshop with Deb Kerr
2025-03-22 12:00 - 13:30
MMTCP Mentor Deb Kerr will lead this workshop on fostering belonging and inclusion in our teaching through the lens of accessibility. We know this is important and why but don’t always know how to do it or have the tools to do it with sensitivity – sometimes we don’t even know that we are not fostering these inclusive spaces. Deb will share practical tips as well as take your questions on challenges you may be facing or have faced is creating more a inclusive, accessible environment for your students. The session is from 12 – 1:30 pm ET; the Zoom link is here.

Debra Kerr (she/her) identifies as a cisgender heterosexual white woman living with a disability. She is a partner, mother, grandmother, and retired speech pathologist who has meditated since 1991 and taught since 2002. Deb loves being in nature, community building, scuba diving, juggling, music, and humor. A graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders 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.

Mindful in Nature
2025-03-19 19:30 - 20:30
Join us for our March 2025 monthly mindful in nature sangha where we connect about whats new in the world of mindfulness in nature! We will meet at this link https://meet.google.com/vzb-hvsg-cqh
