MMTCP

Mindfulness In Healing
2025-03-08 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
In this session, we will investigate Mindfulness In Healing – its evolution, practices and benefits. You will see and listen to stories of unexpected healing and great courage.

Mindful Journaling
2025-03-09 11:30 - 12:30
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospect.” Anais Nin Mindfulness quiets the mind and opens the heart, mindful journal-ers listen to the heart and mind, and write. The writing sorts out the soul by bringing into the light that which was dim. The writing leads to unexpected and welcome discovery and a natural movement toward change. Whether you are an avid journal-er or first timer you are welcome to a shared space for mindful writing, and sharing (if you like).

Mentor - led Series | Imee Contreras
2025-03-11 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 Imee Contreras from 11 am – 12:15 pm ET; Zoom link is here.

Imee is recognized as a leading mindfulness teacher in the Philippines and across Asia. She is the founder of Mindfulness Asia and Nibbāna Forest Refuge. She is a co-founder of Philippine Insight Meditation Community, Katahimikan; Philippine Day of Mindfulness and Botswana Dhamma and Mindfulness Centre. In addition to MMTCP and POA, Imee is an authorized teacher at UCLA Health, a Cross-Cultural Mindfulness Teacher and Board Member of Braided Wisdom, and a visiting teacher at East Bay Meditation Center. She is a founding Advisory Council member of the Global Compassion Coalition.

She graduated from Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leadership Program, UCLA’s Training in Mindfulness Facilitation program, and is an IMTA-Certified Mindfulness Teacher. She develops and facilitates mindfulness programs for companies, schools, and events; both locally and internationally. She volunteers to teach incarcerated women serving life imprisonment and also supports abused women and children in the Philippines.

Disability Affinity Sangha
2025-03-11 14:30 - 16:00, 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

BIPOC MBSR Course
2025-03-12 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-03-19 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-03-26 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-02 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:30
First Course begins March 5, 2025. Pre-registration is required- please do so here

Gil Fronsdal: Teaching as Practice
2025-03-13 12:00 - 13:30
We are delighted to host Gil Fronsdal as he talks to us about “Teaching as Practice.” – how is teaching a dharma path and what is it to maintain practice while in the midst of teaching. Gil Fronsdal is the senior guiding co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He started Buddhist practice in 1975, and has been teaching for IMC since 1990. Gil is an authorized teacher in two traditions: the Insight Meditation lineage of Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, and Japanese Soto Zen. He holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford.

The session is from 12 – 1:30 pm PT; the Zoom link is here. Please note this session is on Thursday and not our usual Saturday.

Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teachers Sangha
2025-03-18 12:00 - 13:00
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 12pm-1pm Eastern. If you can’t make this time there is another offering later the same day from 9pm-10pm. Here is the Zoom link; you can also use the following credentials: Meeting ID: 811 4289 6909 Passcode: [REDACTED]

Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teachers Sangha
2025-03-18 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]

Pilgrimage to India Information Session
2025-03-19 10:30 - 12:00
Join us for the second information session (recording from first session is here) In the Footsteps of the Buddha: A Pilgrimage to the Source of Mindfulness Information Session. Visit our dedicated Pilgrimage to India page for more information including a special note from Jack! Pilgrimage dates are November 30 – December 13, 2025; led by Dharmacharya Shantum Seth and supporting MMTCP teacher Anne Cushman. The session is from 10:30 am – 12 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

Mindful Readers
2025-03-19 12:00 - 13:00
March, 2025
Hello Mindful Readers,
“What is the best use of each day of our lives?”:
This is the question Pema Chödrön asks us, and this is the topic we will explore during our next Mindful Reader’s Sangha Meeting.
The reading is in a recent issue of Lion’s Roar Magazine, here is the Link:
https://www.lionsroar.com/waking-up-to-your-world-pema-chodron/
*** I for any reason you cannot open the link, Audrey will send the to you by email, contact Audrey at – audreybloom@bellsouth.net
Day & Time: Wednesday, March 19 at 12:00pm/EST
Sign In:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89079623957?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 890 7962 3957
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Warmly,

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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
