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SUMMARY:Awakening Together Sangha
DESCRIPTION:1st Sunday  monthly meeting at 7 pm June 1st. All are welcome as we lean into Awakening while supporting each other in Sangha and mindful living. Zoom Link  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87562364131?pwd=M3JwNGJOTlREc2szYy9PZVRKdWpaZz09
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/awakening-together-sangha-9/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T130000
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SUMMARY:Mindful Eating
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-eating/2025-06-05/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T140000
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SUMMARY:White Awareness Sangha
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur next meeting will be on the first Thursday of the month at 1:00 PM ET which is our normal time. \nThe zoom will come in an email a day or two before the event.. \nMetta\, \nJerome\n415-299-0428 \n  \nJerome Freedman\, Ph. D.\, C.M.T\, O. I.\njerome@mountainsangha.org\nhttp://mountainsangha.org
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/white-awareness-sangha-2/2025-06-05/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T123000
DTSTAMP:20260513T192417
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SUMMARY:Mindful Writing (and Journaling)
DESCRIPTION:We will be mindful and journal-ful again together on Sunday\, June 8 from 11:30am – 12:30 pm ET. You are welcome as a dedicated journal-er and as a new journal-er. Feel free to email if you wonder about this Sangha. audreybloom@bellsouth.net
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-writing-and-journaling/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T121500
DTSTAMP:20260513T192417
CREATED:20250430T175615Z
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Session with joshua bee alafia
DESCRIPTION:Led by MMTCP Mentors\, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your teaching and practice questions / challenges and 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 the support we had in peer groups.  \n \nThis session will be led by joshua bee alafia and is from 11 am – 12:15 pm ET;  Zoom link is here \n \njoshua bee alafia’s meditation practice began in 1989 when his mother gave him a mantra to work with. This sparked a rich journey into different styles from the Hawaiian Shamanic\, Hindu\, Sufi\, Dzogchen\, Taoist\, and Vipassana traditions. Wanting to bring Vipassana practice to the youth\, he began teaching mindfulness practice to incarcerated\, court involved and system vulnerable youth through New York’s Lineage Project in 2010 and taught mindful movements of capoeira\, Tai Chi and Qigong. He is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leaders training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. His journey in Qigong began in 1990 training Chen style Tai Chi with Sifu Courtney Blackburn\, Yang style Tai Chi with Devron Wong Sam\, Jean Marie du DashiRay and Immortal Arts Qigong and Neigong.  He currently mentors mindfulness teachers virtually\, and teaches Inner Power classes (Qigong and meditation) to young men transitioning out of houselessness with The Good Seed in Los Angeles. He is the founder of Liberation Center Worldwide\, building meditation/wellness centers internationally and the founder and co-executive director of South Side Liberation Center in Chicago.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-session-with-joshua-bee-alafia/
CATEGORIES:Learning Sessions, Mentor Offerings and Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T160000
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SUMMARY:Disability Affinity Sangha
DESCRIPTION: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
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/disability-affinity-sangha-2/2025-06-10/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T133000
DTSTAMP:20260513T192417
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SUMMARY:Mindful Coaches\, Mentors and Therapists
DESCRIPTION:In this month’s sangha\, Joanne Hochendoner RN will review the basics of Internal Family Systems and discuss what a mindful IFS practice is. She will then lead us through an IFS meditation where we get to know one of our parts. We will end with a debrief of our meditation experience.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-coaches-mentors-and-therapists-2/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T133000
DTSTAMP:20260513T192417
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SUMMARY:RISE (Refuge and Inspiration Sangha for Educators)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our last monthly session before summer break. By request\, we will conclude our Mindfulness and Healing the Heart of Democracy series and co-create plans for resuming in the fall. All are welcome even if you didn’t attend the earlier sessions. The meeting is from 12 – 1:30 pm ET: the Zoom link is here
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/rise-refuge-and-inspiration-sangha-for-educators-5/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T220000
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SUMMARY:Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness Teachers Sangha
DESCRIPTION: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: Awake
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/trauma-sensitive-mindfulness-teachers-sangha-2/2025-06-17/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T220000
DTSTAMP:20260513T192417
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SUMMARY:Plant-based Foods Exploration
DESCRIPTION:Monthly gathering the 3rd Thursdays at 7 pm EST to discuss individual plant-based journeys\, along with teaching about plant-based lifestyles.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/plant-based-foods-exploration/2025-06-19/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T210000
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SUMMARY:LGBTQIA+ Sangha for June- Pride Edition!
DESCRIPTION:Join us on June 23rd from 8-9 PM ET for our Pride Week celebration! Craig Nelson will be guiding us on the theme\, “The Beauty of Shame.” It’s gonna be BOLD and nuanced\, y’all. Show up hydrated! ALL are welcome\, whether it’s been a while or you’e just curious to check us out. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/lgbtqia-sangha-for-june-pride-edition/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T201500
DTSTAMP:20260513T192417
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Session with Alexa Redner
DESCRIPTION:Led by MMTCP Mentors\, these sessions offer a place for you to bring any and all of your teaching and practice questions / challenges and 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 the support we had in peer groups.  \n \nThis session will be led by Alexa Redner and is from 7 – 8:15 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here \n \nAlexa has been practicing meditation since 2003. Alexa has been an educator in many realms over the last twenty years\, dancing between the worlds of being a Waldorf Kindergarten teacher\, program teacher for Mindful Schools\, and Eating Disorders/Body Positive Educator at Beyond Hunger. Alexa is currently a mentor for Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Certification Program and teaches for Cloud Sangha\, leading weekly community discussion groups\, meditations\, immersion sanghas\, and individual mentoring sessions. As a Body Love activist\, Alexa is interested in exploring how dharma practices can unwind the mind from the cultural conditioning of body shame and open to the heart to the sacred quality of living in a body on the Earth. As a student of Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee’s Soulmaking Dharma\, Alexa brings a playful and soft approach to meditation practice.She holds a BA in Visual Arts and MA in Creation Spirituality from Naropa University. Alexa lives with her fiddler husband and young son in Portland\, Oregon.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-session-with-alexa-redner/
CATEGORIES:Learning Sessions, Mentor Offerings and Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T200000
DTSTAMP:20260513T192417
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SUMMARY:Mindful in Nature
DESCRIPTION:Mindful in Nature \nWe 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. \n 
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-in-nature-9/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T143000
DTSTAMP:20260513T192418
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SUMMARY:Mindful Nonviolent Communications
DESCRIPTION:TIME CORRECTION! We meet 1-2:30pm ET | 10-11:30am PT \n \nJoin us as we explore\, investigate and practice key elements of Nonviolent Communication. Newcomers and beginners welcome! This month’s sangha will be led by Allison Schuette. Feel free to email a request if there’s a particular topic or element you’re interested in.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-nonviolent-communications/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T133000
DTSTAMP:20260513T192418
CREATED:20250430T182731Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Session with Jack Kornfield
DESCRIPTION:Topic TBD – Jack will identify and address a topic relevant to the times as we get closer to the session.  In the meantime\,  \nJack is offering this free course on keeping the heart steady and responding with courage and compassion in these wild times. He sends the following message: “this course is important in our current world and I am happy to offer this free to our alumni community.”    \n \nThis session is from 12 – 1:30 pm ET;  the Zoom link is here
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/speaker-session-with-jack-kornfield/
CATEGORIES:Senior Teacher Speaker Series
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