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SUMMARY:RISE: Refuge/Inspiration and Habits of the Heart
DESCRIPTION:Winter/spring series of monthly sessions on how Mindfulness can serve to heal our own hearts and the Heart of Democracy. We explore how Habits of the Heart can serve to ground\, inspire and resource ourselves so that we can best contribute and serve our communities and world. \nWe will kick off the new year with a session on Sunday\, Jan. 4  from 12 – 1:30 pm ET \nThe Zoom link is here – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6770705919
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/rise-refuge-inspiration-and-habits-of-the-heart/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T133000
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SUMMARY:MCMT Sangha:  Opening to New Possibility - A New Year Practice
DESCRIPTION:Opening to New Possibility: A New Year Practice offers a gentle\, spacious pause at the beginning of the year—an opportunity to slow down\, listen inwardly\, and reconnect with what matters most beneath habit\, pressure\, and expectation. Drawing from Buddhist teachings\, accessible insights from neuroscience\, and a deeply guided\, trauma-sensitive meditation practice\, this 90-minute live gathering invites participants to meet their experience with awareness and compassion\, creating conditions for clarity and fresh possibility to emerge in their own time. Through reflection and shared inquiry\, we’ll explore how listening itself becomes a doorway to wisdom\, steadiness\, and a more grounded way of meeting the year ahead. \nPlease join with your camera ON\, if at all possible\, and bring paper and pen for journaling. \nHope you can join us!
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mcmt-sangha-opening-to-new-possibility-a-new-year-practice/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T123000
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SUMMARY:MINDFUL WRITING
DESCRIPTION:Mindful Journaling lets you discover your deeper thoughts\, create your world\, process your feelings or simply play with words. Everyone welcome. \nWe will be mindful and journal-ful together this new year on  Sunday\, January\, at 11th at 11:30am/EST. \nYou are welcome as a dedicated writer or as a new journal-er. \nFeel free to email if you wonder about this Sangha: audreybloom@bellsouth.net
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-writing/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T121500
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Session | Rio Ellett
DESCRIPTION: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.   \n \nThis session will be led by Rio Ellett and is from 11 am – 12:15 pm ET (rescheduled from December 2);  the Zoom link is here \nMore About Rio \nRio Ellett (they/them) has been practicing meditation since their teens\, studying with the sanghas of Thich Nhat Hanh\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, and Insight Meditation Society during years of intensive retreat practice. They began teaching meditation to young adults and environmental activists in 2013\, and have since facilitated several sitting groups in Europe\, including LGBTQIA+ sanghas. In 2014\, they were ordained into Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing. They’ve been a MMTCP Mentor since 2021. \nInfluenced by their own experiences of disability (cystic fibrosis)\, trauma\, and queerness\, Rio is passionate about making dharma teachings accessible and welcoming to those with non-normative experiences\, as well as creating safe(r) spaces. Their teaching style emphasizes easefulness\, acceptance\, and simplicity\, as well as the practice of sangha and community building. They have roots in New Zealand and Germany and will offer groups in English and German. \nRio is a parent since 2022 and is finding parenthood to be the most challenging and transformative practice as of yet. They love tending their garden\, traveling\, being in the forest\, and not taking themselves too seriously.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-session-rio-ellett-2/
CATEGORIES:Learning Sessions, Mentor Offerings and Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T112453
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SUMMARY:LGBTQIA+ Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Happy New Year dear Sangha! We kick off our first gathering of the year on Thursday\, January 22nd from 8PM ET-9PM ET. Alyssa will guide us on the theme\, “Making Space: What are you inviting in for 2026?” Come join us with a word\, a theme\, or a phrase about what you’re calling in for the near future. Join us in the Zoom room for all or part of the session: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/81193401080?pwd=M2x2TjhGaTF6Nksxd3B6RHMrZDVPUT09 \n  \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/lgbtqia-sangha-12/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260123T143000
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SUMMARY:Mindful Nonviolent Communication
DESCRIPTION:Happy New Year\, Sangha! Please join us for our first 2026 monthly meeting with guest facilitator\, Sunil Joseph. Sunil will present on how to use NVC to transform shame into remorse with the power of empathy. \n—— \n“If you put shame in a Petri dish\, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy\, silence\, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in a petri dish and douse it with empathy\, it can’t survive.” — Brené Brown \n—— \nJoin us in using our practice to bring light to corners too long in the dark…
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-nonviolent-communication-3/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T190000
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Session | Deb Kerr
DESCRIPTION: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\, lead a reflective or practice exercise and then offer guidance and wisdom for any questions you have  – much like we had in peer groups.  This session is from 7 – 8:30 pm ET and will be led by Deb Kerr; Zoom link is here.   \n \n \nPlease note: these sessions are not recorded. Now more than ever we need to be in community and though we can’t be together in person\, please join us live for this valuable sangha.  \n \nmore about Deb Kerr \nDebra 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. Her meditation practice is influenced by both Theravada and Dzogchen teachings. Deb is dedicated to waking up as much as possible\, and to using the tools of Buddhist practice to dismantle racism and other forms of oppression and exclusion. She loves maximizing well-being and human potential through the practices of lovingkindness\, compassion\, and wisdom.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-session-deb-kerr/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T120000
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SUMMARY:Brahmaviharas -
DESCRIPTION:– I wish you\, your families and friends wellbeing\, inspiration and peace of mind throughout and beyond 2026. May our sangha bring us together more often in meaningful exchanges of insight\, resources\, ways to embrace and teach the 4 Divine Abodes. \n– I would like to sit together on a date and a time that suit more of you. Last Wednesdays\, noon-1:30 pm EST are not ideal for those of you who work full-time. I would appreciate your feedback\, regarding preferred days and times\, going forward. \n– Until and unless I hear from those of you are listed as Members of this sangha\, I will continue to open my portal on the last Wed./mo.\, noon-1:30 pm EST. Next session: Wed.\, January 28th. Rf: Zoom Link below. I am hoping to bring a delightful\, unique guest speaker on this date; stay tuned for further details. (image: Aspiration (c) Linda J. Hirsch\, 2018/2025. All Rts. Rsvd.) \nHappy\, Meaningful New Year to All! \nLinda (508.202.2923) \nZoom Link: \nLinda HIRSCH is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Linda HIRSCH’s Zoom Meeting \nTime: Jan 28\, 2026 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84136844470?pwd=akgQ9B0UX6Uf9yd0wHZnvy91ak2wU2.1 \nMeeting ID: 841 3684 4470 \nPasscode: 617748
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/brahmaviharas-6/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T200000
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SUMMARY:Mindful in Nature
DESCRIPTION:Greetings friends\, we look forward to seeing you at this link for mindful in nature sangha! \nhttps://meet.google.com/fmp-yofm-wsg
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-in-nature-15/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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