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SUMMARY:Asia Sangha
DESCRIPTION:Monthly Online Meetup.  Second Sunday of every month For anyone from\, living in\, connected to and / or interested in Asian cultural context of practice
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/asia-sangha-7/2025-08-10/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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SUMMARY:Mindful Journaling
DESCRIPTION:July 20\, 2025 \nIt is said that “life is lived forward and understood backward”. Journaling allows us to consider what we now know. Everyone welcome to journal. In this group we are together\, and private (sharing is optional). \nNext Mindful Journaling: \nAugust 10\, 2025 \n11:30am-12;30PM \nSign In: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89079623957?pwd=SFkwRlFQL3BtejQ3TGhQb1FBbFlhUT09 \nMeeting ID:  890 7962 3957 \nPasscode:    275192
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindful-journaling-8/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T060000
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SUMMARY:BIPOC Sangha
DESCRIPTION:hello friends\, \n  \nBased on survey results\, we will be now be holding weekly Sangha meetings (instead of monthly)!  We will meet on Tuesday evenings at 7PM EST beginning on July 15th.  \nThe BIPOC Sangha will be holding a WEEKLY Sangha exploring aspects of  what it means to be a Mindfulness teacher of color as well as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction techniques. \nZoom link is here  \nMeeting ID: 899 5247 9029 \nPasscode: Sangha
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/bipoc-sangha-4/2025-08-12/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Session | Stan Eisenstein
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.  This session is from 11:30 am – 12;45 pm ET and will be led by Stan Eisenstein;  Zoom link is here.   \nMore about Stan \nStan 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.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-session-stan-eisenstein/
CATEGORIES:Learning Sessions, Mentor Offerings and Other Events
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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-2/2025-08-12/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250816T120000
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SUMMARY:Workshop |Trauma-Informed Foundations of Mindfulness with Amma Thanasanti
DESCRIPTION:(this event rescheduled from June 14)  \n \nA 3-hour experiential workshop with Amma Thanasanti \n \nThe Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipaṭṭhāna) are among the most revered early teachings the Buddha offered—a time-tested\, profound path to insight and liberation. Yet for many of us—and for those we guide—traditional meditation instructions can sometimes feel inaccessible or even dysregulating\, especially in the presence of unresolved trauma or heightened nervous system activation. \n \nIn this 3-hour live session\, we’ll explore how to approach the Four Foundations through both classical and trauma-informed lenses. You’ll learn practical ways to support yourself and those you teach with mindfulness tools that prioritize safety\, attunement\, and choice while teaching mindfulness of the body\, feeling tones (vedanā)\, mind states\, and dhammas. We’ll also look at how trauma and nervous system activation changes the way we practice with the hindrances and the 4 Noble Truths.  \n \nWhether you’re tending to your own nervous system or offering support to others\, this session offers grounded\, integrated practices that connect classical dharma with somatic and trauma-aware tools to increase our clarity\, resilience\, and compassion for the complexity of these times. \nThis workshop is from 12 – 3 pm ET; Zoom link is here  \n \nAbout Amma ThanasantiAmma Thanasanti has been practicing meditation for nearly 50 years\, including 26 years as a Theravāda Buddhist nun—20 of them in the Ajahn Chah Forest Tradition. She’s been teaching since 1989\, leading retreats since 1996\, and has served as a mentor for MMTCP for 3 cohorts. \nHer years of monastic life showed her the depth and beauty of insight practices\, while also revealing their limits when it comes to early conditioning and trauma. This led Amma to integrate neuroscience and trauma-informed modalities into her teaching—offering a path that weaves physical and psychological well-being into the path of awakening.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/workshop-trauma-informed-foundations-of-mindfulness-with-amma-thanasanti/
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