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SUMMARY:Mindfulness and Healing the Heart of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:A special invitation for all alumni from RISE Sangha which has been co-leading a series this past spring on Mindfulness and Healing the Heart of Democracy with the Center for Contemplative Practices and Transformative Educational Leadership.  This special session is being held for all alumni. \n  \nBased on the work of Parker Palmer and as well as other dharma sources\, we will explore ways how mindfulness may serve to keep our experiment of democracy alive– \nwithin our own hearts and the communities in which we serve. We will attend to both the Inner and Outer Games: \n\nHow do we\, as citizens and leaders\, stay hopeful\, resourced\, inspired and engaged?\nHow do we create spaces to facilitate others in cultivating their habits of heart in order to foster a more mindful\, compassionate\, thoughtful community and world?\nHow do we remain faithful to speaking/ listening in a way that takes us closer to truth; to the call of courage that summons us to be witness to the common good\, even against great odds?\n\n  \n“Many of us have a shared experience of heartbreak about the condition of our culture and society\, a yearning for something better than divisiveness\, toxicity\, passivity\, and powerlessness. \nWithin us is the courage to pursue that yearning\, to hold life’s tensions consciously\, until they break us open. This shared heartbreak builds a footbridge of mutual understanding on which we walk toward each other.  \nThe broken-open heart is a source of power as well as compassion—the power to bring down whatever diminishes us and raise up whatever serves us well.”  -Parker Palmer \n \nThis session is from 12 – 1:30 pm ET;  the zoom link is here  \n  \nNote: This is a stand-alone event which is related to a fall series of RISE sangha meetings in which we explore in greater depth five Habits of Heart to build our capacity for wise view\, loving awareness\, compassion\, and skillful engagement in the world. These five habits are:1) We’re All in This Together\, 2) An Appreciation of Otherness\, 3) A Capacity to Hold Tension Creatively\, 4) A Sense of Voice and Agency\, 5) A Capacity to Create Community.  Please join RISE Sangha for more information.  
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mindfulness-and-healing-the-heart-of-democracy/
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SUMMARY:Awakening Together Sangha
DESCRIPTION:1st Sunday gathering with Gen facilitating. We meet to support our awakening and to enjoy the presence of each other in spiritual friendship.Zoom Link for gathering
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/awakening-together-sangha-10/
CATEGORIES:Sangha Meetings
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SUMMARY:Mentor-led Session with Dawn Mauricio
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 11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET and will be led by Dawn Mauricio;  Zoom link is here.   \n  \nMore about Dawn \nDawn Mauricio (she/her)\, a Filipina-Canadian\, has been practicing and studying Insight meditation since 2005. She has graduated from the first teacher development group of True North Insight\, and Spirit Rock’s Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training\, Dedicated Practitioners’ Program\, and four-year Retreat Teacher Training. She teaches with a playful\, dynamic\, and heartfelt approach for people of color and folks of all backgrounds. Dawn leads daylongs\, retreats\, multiyear programs\, and workshops in Canada and the US for Spirit Rock\, True North Insight\, Sacred Mountain Sangha\, and Insight LA. Dawn is a cofounder of the True North Insight BIPOC practice group\, serves on the guiding teachers council of True North Insight\, and the leadership council for Sacred Mountain Sangha. She is also the author of Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners. (dawnmauricio.com)
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/mentor-led-session-with-dawn-mauricio/
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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-2/2025-09-09/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T120000
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SUMMARY:Buddhist Practice and Plant Medicine with Spring Washam - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:In our first session\, we explored various plant medicines and their potential to support healing as well as examining how these practices intersect with Buddhist teachings—particularly the Five Precepts. [Listen to Session 1 here; Events –>Recordings of Past Events] \n \nIn Session Two\, we’ll build upon this foundation—deepening our understanding and turning toward practical skill-building. We’ll focus on how to support students with accurate information and how to offer compassionate integration support for those returning from a psychedelic journey. \n \nThe use of plant medicine and psychedelics is rapidly gaining traction in the mental health field\, showing promising outcomes for emotional and psychological healing\, including deep trauma.  \n \nAs mindfulness and meditation teachers\, it is essential that we stay informed about these emerging modalities to better serve our communities and those we work with. \n \nThis session is from 12 – 3 pm ET ; Zoom link is here \n \n(Please note this is a date change from September 6; we apologize for any inconvenience from the change) \n \nLearn more about Spring Washam here.
URL:https://mmtcpalumni.org/event/buddhist-practice-and-plant-medicine-with-spring-washam-part-2/
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