The MMTCP Alumni Association is open to all graduates of the two year Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Certificate Program. We are a fast growing professional network dedicated to connection, continuous learning, and taking the teacher’s seat as mindfulness teachers.
The long awaited MMTCP Connect 2025: One Heart, Many Voices – our second annual all-alumni gathering (virtual) is finally here! Are you ready for this weekend’s magic… for something magical does indeed happen when we are together.
Here is some important information for this weekend:
When: please note some timings may have changed since the event was first put on the calendar so please use the times below.
- November 15 from 11 am – 3 pm ET
- November 15 from 5:30 – 10 pm ET
- November 16 from 10:30 am – 4 pm ET
It’s not too late to register Events from the main menu –> Upcoming Events and finding the event on the November calendar (members you will have to log in first; non-members please scroll for more information below under the table)
Where: Virtual ; here is the Zoom link
Please read this article, Spiritual Friendship is the Path, for our first session on Saturday
| Date | Time (all times in ET US) | Session/Speaker |
| November 15 |
11 am – 3 pm 5:30 – 9:30 pm |
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| 11 am – 1:00 pm | Welcome /Opening Spiritual Friendship is the Path – Talk and Discussion by James Baraz (reading the article will enhance the session) |
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| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | break | |
| 1:30 pm – 3 pm | Kaira Jewel Lingo – We Were Made for These Times – to respond to challenging times, political and environmental, we can cultivate practices that allow us to respond wisely and effectively | |
| 3 pm – 5:30 pm | Break | |
| 5:30 – 9:30/10 pm | Afternoon Session | |
| 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm | Jack Kornfield | |
| 6:45 pm – 7:00 pm | Break | |
| 7 pm – 8:30 pm | Bhikkhu Bodhi – Keynote – Bringing a Lamp Into the Darkness – a talk on stock expression of appreciation for the Buddha’s teachings | |
| 8:30 – 9:30/10 | Heart to Heart – Gen Heng and Anu Ghosh will continue the conversation on Spiritual Friendship. This is a terrific opportunity to meet peers from the Asia /Pacific region who don’t have many opportunities to join us live. | |
| November 16 | 10:30 am – 3 pm ET | |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Somatic Rhythm & Movement Meditation Session – an experiential hand drumming concert session by Alexandra and Michael from Rhythm Bliss. Bring a hand drum/other musical instruments if you have and your lap or desk will also work! | |
| 11:30 am – 1 pm | Tara Brach – Cultivating Imagination in Awakening our Hearts and Evolving our World | |
| 1:00 pm – 3:00 | Breaking In to Break Out – Alumni Panel. Alumni offer advice and practical tips on how to break into different sectors to bring forth your mindfulness offerings in the following sectors: Corporate, Medical/ |
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| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
Closing – –Open Mike session bring your favorite poem, quote, short musical offering to share with the group to close out our time together! |
Cost and How to Sign up:
Free for Alumni Association members: please log in and then from the main menu bar, go to Events –> Upcoming Events –> November calendar and then sign up there.
Two Options for Non-Members:
— you can join now for a full year of access to speakers and workshops, sanghas and other teaching resources. More information about the Alumni Association is below.
— still unsure? Buy an event only ticket which includes a full membership through the event date – we have many amazing events coming up over the next few months.
With either option, please log in to your account and then from the main menu bar, go to Events –> Upcoming Events –> November calendar and then sign up there.
About the MMTCP Alumni Association
You Became a Mindfulness Teacher to Serve
As an MMTCP graduate, you’ve undertaken this path out of a deep calling—to bring presence and compassion into a world facing increasing complexity and uncertainty. You are needed now more than ever…and you are not alone, we are here for you.
The MMTCP Alumni Association is run by alumni, for alumni – we exist to support your heart, your practice, and your work in the world.
To sustain and inspire you, we offer:
- Ongoing Learning & Skill-Building
Through bi-monthly mentor-led circles, live workshops and learning sessions, and series such as The Business of Being a Mindfulness Teacher and Deepening Dharma, we offer meaningful spaces for continued growth as a teacher—whether you’re actively teaching, just beginning, or still trying to figure out your next step.
We have hosted teachers such as Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Christiane Wolf, Konda Mason, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Roshi Joan Halifax, Spring Washam, Mark Coleman, Oren Sofer, George Mumford, Trudy Goodman, James Baraz and of course Jack and Tara. We also offer a range of workshops, skill-building and learning sessions on a range of topic.
- Spiritual Friendship and Community
Sustaining our practice and work requires community. With 20+ alumni-led sanghas, connection through our alumni directory, and shared spaces at virtual and in-person events, we cultivate the deep spiritual friendships and bonds that nourish our teaching and practice and inspire us to continue this heart work.
There is something uniquely magical about MMTCP alumni —
a resonance not easily found elsewhere
Membership Details
Annual membership is suggested at $100 and includes full access to all speaker events and workshops, resources and membership in the network including recordings of past events. We are committed to inclusion—no one is turned away for lack of funds. The generosity of those who can pay more sustains our organization and allows us to offer membership to everyone. When creating your account, please use your name exactly as it was in the MMTCP program as that is how we will verify your alumni status.
Join us in growing this thriving spiritual and professional community!