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SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Living Practice: A Spiritual Life That Is Actually Yours
DESCRIPTION:Spiritual practice is not meant to be something we force ourselves into\, or another way of feeling that we are failing to measure up. Real practice is alive. It is intimate. It’s driven by devotion and works best when we find the forms\, rhythms\, and ways of returning that genuinely open us to truth\, presence\, and love. \nFor some\, practice may look like meditation or prayer. For others\, it may arise through movement\, service\, beauty\, study\, chanting\, time in nature\, self-inquiry\, relating\, or the daily effort to meet ordinary life with presence. There are countless doors into the sacred\, and part of spiritual maturity is learning to recognize what truly nourishes and deepens your own unique connection to the sacred. \nIn this gathering\, we will explore the value and purpose of spiritual practice\, the many ways practice can take shape\, and what helps us remain connected over time amidst distraction\, resistance\, doubt\, and the demands of modern life. We will look at the difference between living practice and empty ritual\, between authentic devotion and inherited obligation\, and the importance of crafting a spiritual life that is not merely prescribed but deeply lived. \nTogether we will explore how practice can become a way of inhabiting our actual lives with sincerity\, steadiness\, openness\, and heart. \nAbout Jeannie Zandi\nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experience—joy\, challenge\, and the mundane—as fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40\nNo one turned away for lack of funds.\nIf you can’t pay within the sliding scale\, just contact us to let us know what you can contribute.\nAddress inquiries to web@opencirclecenter.org \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week.\nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
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SUMMARY:Sarah Taylor ~ The Heart of Awakening (In-Person)
DESCRIPTION:The heart holds a doorway that can help us to embody truth\, know the deeper intimacy of non-separation\, and open into a clarity that is felt as much as it is seen. \nWhat the traditions call divine love is not merely a feeling that arises in awakening. It is the welcoming aliveness of our very nature. \nIn this gathering\, Sarah Taylor explores the heart as fulcrum: the place where insight can be found\, deepened\, and lived. Where loving awareness\, brought openly to what is here\, completes something that clear seeing alone leaves unfinished. \nThrough meditation\, inquiry\, and transmission\, we will rest together in the field of this living\, loving presence\, where the heart is revealed as one of its most direct portals. \nWatch a short video with Sarah: Awakening\, Healing & Aligning with Truth \n\n  \nAbout Sarah:\nSarah is an awakening trail guide\, intuitive energy healer\, and mystic whose work explores awakening\, embodiment\, and the fullness of being. Rooted in Buddhist practice and her own direct experience of awakening\, she offers grounded and compassionate support for realization\, integration\, and authentic living. As a former stand-up comedian\, Sarah brings warmth\, relatability\, and a touch of irreverence to the spiritual path. Through meditation\, dialogue\, intuitive guidance\, and energetic transmission\, she helps people soften conditioning and deepen into greater coherence and aliveness\, with a particular attunement to fellow neurodivergent and highly sensitive people. \nFind our more at www.lightofyourbeing.com\nYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sarahtaylor-lightofyourbeing \nNo pre-registration required\n*** Just show up & pay at the door ***\nSuggested donation: $15 to $30\nNo one turned away for lack of funds \n***Connie Barbour Room***\nBerkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU)\nUpstairs\, behind the main BFUU building at the corner of Cedar and Bonita.\nPlease enter through the courtyard gate at 1606 Bonita.\nThen enter the building through the first entrance on the left.\nProceed up the stairs to the Connie Barbour Room. \nPARKING: There is street parking in the neighborhood. \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencirclecenter.org \nIf you have symptoms of a respiratory infection\, or have had a recent\nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others
URL:https://opencirclecenter.org/event/sarah-taylor-jun-28-2026/
LOCATION:Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists\, 1606 Bonita Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sarah Taylor ~ The Heart of Awakening (In-Person)
DESCRIPTION:The heart holds a doorway that can help us to embody truth\, know the deeper intimacy of non-separation\, and open into a clarity that is felt as much as it is seen. \nWhat the traditions call divine love is not merely a feeling that arises in awakening. It is the welcoming aliveness of our very nature. \nIn this gathering\, Sarah Taylor explores the heart as fulcrum: the place where insight can be found\, deepened\, and lived. Where loving awareness\, brought openly to what is here\, completes something that clear seeing alone leaves unfinished. \nThrough meditation\, inquiry\, and transmission\, we will rest together in the field of this living\, loving presence\, where the heart is revealed as one of its most direct portals. \nWatch a short video with Sarah: Awakening\, Healing & Aligning with Truth \n\n  \nAbout Sarah:\nSarah is an awakening trail guide\, intuitive energy healer\, and mystic whose work explores awakening\, embodiment\, and the fullness of being. Rooted in Buddhist practice and her own direct experience of awakening\, she offers grounded and compassionate support for realization\, integration\, and authentic living. As a former stand-up comedian\, Sarah brings warmth\, relatability\, and a touch of irreverence to the spiritual path. Through meditation\, dialogue\, intuitive guidance\, and energetic transmission\, she helps people soften conditioning and deepen into greater coherence and aliveness\, with a particular attunement to fellow neurodivergent and highly sensitive people. \nFind our more at www.lightofyourbeing.com\nYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sarahtaylor-lightofyourbeing \nNo pre-registration required\n*** Just show up & pay at the door ***\nSuggested donation: $15 to $30\nNo one turned away for lack of funds \n***Connie Barbour Room***\nBerkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU)\nUpstairs\, behind the main BFUU building at the corner of Cedar and Bonita.\nPlease enter through the courtyard gate at 1606 Bonita.\nThen enter the building through the first entrance on the left.\nProceed up the stairs to the Connie Barbour Room. \nPARKING: There is street parking in the neighborhood. \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencirclecenter.org \nIf you have symptoms of a respiratory infection\, or have had a recent\nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others
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