September 2026
Satsang with Stephen D’Amico: Presence and Direct Inquiry
In this session, Stephen will energetically shift you out of the narrative of the seeker and draw you into the silent presence that is already here.
Following a brief meditation and a reflection on the mechanics of awakening, the floor will open for personalized guidance and deep inquiry.
Whether you'd like the opportunity to ask your most pressing spiritual questions, or simply wish to resonate in a palpable field of heightened awareness, this space will help clarify the way things are.
Stephen D’Amico spent much of his early life connected to the enlightened state of being and attained full self-realization at age 22. For nearly three decades, he has been teaching and guiding others on the path. Based in Toronto, he runs an urban ashram where he hosts Satsang and offers spiritual direction.
Find out more »Jeannie Zandi ~ Love Beyond Gender ~ Liberating the Heart from Gender Conditioning
From the time we're very young, we absorb countless messages about what it means to be a woman or a man, which emotions are acceptable, how we're expected to love, speak, lead, care, and belong. Beneath these learned roles is a heart that longs to love freely and live truthfully.
As we bring this conditioning into awareness, the heart naturally starts to reclaim the qualities it has hidden, and we discover a way of being that is more authentic, more whole, and more deeply aligned with our essential nature.
Jeannie Zandi is a non-dual spiritual teacher and guide known for her fierce tenderness, irreverent wisdom, and unwavering presence. Rather than transcending life, she calls us to root in it, maturing into authentic expressions of love, serving the whole with wisdom and heart.
Arian Mateo ~ Open Meeting in Presence
An open meeting in presence.
We sit together in loving awareness.
There is guidance, inquiry, and shared reflection.
You may listen, speak, ask questions, or simply sit.
All experiences are welcome.
Silence, thought, emotion, sensation.
A space to return to what is already here,
in the company of others.
All are welcome.
Arian Mateo is a spiritual guide, psychologist, and master therapist who shares an integrative approach to awakening, healing, and self-realization. He integrates profound spiritual insights with deep psychological understanding to bring about embodied and lasting liberation.
Find out more »John J. Prendergast, Ph.D. ~ “Being Absolutely No One and No Thing” (In-Person)
When we know that we are no thing, we are free to be as we are –- both as spacious, loving awareness and as unique, individuated being. Through silent and guided meditations, a talk, meditative inquiry, and experiential conversations in community, we will explore seeing and feeling through who we have mis-taken our self to be and discovering what remains.
John Prendergast, Ph.D is a spiritual teacher, retired psychotherapist, and retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS, well known for his pioneering work in integrating non-dual wisdom and psychotherapy. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years, as well as with Adyashanti, who gave him dharma transmission in 2023. He is the author of The Deep Heart (2019), In Touch (2015), and his latest, Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March, 2025).
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