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As the moon renews herself, so do we.

If we attend to it, each month the new moon marks a natural quieting in the body, making it a fantastic time to turn away from distraction and re-focus on inner well-being.

Join us to empty and renew ourselves in a field of Love, fire and precision near the Mahashivratri new moon. We will meet the newness arising within and around us, and reap the magnificence of its call with fresh eyes and big heart. Join Ishita to come to center — grounded in your body, fueled by Grace.

Ishita Sharma serves as a spiritual teacher, healing mirror, embodiment partner, and Core Energetics Practitioner of body-based psychotherapy. Teaching Universal principles of healing and mysticism, she is devoted to supporting healing and awakening in all those committed to living a bright and connected life, sharing their gifts for the good of the Whole.

Join us for any or all in this series of in-person events in Berkeley & Sebastopol * Thursday Feb. 19 - Berkeley (7:00pm - 8:45pm) * Friday Feb. 20 - Berkeley (7:00pm - 8:45pm) * Saturday Feb. 21 - Berkeley, Daylong (10:30am - 4:30pm) * Sunday Feb. 22 - Sebastopol, CA - (2:00pm - 4:00pm) ***

In the midst of an overloaded mind and constant striving, it’s easy to lose touch with the quiet wisdom of the heart. “Yes to Life” offers a sacred space to pause — to rest, reflect, and rediscover the peace that’s already within you. Guided by Lisa’s compassionate presence, you’ll gently release the need to be more or do more—and begin to see beyond the fears and self-doubt that cloud the mind, awakening to the truth of who we really are.

For 30 years, Lisa has been a devoted student of her teacher Gangaji. With many years of guiding others, Lisa offers a rare and grounded presence, inviting everyone she meets directly into their own loving heart. Being with her in Satsang feels like coming home, you are welcome just as you are into the quiet recognition of what is already whole and free.

Weaving Coherence is a * 4-week experiential series * designed to bring the depth of embodied presence into the living, breathing field of relationship.

This series is for those who sense that healing and awakening don’t only happen in isolation, but also in relationship — when we slow down enough to feel, to listen, and to let ourselves be met. Through this, a profound sense of community and support naturally arises, allowing old relational patterns to soften and new ways of being to emerge.

This work is highly experiential, inviting interpersonal vulnerability and present-moment truth, which may evoke challenging material. Therefore, this series is best suited for those who have the inner resources to meet whatever may arise.

Georgia Simone is a wisdom keeper, trauma guide, and facilitator who works with individuals and groups. She specializes in supporting people to heal relational and developmental trauma so they can ground their awakening in embodied connection, authentic expression, and relational presence.

Many of us feel a deep call to stand for what we love, yet feel uncertain how to move in a world shaped by conflict, speed, and polarization. Our hearts want to participate, to protect, to contribute. And yet, we may feel slowed down by resistance, confusion, fear of harm or lethargy. While we don't want to move from division, we also don't want to sit passively by while things we care about are harmed.

This gathering is an exploration of activism rooted in the heart. Together we will look at the inner obstacles that keep us silent, paralyzed or scattered, and will explore our motives, weed out division and make room for the heart's true stand.

Jeannie Zandi is a non-dual 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.

The largely consensus human view is that our thoughts about reality are essentially the same as reality, what psychologists term “cognitive fusion.” But is that really true? Do our experiences actually conform to the ideas and beliefs we hold about them?

Through a series of meditative inquiries and dialogue, John Astin invites us into a deep dive into this question, exploring the nature of what’s appearing experientially. This discovery reveals the most profound freedom, the realization that every moment—even the ones we conventionally think of as problems—is a doorway into the inconceivable miracle of life itself.

John Astin is a spiritual teacher and psychologist, the author of five books exploring the nature of reality, and also a singer, songwriter and recording artist with seven CDs of original spiritual-contemplative music. John holds a PhD in health psychology, is an internationally acclaimed scholar in the field of mind-body medicine, and a professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University.

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 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.

Everything you ever wanted to know about spiritual liberation but never had an enlightened friend to ask! In this session, we’ll begin with a grounding and uplifting guided meditation and then move into a clear, experiential teaching followed by an open Q&A.

Together, we’ll explore the universal foundation beneath all practices and techniques—the simple, direct truth they’re all pointing to, and share insights that illuminate this essential presence and help you recognize your own true nature in real time.

We’ll also look at what it actually means to live from that recognition: how to embody it, integrate it fully, and let it transform your inner and outer life.

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.

The largely consensus human view is that our thoughts about reality are essentially the same as reality, what psychologists term, “cognitive fusion.” But is that really true? Do our experiences actually conform to the ideas and beliefs we hold about them?

Through a series of meditative inquiries and dialogue, psychologist and spiritual teacher John Astin invites us into a deep dive into this question, exploring the nature of what’s appearing experientially to discover how it is not just those special, “peak” experiences that lie beyond the reach of our concepts and descriptions, but every experience.

John Astin is the author of five books exploring the nature of reality, and also a singer, songwriter and recording artist who has produced seven CDs of original spiritual-contemplative music. John holds a PhD in health psychology, is an internationally acclaimed scholar in the field of mind-body medicine.