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Part of the Engaged Nonduality Series with Itzel Hayward, hosted by Lisa Ferguson.

Engaged Nonduality recognizes that awareness and response are not separate. The same ground of being that reveals our shared nature also moves as a compassionate, embodied response. In this view, the crises of our time—including racism and systemic injustice—are not distractions from awakening but invitations to live it.

In this session, Itzel Hayward invites participants to explore how awake awareness can support a steady, honest engagement with racism and systemic harm. When we turn toward these realities with awareness, we begin to recognize our participation in them and our capacity to respond differently. This is the meeting point between contemplative practice and social change......

This daylong with Miranda Macpherson is a day for deep spiritual nourishment and community support to connect more substantially to the luminous presence within, illuminate obstacles one your path, and explore what timeless Truths have to offer practically for living meaningfully and navigating life from our spiritual depth.

Together, we will embrace all that we grapple with personally and collectively as fuel that ultimately can serve to propel us further on the path of awakening. Miranda will share potent teachings and practices on how we can ground more substantially in the Grace of our True Nature, Trust the Mystery and come from Loving awareness in all that we face.....

* February 9, 12, 16 & 19, 2026 *.

When we include ourself, our embodiment, in this Love, everything is strengthened! Our resilience, clarity, natural joy, creativity and generosity are enhanced. Most of us have been trained out of self care by relentless doing rather than functioning from Being. And of course, primarily focusing on the needs of others and not including our Being's love of silence, space and retreat time. And most importantly, to gift our minds with a return to spacious balanced healthy functioning.......

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.
Mateo (Arian Mateo) is a spiritual guide, psychologist, and master therapist who shares an integrative approach to awakening, healing, and self-realization. Drawing from a wide range of traditions, including Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Diamond Approach, and attachment and trauma healing, Mateo supports others in fully embodying their highest potential.

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.