June 2026
Gail Brenner ~ Who Are You? The Essential Question for Healing and Awakening (In-Person)
The essential question in nondual inquiry is: “Who am I?” At the root of personal suffering lies the belief that who we are is a person with a history, story, preferences, fears, and a sense of lack. As long as we identify as this core belief, we will view ourselves, others, and situations through the lens of these limited filters.
Suffering subsides when our identity disconnects from the contents of our minds. We lose interest in our habits of thinking. We stop going to our familiar stories to know who we are or how to act. And we can feel the emotions in our bodies so they begin to soften their grip......
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Miranda Macpherson ~ Turning Everything Into The Path Of Awakening (In-Person)
2026 Bay Area Events with Miranda Macpherson
Join us for some or all in this series of In-Person events....
February 7, May 9, June 13, November 21, 2026
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..... LEARN MORE HERE
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...... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Sarah Taylor ~ The Heart of Awakening (In-Person)
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.
What the traditions call divine love is not merely a feeling that arises in awakening. It is the welcoming aliveness of our very nature.
In 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..... LEARN MORE HERE
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Peter Russell ~ Enjoying Meditation: Having It Be a Delight Rather than a Chore (In-Person)
For many beginners, meditation can feel like an uphill battle — a never-ending struggle to quiet the thinking mind and focus the attention. It’s easy to walk away discouraged, convinced that meditation demands more effort and discipline than you can muster.
In Peter’s approach, we don’t need to control the mind or try to remain present. Instead he offers practices and insights that allow the mind to settle down naturally. Meditation then becomes not only easier and more effective, but also more enjoyable........ LEARN MORE HERE
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Kristin Kirk ~ True Freedom & Identity (In-Person)
What is the purpose of identity, and how do you surrender through it into True freedom? Come explore the divine role of Identity. Discover how to surrender through the conditioned self and experience true freedom during Satsang and soul transmission in person with Kristin Kirk.
Kristin Kirk is an international healer, spiritual teacher and writer who has been gifted extraordinary vision and healing capacities from her 2003 awakening..... Her transformative energy and powerful transmissions accelerate the awakening process and foster deep spiritual growth for many..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »September 2026
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...... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Amoda Maa ~ Resting in the Radiance of Being ~ Daylong In-Person
Hosted by the Amoda Maa Foundation
in association with Open Circle Center.
Join Amoda Maa in the open and alive atmosphere of Berkeley, California, USA for an intimate daylong gathering. This meeting offers a welcoming space to slow down, listen deeply, and come into direct contact with what is most true.
Amoda Maa invites those gathered to rest as the awareness that is already here, prior to the movement of thought. With clarity and warmth, she points to the natural simplicity of being, revealing the freedom, presence, and aliveness that are always available—a living teaching explored in her new book, Unveiling the Light of Being..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »October 2026
Saeed Khan ~ Measuring the Unmeasurable: Consciousness, Transmission, and the Science of Awakening (In-Person)
For over 25 years, Saeed has studied and practiced across the world’s wisdom traditions, Buddhism, Hinduism, Vedanta, Tantra, Taoism, Mystical Christianity, Sufism, and native shamanic lineages. This journey led him to Tiruvannamalai, India, where he entered a sustained state of thought-free awareness for an entire year, a depth of realization few teachers can claim to have lived, not just studied. It is from this same stabilized place that he teaches today.
His approach challenges a common assumption: that spiritual growth is.... separate from everyday life and responsibilities. Instead, he offers a path that can be felt, observed, and lived..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Saeed Khan ~ Measuring the Unmeasurable: Consciousness, Transmission and Awakening (In-Person)
For over 25 years, Saeed has studied and practiced across the world's wisdom traditions, Buddhism, Hinduism, Vedanta, Tantra, Taoism, Mystical Christianity, Sufism, and native shamanic lineages. This journey led him to Tiruvannamalai, India, where he entered a sustained state of thought-free awareness for an entire year, a depth of realization few teachers can claim to have lived, not just studied. It is from this same stabilized place that he teaches today.
His approach challenges a common assumption: that spiritual growth is subjective, hard to measure, and separate from everyday life and responsibilities. Instead, he offers a path that can be felt, observed, and lived....... LEARN MORE HERE
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