December 2025
John J. Prendergast, Ph.D. ~ “Emptiness and Fullness” ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
The emptier we are, the more we are filled with light. In this meeting we will investigate our willingness as well as our resistance to being no one and no-thing. When we see and feel through the emptiness of the separate self-construct, we discover the fullness of Being. Nothing essential is lost in this profound process of letting go and discovery, of death and rebirth......
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Lynn Marie Lumiere ~ EMBODIED PRESENCE: Nondual Healing of our Human Wounding (In-Person Event)
Embodied Presence is pure and free of the hurt and pain that we carry in our human body-mind. At the same time, it is not separate from our human experience and is fully allowing it all. It is through aligning with this unconditional allowing that we are healed and embodied. Awakened presence makes it possible for us to meet our long-held emotional pain without resistance and thereby free it, which leads to physical, emotional and psychological healing as well as a more deeply embodied presence. This is how healing and awakening come together as a nondual process. When we make them separate, or spiritually bypass our wounding, we cannot fully heal........ LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Pamela Wilson ~ Solstice Satsang ~ In-Person
Solstice Satsang, a gathering to warm the Heart. Join Pamela and your fellow sages to celebrate clarity and compassion.
Pamela Wilson evokes through dialogue, inquiry and her very presence the qualities of unconditional love and radical acceptance. She is celebrated for her ability to open the heart and create a space in which long-cherished struggles and notions about one’s identity relax. Featured in the book Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom, Pamela is at her best in heart-felt dialogue, so please bring your questions!
More about Pamela: www.pamelasatsang.com
We'll have a short holiday get together after the satsang, to 6pm. Feel free to bring something to share if you wish.
Suggested donation: $15 to $30
No one turned away for lack of funds.
PARKING: There is some street parking in the neighborhood, free and without time limit.
For inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencirclecenter.org
If you have symptoms of a respiratory infection, or have had a recent
Covid exposure or positive test, please stay home out of consideration for others.
January 2026
New Year’s Gathering 2026 ~ Celebrating Our Divine Presence With Mystical Poetry, Song and Silence ~ Bay Area
We invite you to join us for our sacred gathering of song, poetry, silence and dialogue as with tender hearts we welcome this time of new beginnings and honor the divine intelligence animating our being.
Christine Tulis, harpist, singer and healing artist and Judith Shiner, PhD., poet and spiritual mentor, invite you to a time of sacred retreat. We come together to honor and celebrate the divine presence always here within us as we enter this unprecedented New Year.
Through the rich gifts of mystical poetry delicately layered with sublime harp music, we move from our mind into our heart and rest in the deep knowing of our soul’s wisdom..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Beth Miller ~ Anything is Possible! (In-Person Event)
You’re warmly invited to a teaching satsang, with Beth Miller, where we gather in honest presence to explore what becomes possible when we meet life exactly as it is.
This offering is an invitation into relationship with all of creation - through radical acceptance of what is, deep appreciation for the life you lead, for everything you are, for what is here now, and for the precise journey that shaped you. ....... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »February 2026
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 »Lisa Schumacher ~ Yes to Life – Resting in the Heart of Being (In-Person)
Bay Area Event Series
Join us for any or all in this series of In-Person events in Berkeley....
Feb. 19 & 20 (7:00pm - 8:45pm) & Feb. 21 Daylong (10:30am - 4:30pm)
“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.
This retreat is an opening — a return to love, stillness, and the simple joy of saying yes to life as it is... “Satsang” means “in the company of Truth” – it describes a meeting where we gather together to uncover our True Nature...... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Lisa Schumacher ~ Yes to Life – Resting in the Heart of Being (In-Person)
Bay Area Event Series
Join us for any or all in this series of In-Person events in Berkeley....
Feb. 19 & 20 (7:00pm - 8:45pm) & Feb. 21 Daylong (10:30am - 4:30pm)
“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.
This retreat is an opening — a return to love, stillness, and the simple joy of saying yes to life as it is... “Satsang” means “in the company of Truth” – it describes a meeting where we gather together to uncover our True Nature...... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Lisa Schumacher ~ Yes to Life – Resting in the Heart of Being (In-Person)
Bay Area Event Series
Join us for any or all in this series of In-Person events in Berkeley....
Feb. 19 & 20 (7:00pm - 8:45pm) & Feb. 21 Daylong (10:30am - 4:30pm)
“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.
This retreat is an opening — a return to love, stillness, and the simple joy of saying yes to life as it is... “Satsang” means “in the company of Truth” – it describes a meeting where we gather together to uncover our True Nature...... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Lisa Schumacher ~ Yes to Life – Resting in the Heart of Being (In-Person)
“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.
This retreat is an opening — a return to love, stillness, and the simple joy of saying yes to life as it is... “Satsang” means “in the company of Truth” – it describes a meeting where we gather together to uncover our True Nature...... LEARN MORE HERE
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