August 2026
Ajaya Sommers ~ Awake Attachment™ – Intimacy with Life as a Path of Embodied Awakening ~ 4 Part Online Series
When the separate self dissolves - and awakens to ones natural being, in deep meditation, in nature, in love - what remains is not emptiness. It is intimacy. With everything.
This is not an achievement. It is our original nature.
And yet most of us cannot sustain it. Because the nervous system learned, early, that connection was not always safe.
What we long for most - a holy, primal intimacy with life itself, with ourselves, with other humans, with the more-than-human world - is also what we fear most. And the very places we feel most broken, most defended, most disconnected, are not obstacles to that intimacy. They are the doorway into it..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »September 2026
Ajaya Sommers ~ Awake Attachment™ – Intimacy with Life as a Path of Embodied Awakening ~ 4 Part Online Series
When the separate self dissolves - and awakens to ones natural being, in deep meditation, in nature, in love - what remains is not emptiness. It is intimacy. With everything.
This is not an achievement. It is our original nature.
And yet most of us cannot sustain it. Because the nervous system learned, early, that connection was not always safe.
What we long for most - a holy, primal intimacy with life itself, with ourselves, with other humans, with the more-than-human world - is also what we fear most. And the very places we feel most broken, most defended, most disconnected, are not obstacles to that intimacy. They are the doorway into it..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »Jeannie Zandi ~ Love Beyond Gender ~ Liberating the Heart from Gender Conditioning
From the time we're very young, we begin learning who we're supposed to be. 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. Much of this conditioning happens so early and so subtly that we mistake it for the truth.
Beneath these learned roles is a heart that longs to love freely and live truthfully.
In this gathering, we'll explore the ways gender conditioning can shape our expression of love, our relationship with vulnerability and strength, our ability to receive and to give..... 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 »Kristin Kirk ~ Dissolving The Identity Game
Explore the Fabric of Identity; The heart of Being everything and nothing; and discover the wonder of Being empty radiant surrendered empowered presence. What happens when you keep surrendering everything? How does surrendered presence radiate and function as a human being
When we dissolve through the identity game... We discover an infinite and invincible radiant truth within.
Come join Kristin Kirk for a powerful transmission and fresh look at awakening and embodiment..... LEARN MORE HERE
Find out more »November 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 »December 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
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