May 2025
Marlies Myoku Cocheret ~ Presence: Our Only Refuge ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat
Open Circle is hosting an evening Satsang and two DAYLONGS with Marlies Myoku Cocheret in California, USA.
May 2nd (7-9 pm, PT) ~ Berkeley, CA (In-Person & Livestream)
May 3rd (11am - 5pm, PT) ~ Fairfax, CA (In-Person & Livestream)
May 4th Way of the Women Daylong (11am - 5pm, PT) ~
.....Fairfax, CA (In-Person only - Women only)
Presence: Our Only Refuge
Abiding presence is the only ground from which right action can flower in our world.
During this Daylong Meditation Retreat, we sit and share together sacred space to welcome in our true nature, our silent nature, that is always here and never changes. Marlies takes you by the hand into the cathedral of your being so together we connect, taste and abide as Presence: our only refuge......
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Marlies Myoku Cocheret ~ Silence and The Female Body ~ Bay Area Daylong Way of Woman Retreat
Open Circle is hosting an evening Satsang and two DAYLONGS with Marlies Myoku Cocheret in California, USA.
May 2nd (7-9 pm, PT) ~ Berkeley, CA (In-Person & Livestream)
May 3rd (11am - 5pm, PT) ~ Fairfax, CA (In-Person & Livestream)
May 4th Way of the Women Daylong (11am - 5pm, PT) ~
.....Fairfax, CA (In-Person only - Women only)
Way of Woman Retreat
(For Women Only)
Silence and The Female Body
Letting your silent nature melt with your feminine body of beauty.
Deep inside your heart you know it’s possible to be an embodied, sovereign, luscious Woman of Beauty. When you truly rest as your silent heart, naturally your feminine body wants to flow and shine. Come play together and take your place in this wonderful dance of life, and honor your precious temple as Woman......
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Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Join us for a silent group meditation. Do your own practice quietly in the company of others. Let’s be present, together. .... more details
Mon.: 8:00am – 8:30am (PT) and Wed.: 9:00am – 9:30am (PT)
Ongoing drop-in group – attend as often as you like.
Weekly, with rare exceptions. Verify dates on Full Calendar.
Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Mondays: 8:00am – 8:30am Pacific Time
Wednesdays : 9:00am – 9:30am Pacific Time
Ongoing every week, with rare exceptions. Check Full Calendar to verify dates.
Join for a group meditation – just us, without a teacher. Do your own practice silently in the company of others. There will be no talk or guidance – only a bell to start and finish. Let’s be present, together.
After half an hour of silent sitting, there will be space for a brief hello in the end, if we like.
Please be seated by the time meditation starts, so that we can begin together. You are welcome to have your camera and microphone on (unless you have a lot of background noise), so that we can feel as if we were in one space.
The zoom link remains the same for all the sessions, so you are welcome to register only once and save the link for future reference.
To check your local time, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
Miranda Macpherson ~ Turning everything into the path of Awakening ~ Daylong Retreat, Bay Area & Livestream
If ever there was a time to stay spiritually connected, so we can remain open-hearted, responsive and awake, its now.
This daylong with Miranda Macpherson, on a beautiful property in west Marin, is a day for deep spiritual nourishment and community support to help us find calm amidst the chaos, deepen in to our fundamental human unity, and explore what timeless spiritual Truths have to offer us practically in living meaningfully and navigating life from our spiritual depth.....
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Miranda Macpherson ~ Turning everything into the Path of Awakening ~ Daylong Retreat, Bay Area & Livestream
If ever there was a time to stay spiritually connected, so we can remain open-hearted, responsive and awake, it's now.
This daylong is for deep spiritual nourishment and community support to help us find calm amidst the chaos, deepen in to our fundamental human unity, and explore what timeless spiritual Truths have to offer us practically in living meaningfully and navigating life from our spiritual depth.
Miranda Macpherson is a contemporary spiritual teacher, who leads the Living Grace Global Sangha, and who has been guiding others into direct experience of the sacred for over thirty years internationally. Unapologetically feminine, joyful and down to earth, she is dedicated to loving people all the way back into the freedom and wholeness of our true nature. Miranda is the author of several books and is also a kirtan musician and singer.
Find out more »Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Join us for a silent group meditation. Do your own practice quietly in the company of others. Let’s be present, together. .... more details
Mon.: 8:00am – 8:30am (PT) and Wed.: 9:00am – 9:30am (PT)
Ongoing drop-in group – attend as often as you like.
Weekly, with rare exceptions. Verify dates on Full Calendar.
Silent Group Meditation (Free, No Guidance)
Mondays: 8:00am – 8:30am Pacific Time
Wednesdays : 9:00am – 9:30am Pacific Time
Ongoing every week, with rare exceptions. Check Full Calendar to verify dates.
Join for a group meditation – just us, without a teacher. Do your own practice silently in the company of others. There will be no talk or guidance – only a bell to start and finish. Let’s be present, together.
After half an hour of silent sitting, there will be space for a brief hello in the end, if we like.
Please be seated by the time meditation starts, so that we can begin together. You are welcome to have your camera and microphone on (unless you have a lot of background noise), so that we can feel as if we were in one space.
The zoom link remains the same for all the sessions, so you are welcome to register only once and save the link for future reference.
To check your local time, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter
Engaged Nonduality ~ With Stephanie Lopez and Lisa Ferguson
Engaged Nonduality:
Acting from the Wellspring of Essential Nature
with With Stephanie Lopez and Lisa Ferguson
As modern life becomes more complicated each of us faces a multitude of personal, political, and ecological challenges. As spiritual practitioners, our calling is to navigate the metacrisis with integrity and right action. This requires practices that allow for skillful listening both within ourselves and to others, as we open to our authentic response. In these moments, the wellspring of Essential Nature serves as a ground from which we can rest, nourish, renew, and engage.
Drawing on practices of iRest yoga nidra, somatic inquiry, and relational psychology, we’ll dive into restorative practices and ways of being that inform how we meet each moment as it is......
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Engaged Nonduality ~ With Stephanie Lopez and Lisa Ferguson
As modern life becomes more complicated, each of us faces a multitude of personal, political, and ecological challenges. As spiritual practitioners, our calling is to navigate the metacrisis with integrity and right action, which requires skillful listening both within ourselves and to others, as we open to our authentic response. In these moments, the wellspring of Essential Nature serves as a ground from which we can rest, nourish, renew, and engage.
Stephanie Lopez is a psychotherapist and senior trainer for iRest Institute, which teaches an updated version of the traditional yoga nidra practice. Lisa Ferguson is the founder of Climate Compassion, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner, climate justice activist, organizer and contemplative.
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