Category: Meditation

Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation taking a thoughtful look at the double-slit experiment and what it raises about observation, attention, and the nature of reality. This gathering does not offer answers or metaphysical conclusions. It invites careful questioning.

Rather than turning science into symbolism, we explore what happens when observation itself appears to matter and how this insight can inform the way we relate to experience in our own lives. Through reflection, open discussion, and silent meditation, we practice staying present with uncertainty, curiosity, and not-knowing.

Sunday December 13, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “The Observer Effect”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation exploring how repeated and sustained gratitude can quietly enrich our lives and the lives of people we love. This is not about forced positivity or pretending things are better than they are. It’s about noticing what is already supporting us and allowing that awareness to take root.

Rather than treating gratitude as a mood or a personality trait, this gathering looks at it as a practice, something strengthened through attention and repetition. Through reflection, open discussion, and silent meditation, we explore how gratitude works over time, shaping how we relate to ourselves, others, and the ordinary moments of daily life.

Sunday November 8, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Gratitude Works”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation inspired by the book ‘The Zen of Zombie‘ by Scott Kenemore. This gathering uses an unexpected lens to explore a familiar question: how do we meet the world as it actually is, rather than how we wish it were?

Zombie Zen isn’t about horror or escapism. It’s about realism. Through reflection, open discussion, and extended silent meditation, we explore themes of endurance, awareness, and presence in a world that is often chaotic, repetitive, and uncertain. No pretending, no bypassing, just practice grounded in what’s real.

Sunday October 11, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Zombie Zen”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation exploring an important and often overlooked reality: meditation is not universally effective, and when misunderstood or misapplied, it can carry psychological risks. This gathering does not reject meditation, but approaches it with maturity, context, and care.

Rather than promoting mindfulness as a cure-all, we examine common assumptions and look at when meditation helps, when it doesn’t, and why discernment matters. Through reflection, open discussion, and silent meditation, we practice presence with honesty, recognizing that awareness includes knowing limits as well as benefits.

Sunday September 13, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Myths of Mindfulness”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation exploring the life of Jesus of Nazareth through a historical lens. This gathering looks at Jesus not as a divine figure, but as a real human being who walked the earth and whose actions consistently reflected presence, attention, and embodied awareness.

Rather than doctrine or belief, we focus on examples of how Jesus listened, withdrew, confronted authority, responded to suffering, and remained grounded in the midst of conflict. These are not miracles or metaphysics, but human acts of presence practiced under actual social and political pressure. Through reflection, open discussion, and silent meditation, we explore what these moments can teach us about being present in our own lives.

Sunday August 09, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “The Cushion and the Cross”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation exploring a simple truth: happiness is not a permanent state to achieve, but a craft that can be practiced and refined over time. Rather than chasing positive feelings or avoiding difficult ones, this gathering looks at how attention, habit, and presence shape our experience of daily life.

Through reflection, open discussion, and silent meditation, we explore happiness as something developed through practice, not promised, not purchased, and not performed. Nothing needs to be forced or fixed. We simply return, again and again, to what helps.

Sunday July 19, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Happiness Is a Skill”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation exploring the modern Zen movement and its shift away from rigid authority toward lived authenticity. This is not about not about rejecting the past. It’s about recognizing that Zen has, and must always adapt to the lives of real people.

This gathering reflects a contemporary approach to practice that values honesty over hierarchy and presence over performance.Through simple reflection, shared silence, and quiet sitting, we explore how Zen functions in modern life, not as something inherited, but as something lived. No robes, no dogma. Just practice, as it is now.

Sunday May 10, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Not Your Grandma’s Zen”
Open Discussion
Guided Meditation
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation exploring the relationship between identity and presence. Pride and queer identity are not distractions from practice, and they are not things to be hidden or overcome. They are lived, real experiences in human life.

Pride, when it restores dignity after shame rather than inflating the ego above others, is not a barrier to Zen but a return to clear, honest presence. When layers of unconsciousness fall away, what remains has always had room for difference, embodiment, and truth. Through simple reflection, shared silence, and quiet presence, we sit with identity without needing to justify it, explain it, or dissolve it.

Sunday June 14, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Pride and Presence”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation about transforming fire by letting it speak. This is not a practice of suppressing anger, fixing it, or being ashamed of it. Anger is not a failure of presence, it is information.

When we look deeply into anger instead of pushing it aside, it softens. Given steady attention, the heat softens, clarity emerges, and what once felt overwhelming becomes workable. Through simple reflection, shared silence, and quiet presence, we practice listening to anger without acting it out or turning it into a story.

Sunday April 12, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Honoring Anger”
Open Discussion
Grounding Exercise
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm morning of mindfulness and meditation grounded in a simple scientific fact: We are the universe, litterally. The most abundant elements in the universe are the exact same elements found in the human body. We were never disconnected from the cosmos and that truth can deepen our understanding of interbeing. Through simple Zen-based reflection, shared silence, and gentle presence, we sit with what it means to belong to the same fabric of existence as everything else, without needing to force meaning, perform insight, or turn it into a story.

Sunday March 15, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “We Are the Universe”
Open Discussion
Guided Meditation
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm, welcoming morning of mindfulness and meditation focused on holding grief without pressure or judgment. This in-person gathering creates space to sit with loss, sadness, and emotional weight in a steady, grounded way without trying to fix, explain, or rush it away. Through simple Zen-based reflection, shared silence, and gentle presence, we practice allowing grief to be here without carrying it alone. Whether your grief is recent, distant, or quietly woven into daily life, you are welcome exactly as you are.

Sunday February 15, 2026 – 10AM

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Stream

Arrival Tea
Reading “Holding Grief”
Open Discussion
Guided Awareness Practice
Silent Meditation
Departure Bell

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Join us for a calm, welcoming morning of mindfulness and meditation focused on the most fundamental practice of all: the breath. This in-person gathering offers a gentle introduction to mindfulness, simple Zen-based reflection, and shared stillness in a supportive, non-judgmental space. Whether you are new to meditation or returning to practice, you are welcome exactly as you are.

Free | All Ages | In-Person | Live Sream

Sunday January 18, 2026 | 10AM

Service Flow:
Welcome
Reading “It Starts With The Breath”
Open Discussion
Guided Breathing Techniques
Silent Meditation
Closing

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