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BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//opencircle.net - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://opencircle.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for opencircle.net REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251201T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251201T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170947Z CREATED:20260106T170947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170947Z UID:10001047-1764547200-1764547200@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Ramachandra Roddam ~ Deity Worship as Spiritual Practice (Online Event) DESCRIPTION:We are sorry to announce that the In-Person event has been cancelled due to unforseen events. \nWe plan to reschedule as an Online Event. \nPlease stay tuned to our emails and calendar for the new online date! \nA beautiful opportunity to step into the world and learn about some basic methods of Worship and Sadhana\, from an authentic voice and practitioner. \nSri Ramachandra Roddam is a sadhak on the path of Shakta Tantra and a teacher of the path of the Bauls. The Bauls are a traditional sect from northeastern India who often defy societal conventions and who seek a direct connection with the divine through ecstatic singing\, music and dance. Sri Ramachandra is a trustee of Sanatan Siddhashram\, a center in West Bengal founded by the internationally acclaimed Baul dancer and teacher\, Maa Parvathy Baul. This center is dedicated to the practice of the ancient Baul tradition and propagation of its philosophy\, conducting courses in deity worship\, yoga\, and meditation. Sri Ramachandra is also the author of the book Devi Bhakti Tarangani\, an English-language book of devotional poetry dedicated to the Divine Mother\, which has been translated into Hungarian and French. URL:https://opencircle.net/event/ramachandra-roddam-deity-worship-as-spiritual-practice-online-event-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251201T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251201T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170947Z CREATED:20260106T170947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170947Z UID:10001048-1764547200-1764547200@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Engaged Nonduality ~ With Stephanie Lopez and Lisa Ferguson DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality: \nActing from the Wellspring of Essential Nature \nwith With Stephanie Lopez and Lisa Ferguson \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nAs 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. \nDrawing on practices of iRest yoga nidra\, somatic inquiry\, and relational psychology\, weÕll dive into restorative practices and ways of being that inform how we meet each moment as it is. \nTogether weÕll explore: \n\nHow subtle listening and Ôallowing what isÕ may reveal our calling that arises from the reality of the momentÊ\nThe stabilizing force of grounded presence and embodied peace\niRest practices that support skillful means to metabolize intense emotions and core beliefs to reveal messages that bring clarity in action\nAn intuitive inner knowing as we meet each moment\nWays of listening inspired by Julian of Norwich that cultivates living as an expression of Essential Nature\n\nIn this session Stephanie will share a talk\, practices and invite somatic inquiries in relationship to participantÕs questions and shares. \nThe Engaged Nonduality series \nThis Engaged Nonduality series\, hosted by Lisa Ferguson\, explores how nondual wisdom may respond to our world in crisis. We live in a time of multiple intersecting crises that threaten the wellbeing of all life\, including climate breakdown\, unaligned tech and AI\, injustice\, war and authoritarianism. The recognition of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep knowing of our wholeness and shared Being\, as well as opening to the wellspring of our wise and creative response. This series invites guest presenters to explore how nondual teaching may respond to planetary crises through talks\, practices and group participation. \nStephanie Lopez\, LISW\, C-IAYT\, is the Senior Director of Philosophy & Learning and Senior iRest Trainer for iRest Institute. With a deeply embodied understanding of meditation informed by nearly 30 years of immersion in the nondual teachings of yoga\, she leads retreats and trainings internationally with a focus on living an authentic and awakened life. Stephanie is a Gestalt psychotherapist\, certified yoga therapist\, and world-leading meditation teacher who has presented meditation at Google\, Spotify\, and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She is a contributing author of ÒYoga Nidra Meditations.Ó \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative. She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, just contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nFor inquiries about Registration & Livestream access contact web@opencircle.net \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/engaged-nonduality-with-stephanie-lopez-and-lisa-ferguson-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170845Z CREATED:20260106T170845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170845Z UID:10001002-1762041600-1762041600@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Ishita Sharma ~ Embodiment Lab Ð Experiments in Embodying Presence DESCRIPTION:We are not thinking beings who sense; we are sensing beings who think. And re-setting that balance is key to joy\, to vibrance\, and true liberation! \nJoin us for Embodiment Lab\, an experiential exploration of the body as a doorway to presence and aliveness\, returning to the ground of being through our own direct experience. \nWe will use the fullness of our experience to tune and attune to our bodies\, illuminating our deepest healing and freedom. Engaging and transcending our senses\, awareness\, breath\, movement and sound and more\, we will use our body’s signals to return to sensate presence. \nTOGETHER ON OUR CALL WE WILL: \n\nExplore states of inner coherence in our own experience.\nEngage simple yet profound somatic and energetic practices.\nExperience the healing power of inner and group coherence.\nHave space to share\, ask questions and learn from within and together.\nLearn about ways to deepen our access to embodied presence.\n\nAll levels of experience are welcome. \nWatch Ishita share on why she views embodiment as the quickest doorway to the divine: \n \n  \nBIO \nIshita Sharma serves as a spiritual teacher\, healing mirror\, embodiment partner\, and Core Energetics Practitioner of body-based psychotherapy. Teaching Universal principles of healing and mysticism\, she is devoted to supporting healing and awakening in all those committed to living a bright and connected life\, sharing their gifts for the good of the Whole. \nGrowing up in India\, asking big questions\, Ishita’s curiosities about the nature of All Things fueled a series of profound openings. Having her relationship to Self\, Life and others re-calibrated\, while learning to honor her own body’s signals as the ultimate path to God\, led her to study various spiritual\, neurological\, relational\, somatic and shamanic modalities\, through the Grace of her teachers and the Book of her Life. \nIshita has coached visionaries and leaders from Google\, Harvard\, MIT\, Silicon Valley\, Broadway artists\, and renowned scientists\, coaches\, teachers\, artists and activists. Clients come to her to grow through their deepest longings and challenges\, held and mirrored in their perfect wholeness. She points every one of them back to center. \nIshitaÕs teachings\, like her learnings\, support self-study through direct realization. They marry western mind and eastern spirit through the human body and heart to facilitate embodied awakening and authentic connection\, the balm for our tumultuous times. \nCare for our sacred shared world informs all her endeavors. Ishita now uses her skills to help clients connect with their inner signals so they can find rest in minds\, ease in their bodies\, joy in their hearts\, and embody their True Nature in right relation with Life. She brings 15 years of advanced facilitation\, a refined meditation practice\, and a fierce devotion to her own healing to serve. She looks forward to meeting and supporting you! \ncometocenter.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/ishita-sharma-embodiment-lab-d-experiments-in-embodying-presence-7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251102T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170843Z CREATED:20260106T170842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170843Z UID:10001001-1762041600-1762041600@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Unmani ~ How Can We Embrace the Whole of Life? DESCRIPTION:Beyond the play of separation there is only wholeness. We all know this\, despite mostly living as if we have forgotten. Experiencing separation can feel incredibly painful when we reject parts of ourselves or Life\, because we think those parts are not good enough\, or shouldn’t be here for some reason. This rejection goes against our deeper sense of the wholeness beyond it all\, and our natural longing to merge with and embrace Life as ourselves. \nBut how can we stop this painful game\, and start embracing the whole of Life as ourselves? Let’s explore this together. \nAbout Unmani \nMeeting with Unmani is meeting with yourself in the most real and alive way. Unmani is originally from the UK\, but has lived in many countries around the world. Since she was a child\, Unmani didn’t identify with being a separate individual\, but assumed there was something wrong with her\, until she came across the expression of Satsang and nonduality. Truth has always been her passion. Unmani had teachers including Osho\, Dolano\, Nathan Gill\, Tony Parsons\, Gangaji and several other amazing people who are not considered ‘teachers’. \nIn 2013 she met her husband\, the wonderful musician\, and courageous lover of life\, Robert Hanuman. In 2015 their son\, Sky\, was born. On 3rd January 2018\, Robert Hanuman died suddenly from a heart attack while they were in India. Robert Hanuman’s presence deeply influenced Unmani’s teaching\, and in the time they were together it evolved into a more human expression of the courage to live the paradox of the Absolute\, living as this human. Robert put Unmani’s words to his beautiful classical guitar music and Unmani still plays his songs at her meetings. \nUnmani has been holding meetings and retreats all over the world for since 2003\, and in this time people have been deeply touched by her work: She meets each person exactly where they are at\, and in whatever they need at the time\, while at the same time holding them in the truth of who they really are beyond it all. This combination\, and paradox\, of the personal and impersonal\, brings so much depth\, openness and healing to people’s lives. They wake up to who they really are\, and discover how this is lived and integrated into their daily lives. \nUnmani has written 3 books ‘I am Life itself’\, ‘Die to Love’ and ‘The Courage to Come Alive’. Unmani holds regular meetings and retreats several times a year as well as monthly webinars on different themes. \nFor more information about Unmani’s work go to: www.die-to-love.com \nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unmani \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/unmani \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unmani_hyde/ \nRobert Hanuman’s music can be downloaded on iTunes here: https://music.apple.com/nl/artist/robert-hanuman/1329878840?l=en \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/unmani-how-can-we-embrace-the-whole-of-life/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251101T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251101T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170929Z CREATED:20260106T170929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170929Z UID:10001034-1761955200-1761955200@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Arian Mateo ~ Letting Ourselves Off the Hook DESCRIPTION:Join us for a transformative spiritual meeting led by Mateo (Arian Mateo)\, where we will explore the profound freedom that comes from letting ourselves off the hook. In this gathering\, you will be guided to release deep-rooted patterns of self-judgment\, seeking\, striving\, and unresolved guilt and shame\, allowing you to discover and rest in the simplicity of our true nature. \nThis meeting is for anyone who feels ready to finally let go\, to release the burden of seeking and self-criticism\, and to embrace the fullness of who they are. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to the path\, this space is here to support you in deepening your awakening and integration. All are welcome. \n  \nWatch Mateo share about his teachings and spiritual journey\, including spending over 100 days in dark retreats: \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbout Arian Mateo \nMateo (Arian Mateo) is a spiritual guide\, psychologist\, and master therapist who shares an integrative approach to awakening\, healing\, and self-realization. Drawing from a wide range of traditions\, including Dzogchen\, Mahamudra\, Diamond Approach + attachment and trauma healing\, \nMateo supports others in fully embodying their highest potential. He is the founder of the Awareness Method\, where he integrates profound spiritual insights with deep psychological understanding to bring about embodied and lasting liberation. Mateo has been a deep practitioner for 14 years\, which has included living 3 years on a mountain and more than 100 days in isolated dark retreats. \nwww.arianmateo.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, just contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/arian-mateo-letting-ourselves-off-the-hook/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171135Z CREATED:20260106T171135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171135Z UID:10001106-1759276800-1759276800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Beloved Community: Living Presence through Togetherness DESCRIPTION:What is community\, and why does it matter on the spiritual path? In this call\, Jeannie will explore the many faces of communityÑspiritual\, social\, and innerÑas both a ground for healing\, a sangha for practice\, and a living metaphor for oneness. WeÕll reflect on how community can support our embodiment of presence\, invite us into deeper unity\, and serve as an experimental ground where love becomes lived reality. \nAbout Jeannie Zandi \nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experienceÑjoy\, challenge\, and the mundaneÑas fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-beloved-community-living-presence-through-togetherness/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171135Z CREATED:20260106T171135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171135Z UID:10001107-1759276800-1759276800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Susanne Marie ~ Awakening to Connection: Why Belonging Matters (In-Person Event) DESCRIPTION:Please check your time! \nDaylight Savings Time ends at 2 am Nov. 2nd.. Set your clocks back 1 hour! \nJoin Susanne and community: At the heart of being human lies a deep longing to belong\, to one another\, to Spirit\, to the Earth\, and to ourselves. True wholeness arises when we honor both our inner autonomy and our connection to the greater web of life. Without a felt sense of belonging\, we can become isolated\, untethered\, and alone. \nIn this gathering\, weÕll explore what it truly means to come home within ourselves\, in relationship with others\, and as part of something larger. ItÕs a journey of remembering our place in the human family and the living world. As we recognize our deep interconnection\, we open to the care and compassion that naturally arise\, the essence of a full-circle spiritual awakening. \nSusanne Marie: Featured in conversation with Adyashanti on Buddha at the Gas Pump as well as on Conscious TV\, Susanne Marie offers integrated teachings in support of freedom\, and the celebration of our common essence of love and unity with all life. Susanne\, who lives in Northern California\, is the parent of two young adults. As a natural empath\, her teaching style is heart-centered and practical\, whose focus is on supporting you in your unique awakening journey. With over 20 years of teaching experience\, Susanne leads in-person retreats\, online courses\, a monthly online meeting\, and mentors individuals privately. \nSusanne’s website: www.susannemarie.org \nRecent interviews: \nYouTube 5/24: Where Are You on the Spiritual Journey \nYouTube 4/25: Spiritual Seeking is Not the Problem\, What Makes Awakening Abiding \nWatch: Oneness – Journey of Awakening (trailer) Susanne Marie is 1 of 7 interviewed. For the full video\, follow the links. \nSatsang: 2-4 pm \nRefreshments: until 5 \nSuggested Donation: $10- $20\, no one turned away. \nNo reservation needed. Pay at door when you arrive. \nLocation: 8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, the home of Tomas Phillips. \nNote: The address sign says 8474/8476.Ê Park on the street\, and walk down the short driveway to the house with the carport. \nPlease dress mindfully (with warm layers)\, doors & windows will be open! \nIf you have Covid like symptoms\, or have had a recent Covid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others. URL:https://opencircle.net/event/susanne-marie-awakening-to-connection-why-belonging-matters-in-person-event/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171135Z CREATED:20260106T171135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171135Z UID:10001108-1759276800-1759276800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ The Moment Ñ Your Inner Reset Button DESCRIPTION:Begin the New Year by remembering whatÕs always new: the living moment. In this gentle\, spacious gathering\, Jeannie will guide you to soften\, settle\, and sinkÑresting your body\, mind and heart into the ground of being\, where renewal\, clarity\, and the emergent arise naturally. Together weÕll be called to slow and empty\, opening to the one Heart that holds us all and leave nourished\, reset\, and re-inspired. \nAbout Jeannie Zandi \nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experienceÑjoy\, challenge\, and the mundaneÑas fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-the-moment-n-your-inner-reset-button/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171011Z CREATED:20260106T171009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171011Z UID:10001060-1759276800-1759276800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Engaged Nonduality ~ With Miranda Macpherson and Lisa Ferguson DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality: \nWaking Up AND Showing Up \nwith With Miranda Macpherson and Lisa Ferguson \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nAs these chaotic and challenging times continue\, we need the refuge that spiritual practice provides to nurture our access to clarity\, peace and joy. Equally\, we need the refuge of community\, to help us acknowledge all that we may be feeling Ð fear\, anger\, despair\, hopelessness Ð and open to the Grace that can transform them into responsiveness from our depth. \nWe will explore what it takes to abide in natural great peace\, real love and trust so we can stay resilient in amidst such anxiety provoking times; what can help us find the restorative Grace we need to thrive\, even in the face of heart-breaking news; and most importantly\, what can help us to become more potent\, graceful human beings\, embodying spiritual values in potent\, practical actions that serve our loved ones and wider society now. \nIn this session\, spiritual teacher and author Miranda Macpherson will share insights and practices that can help us to honor all parts of our experience\, harnessing the intensity of our times to grow deeper\, stronger\, clearer\, wiser Ð as we wake up and show up in our world today. \n\n\n\nCultivate the spiritual musculature that supports presence\, open-heartedness and equanimity amidst uncertaintyÊ\nTransform fear into trust\, anger into strength\, reactivity into responsiveness\nHarness the intensity of our times to grow deeper\, stronger\, clearer\, wiser\nListen inwardly for fresh ways to show up from your spiritual depth in peaceful actions that serve\n\n\n\nThe Engaged Nonduality series \nThis Engaged Nonduality series\, hosted by Lisa Ferguson\, explores how nondual wisdom may respond to our world in crisis. We live in a time of multiple intersecting crises that threaten the wellbeing of all life\, including climate breakdown\, unaligned tech and AI\, injustice\, war and authoritarianism. The recognition of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep knowing of our wholeness and shared Being\, as well as opening to the wellspring of our wise and creative response. This series invites guest presenters to explore how nondual teaching may respond to planetary crises through talks\, practices and group participation. \nBios: \nMiranda Macpherson is a contemporary spiritual teacher who has been guiding others into direct experience of the sacred for over thirty years internationally. In her twenties she founded the OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation in London\, where she trained and ordained over 600 ministers and counsellors. Today Miranda leads the Living Grace Global Sangha\, leads retreats internationally\, broadcasts extensively and serves as core faculty at The Shift Network. \nUnapologetically feminine\, joyful and down to earth in her way of being\, Miranda is dedicated to loving people all the way back into the freedom and wholeness of our True Nature. Further\, Miranda invites others to become more graceful human beings\, embodying creative\, peaceful and wise action that serves our loved ones and the human family in these enormous times. \nMirandaÕs books include The Way of Grace: the Transforming Power of Ego Relaxation (Sounds True)\, Boundless Love (Rider) and Meditations on Boundless Love (Sounds True)\, and the Cultivating Grace Card Deck. Miranda is also a kirtan musician and singer with 2 mantra albums Ð Streams of Grace and The Heart of Being. Find out more at www.mirandamacpherson.com \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of the Engaged Nonduality series and sangha\, which connects the recognition of our non-separateness with our engaged response to suffering\, injustice and separation. She also founded Climate Compassion\, which supports the inner and outer work of attending to our world in crisis. Weaving the threads of awakening\, healing and service\, she offers meditative inquiry groups\, 1:1 sessions\, workshops and trainings that integrate spiritual inquiry\, psychological healing\, and leadership development as expression of our unique service offering. \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/engaged-nonduality-with-miranda-macpherson-and-lisa-ferguson/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTSTAMP:20260205T135603Z CREATED:20260106T170929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T135603Z UID:10001033-1759276800-1759276800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Pamela Wilson ~ From Sorrow to Solace DESCRIPTION:Join Pamela and your fellow sages in finding the rooted strength within to be with the current chaos. Rising as the transmission of truth in daily life\, we are the still spine of the Tree of Life. \nPamela 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 oneÕs identity relax. Featured in the bookÊOrdinary Women\, Extraordinary Wisdom\, Pamela is at her best in heart-felt dialogue\, so please bring your questions! \nMore about Pamela: www.pamelasatsang.com \nYou can bring your own lunch for after event. \nAlso a 5 minute drive into town there are restaurants\, as well as the Good Earth Natural Foods Store that has a full hot and salad bar\, plus deli. \nPre-registration required\, as space is limited. \nRegistration closes at midnight on April 18 (the day before event) \nSliding Scale: $15 to $30 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others. URL:https://opencircle.net/event/pamela-wilson-from-sorrow-to-solace-2/ CATEGORIES:Chesaray END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170929Z CREATED:20260106T170929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170929Z UID:10001032-1759276800-1759276800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Engaged Nonduality ~ With David Loy and Lisa Ferguson DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality: Nondual Values in Action \nwith With David Loy and Lisa Ferguson \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \n“Compassion arises and manifests itself naturally when we have overcome our sense of separation from the world.Ó David Loy\, Nonduality: In Buddhism and Beyond \nJoin Lisa and David Loy\, leading advocate in connecting spirituality with engagement\, for an exploration of nondual values in action\, and practical responses to our planetary crises from the perspective of non-separation. WeÕll explore how our world situation mirrors that of our own personal misconception of separation\, and how the wisest response to our planetary crisis is to address separation on both of these levels. David will introduce us to the Bodhisattva path as a nonsectarian archetype that offers a new vision of the relationship between spiritual unfolding and social engagement\, and orient toward our true Òhome\,Ó which spontaneously expresses itself in skillful action. \nThis session will include a meditation\, talk\, Q&A and experiential tastes of nondual recognition and exploration of practical engagement. \nThe Engaged Nonduality series \nThis Engaged Nonduality series\, hosted by Lisa Ferguson\, explores how nondual wisdom may respond to our world in crisis. We live in a time of multiple intersecting crises that threaten the wellbeing of all life\, including climate breakdown\, unaligned tech and AI\, injustice\, war and authoritarianism. The recognition of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep knowing of our wholeness and shared Being\, as well as opening to the wellspring of our wise and creative response. This series invites guest presenters to explore how nondual teaching may respond to planetary crises through talks\, practices and group participation. \nÒDavid Loy is the most significant and inspiring advocate for the meeting of Eastern Wisdom and Western social reform writing today.Ó – Henry Shukman\, Zen teacher \nDavid Loy is a professor\, writer\, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is the author of many books\, including Nonduality: In Buddhism and Beyond and Ecodharma: Buddhist Teaching for the Ecological Crisis. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues. In addition to offering workshops and meditation retreats nationally and internationally\, he is one of the founders of the new Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center\, near Boulder\, Colorado. In June 2014\, David received an honorary degree from Carleton College\, his alma mater\, during its 2014 Commencement. In April 2016 David returned his honorary degree\, to protest the decision of the Board of Trustees not to divest from fossil fuel investments. \nLearn more about David at www.davidloy.org \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative. She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nSuggested Donation: $15 to $40 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/engaged-nonduality-with-david-loy-and-lisa-ferguson-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171108Z CREATED:20260106T171108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171108Z UID:10001092-1756684800-1756684800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Lisa Witter ~ Awakening through Kashmir Shaivism (In-Person Event) DESCRIPTION:In this satsang\, Lisa will guide us in exploring Kashmir Shaivism. This points to a deep engagement with life\, finding the sacred in the simple\, and connecting with the Divine through our sense of taste. Rooted in non-dual Tantric tradition\, this is a journey of awakening through sensory exploration. Discover a non-dual approach to savoring each moment\, finding joy and divinity in even the most mundane experiences. \nNondual shaivism originated in Kashmir in 850 – 900 AD. It was written in sutras and other texts\, as a branch of Hinduism. It’s referred to as a “tantra” practice\, as it’s done in private\, with emphasis on posture\, the mind\, and controlling vital energy. This tradition teaches the full experiencing our sensory perceptions\, emotions\, and thoughts\, without rejecting them as illusion or distractions. The true nature of reality and ourselves are recognized as one and the same. Lisa will lead us in an “embodied” form of non-dualism\, using the senses as the doorway toward recognition of our true nature. She will explore Kashmir Shaivism as a nondual approach to modern life. \nLisa Witter is a Sebastopol-based Psycho-Spiritual Counselor\, Non-Dual Tantric meditation teacher\, and founder of the Living Tantra Project and Tantric Arts Collective. She specializes in helping practitioners integrate their spiritual practice and awakening experiences into daily lifeÑteaching how to live a tantra-informed life. \nWith over 20 years of study and practice\, Lisa bridges a rare gap: she brings together professional training in spiritual counseling and coaching with deep commitment to classical tantric lineages. She was initiated in Paramahansa YoganandaÕs kriya yoga lineage and continues advanced studies in Trika _aivism and _r_ Vidy_ Tantra. She also holds professional certifications in Depth Hypnosis\, EFT\, Life Coaching\, Somatic Healing\, and Expressive Arts. \nLisa is known for her clear\, accessible teaching\, her ethical grounding\, and her expertise in cult dynamics in the spiritual spaceÑoffering guidance that is both trauma-aware and deeply rooted in practice. Lisa worked side by side with the late Barbara Marx Hubbard\, with whom she facilitated a weekly online broadcast called Evolutionary Church. She is a contributing author to the Amazon best seller Soulful Leadrship: A Spiritual Path to Health\, Wealth and Love. \nLisa on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lisaengles \nLisa on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/lisaengleswitter \nThe satsang includes a meditation\, comments by the speaker\, then Q&A and discussion. \nSatsang: 2-4 pm \nRefreshments: until 5 \nSuggested Donation: $10- $20\, no one turned away. \nNo reservation needed. Pay at door when you arrive. \nLocation: 8476 Sonoma Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, the home of Tomas Phillips. \nNote: The address sign says 8474/8476.Ê Park on the street\, and walk down the short driveway to the house with the carport. \nPlease dress mindfully (with warm layers)\, doors & windows will be open! \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent Covid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others. URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lisa-witter-awakening-through-kashmir-shaivism-in-person-event-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171108Z CREATED:20260106T171108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171108Z UID:10001093-1756684800-1756684800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:John Prendergast ~ Letting Go ~ Bay Area Daylong Retreat DESCRIPTION:While the essence of the awakening process is a letting go\, it cannot be willed. Rather\, it arises from a spontaneous upwelling of our deepest desire to be completely emptied out\, opened\, and freed from any internal resistance to abiding in and as our true nature as loving awareness. Through guided and silent meditation\, dyadic inquiry\, a talk and experiential conversations\, we will explore attuning with this deepest of desires and recognizing and welcoming the inevitable resistance that arises. \nJohn Prendergast\, Ph.DÊis 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. He studied with the European sage Jean Klein for many years\, as well as with Adyashanti\, who gave him dharma transmission in 2023. He is the author of The Deep Heart (2019)\, In Touch (2015)\, and a new book\, Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (March\, 2025) from Sounds True. \nwww.listeningfromsilence.com \nYouTube channel \nThe meeting will be from 11:00am to 1:00pm and 3:00pm to 5:30pm (2 hour break for lunch). \nPlease bring your own lunch\, or feel free to go into town to one of the restaurants or to Good Earth Natural Foods. \nPre-registration for In-Person event is required\, as space is limited. \nRegistration for In-Person event closes at Midnight on Sept. 26th \nSuggested donation: $75 \n(Any amount acceptable. No one turned away for lack of funds.) \nREGISTRATION for IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE IS FULL and now CLOSED \nYou can email to be added to a wait list in case spaces open up. \nlocalevents@opencircle.net \nLivestream registration is still open. \nLIVESTREAM & Recording Access \nSliding Scale: $60 Ð $100 \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM & Recording Access \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter \nIf you register for Recording access by event time\, link to access it will be sent to you within a week. \nIf you register for Recording access AFTER event\, please forward your confirmation email to web@opencircle.net with your request that we send the recording. \nFor inquiries about In-Person attendance contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nFor inquiries about the Livestream Registration & Access contact Web@opencircle.net \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. \nAddress and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others. URL:https://opencircle.net/event/john-prendergast-letting-go-bay-area-daylong-retreat/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171108Z CREATED:20260106T171108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171108Z UID:10001094-1756684800-1756684800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Citizen of Love: Embodying Your Place in the Whole DESCRIPTION:Discover how to take your place in the living collective while maintaining your sovereignty and authenticity. \nWhat does it mean to be a true citizen of the worldÑnot as an abstract ideal\, but as an embodied reality? In this illuminating session\, Jeannie will guide participants beyond both rugged individualism and self-abandoning collectivism into a vision of citizenship rooted in the understanding that we are distinct yet inseparable parts of a living whole. \nReferencing Jeannie’s “1-2-3” framework for building authentic and love-based community\, we’ll focus specifically on how true citizenship emerges naturally when we’re grounded in being\, sovereignty and enlightened relating. \nTogether\, we’ll discover: \n\n\nThe difference between obligation-based citizenship and contribution flowing from wholeness \n\n\nThe importance of sovereignty\, authenticity\, self-care and self-trust \n\n\nThe role of container and how to relate to that with maturity \n\n\nRecognizing feel-good immature belonging versus true belonging \n\n\nHow to identify your unique gifts that may differ from those of others \n\n\nWays to participate in collective endeavors without losing your center or voice \n\n\nThe importance of learning about our impact on the commons \n\n\nThe art of holding healthy boundaries while remaining responsive to the needs of the whole \n\n\nThis class invites you to consider: What if your clearest expression of individual truth is exactly what the whole needs? What if being fully yourself is your greatest service? What if your sovereignty and the collective’s well-being are not opposed\, but intimately connected? \nAbout Jeannie Zandi \nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experienceÑjoy\, challenge\, and the mundaneÑas fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-citizen-of-love-embodying-your-place-in-the-whole-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171105Z CREATED:20260106T171105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171105Z UID:10001090-1756684800-1756684800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Ishita Sharma ~ Embodiment Lab Ð Experiments in Embodying Presence: Purpose DESCRIPTION:Only once we awaken to Who We Are\, can we begin to know our deepest longing and purpose. Where many lose motivation and engagement\, we will examine the vibrance and delight of welcoming every aspect of our experience as a fuel for joy\, expansion and immersion in the so called material world- so we can embody our purpose. \nJoin us for Embodiment Lab\, an experiential exploration of the body as a doorway to presence and aliveness\, returning to the ground of being through our own direct experience. \nWe will use the fullness of our experience to tune and attune to our bodies\, illuminating our deepest healing and freedom. Engaging and transcending our senses\, awareness\, breath\, movement and sound and more\, we will use our bodyÕs signals to return to sensate presence. \n  \nWe are not thinking beings who sense; we are sensing beings who think. And re-setting that balance is key to joy\, to vibrance\, and true liberation! \nTogether on our call we will: \n\nExplore states of inner coherence in our own experience.\nEngage simple yet profound somatic and energetic practices.\nExperience the healing power of inner and group coherence.\nHave space to share\, ask questions and learn from within and together.\nLearn about ways to deepen our access to embodied presence.\n\nAll levels of experience are welcome. \nWatch Ishita share on why she views embodiment as the quickest doorway to the divine: \n \n  \nBIO \nIshita Sharma serves as a spiritual teacher\, healing mirror\, embodiment partner\, and Core Energetics Practitioner of body-based psychotherapy. Teaching Universal principles of healing and mysticism\, she is devoted to supporting healing and awakening in all those committed to living a bright and connected life\, sharing their gifts for the good of the Whole. \nGrowing up in India\, asking big questions\, Ishita’s curiosities about the nature of All Things fueled a series of profound openings. Having her relationship to Self\, Life and others re-calibrated\, while learning to honor her own body’s signals as the ultimate path to God\, led her to study various spiritual\, neurological\, relational\, somatic and shamanic modalities\, through the Grace of her teachers and the Book of her Life. \nIshita has coached visionaries and leaders from Google\, Harvard\, MIT\, Silicon Valley\, Broadway artists\, and renowned scientists\, coaches\, teachers\, artists and activists. Clients come to her to grow through their deepest longings and challenges\, held and mirrored in their perfect wholeness. She points every one of them back to center. \nIshitaÕs teachings\, like her learnings\, support self-study through direct realization. They marry western mind and eastern spirit through the human body and heart to facilitate embodied awakening and authentic connection\, the balm for our tumultuous times. \nCare for our sacred shared world informs all her endeavors. Ishita now uses her skills to help clients connect with their inner signals so they can find rest in minds\, ease in their bodies\, joy in their hearts\, and embody their True Nature in right relation with Life. She brings 15 years of advanced facilitation\, a refined meditation practice\, and a fierce devotion to her own healing to serve. She looks forward to meeting and supporting you! \ncometocenter.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/ishita-sharma-embodiment-lab-d-experiments-in-embodying-presence-purpose-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250901T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171105Z CREATED:20260106T171105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171105Z UID:10001091-1756684800-1756684800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Lynn Marie Lumiere\, MFT\, SEP ~ Integrating Nonduality and Somatic Trauma Healing DESCRIPTION:I believe that no one on this planet has escaped experiencing some trauma in varying degrees. We often think of trauma as only related to big events such as war or serious abuse. However\, it has to do with any stress outside the range of our nervous systemÕs window of tolerance. This has more of an impact if experienced in childhood and can involve even minor accidents or something that did or did not happen in relationship to our caregivers that caused harm. This can occur even with the most well-intentioned parents. \nPeter Levine\, one of the worldÕs leading trauma experts\, defined trauma as Òthe inability to be present with what is.Ó This ability is most often required to awaken to our deeper nature and embody that in our lives. Skillful means can be used to regulate the nervous system and expand our window of tolerance to make it more possible to rest in being and be present with our experience. \nTrue trauma healing happens somatically\, in the body\, and has the potential of leading to the direct experience of embodied Presence. This webinar will be an introduction to this embodied healing and will include learning somatic skills for being more present\, and a somatic guided meditation. You are encouraged to attend in person and are welcome to attend by recording as well. \nWatch a 6-part video series with Lynn Marie \nwhere she shares about her awakening journey\, her views on nervous system activation on the spiritual path\, \nmain obstacles to awakening\, ways of including all of our human experience\, and more. \n.tg {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px; overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px; font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg .tg-0pky{border-color:inherit;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}.tg .tg-0lax{text-align:left;vertical-align:top}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tg {width: auto !important;}.tg col {width: auto !important;}.tg-wrap {overflow-x: auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;}} \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nLynn Marie Lumiere is a seasoned psychotherapist\, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner\, spiritual mentor\, and author. She offers a rare blend of embodied spiritual wisdom with a skilled therapeutic approach that facilitates healing of psychological trauma/wounding and the embodiment of awakening. Her depth of experience\, rooted in her own healing and awakening journey\, spans decades of expertly guiding individuals in the resolution of their human wounding and into connection with their true nature. She is the author of Awakened Relating. \nSee www.lynnmarielumiere.com for more information. \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lynn-marie-lumiere-mft-sep-integrating-nonduality-and-somatic-trauma-healing-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170843Z CREATED:20260106T170841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170843Z UID:10000999-1754092800-1754092800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Engaged Nonduality: Love in Action ~ Rev. Deborah Lee\, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda\, Ph.D.\, and Lisa Ferguson Ph.D. DESCRIPTION:As of SUNDAY early morning March 9th\, clocks in the USA are turned forward 1 hour – “Spring Ahead”. \nDaylight Savings Time begins. The time shown for this event is Pacific Daylight Time. \nEngaged Nonduality: Love in Action \nwith With Rev. Deborah Lee\, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda\, Ph.D.\, and Lisa Ferguson Ph.D. \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nIn this action-oriented session of the Engaged Nonduality Series\, Lisa will be joined by two speakers who have extensive experience bringing love into action. While the community of nondual contemplatives is informal and emphasizes direct knowing\, we can learn a lot from other spiritual communities that have deeply engaged with action and ethics. Rev. Deborah Lee leads the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity\, whose core value is the sacredness of each person and a commitment to stand in solidarity with those who are not treated as sacred. Dr. Moe-Lobeda carries deep wisdom of understanding and communicating structural sources of harm and leverage points for collective love in action. She compassionately encourages us to wake up to new ways of seeing\, and new possibilities of being. We will weave the wisdom of these courageous speakers with the wisdom of the nondual understanding and explore how love is moving us into action. \nThis session will include meditation\, talks\, inspiring stories\, experiential exercises\, and time for participant Q&A. \nThe Engaged Nonduality series \nThis Engaged Nonduality series\, hosted by Lisa Ferguson\, explores how nondual wisdom may respond to our world in crisis. We live in a time of multiple intersecting crises that threaten the wellbeing of all life\, including climate breakdown\, unaligned tech and AI\, injustice\, war and authoritarianism. The recognition of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep knowing of our wholeness and shared Being\, as well as opening to the wellspring of our wise and creative response. This series invites guest presenters to explore how nondual teaching may respond to planetary crises through talks\, practices and group participation. \nRev. Deborah Lee is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity\, which envisions a world without harm\, advocating for a world where every person is considered sacred across bars and borders. With over 30 years dedicated to the intersection of faith and social justice\, Rev. Deborah Lee brings expertise in various realms\, including popular education\, community organizing\, and advocacy. Her commitment is evident in her multifaceted engagement with issues such as race\, gender\, economic justice\, anti-militarism\, LGBTQ inclusion\, and immigrant rights and abolition. \nUnder Rev. LeeÕs leadership\, IM4HIÕs accomplishments range from closing detention centers and preventing deportations to responding to the needs of arriving immigrant youth and families. TheyÕve also established Sanctuary congregations and initiated efforts to divest from prisons and other carceral systems of harm\, investing instead in thriving and healthy communities. \nCynthia Moe-Lobeda (she/her)\, is Founding Director of the Center for Climate Justice and Faith\, and is a co-founder of Seattle UniversityÕs Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability. She is a Professor of Theological and Social Ethics\, who has lectured or consulted around the world on ethics\, agency and hope\, climate justice as related to race and class\, economic globalization\, faith-based resistance to systemic injustice\, and eco-feminism. She is author or co-author of six volumes and over 50 articles and chapters. Her Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation won a Nautilus Book Award. Her most recent book\, Building a Moral Economy: Pathways for People of Courage\, is an invitation to courageous creativity\, and to explore economic life as spiritual practice. \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D.is the founder of Climate Compassion\, and has focused on supporting planetary wellbeing as a healing arts practitioner\, climate justice activist\, organizer and contemplative. She offers psychospiritual support to activists through one-one sessions and small groups\, weaving together a focus on awakening\, healing and wise action. \nSuggested Donation: $15 to $40 \n(any amount acceptable\, no one turned away for lack of funds) \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/engaged-nonduality-love-in-action-rev-deborah-lee-cynthia-moe-lobeda-ph-d-and-lisa-ferguson-ph-d/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250802T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170843Z CREATED:20260106T170841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170843Z UID:10001000-1754092800-1754092800@opencircle.net SUMMARY:CANCELED Lisa Schumacher ~ Choose Love: Self-Inquiry Meeting DESCRIPTION:We regret to inform this event has been canceled. \nA meeting with Lisa is an encounter in openness and silence\, where you are invited just as you are and where you will find clear and loving support for your awakening. \nYou are invited into a community space that values the transmission of peace and love that is present here. In your search for freedom\, you can rest in stopping. You can find stillness in Satsang. \nÒSatsangÓ means Òin the company of TruthÓ Ð it describes a meeting where we gather together to uncover our True Nature. \nLisaÊoffers guidanceÊfor your awakening\,Êand would love to hear what youÊareÊdiscovering in yourself. All of your spiritual questions and reports are welcome as we discover together how to meet the intensity of the world with an open and loving heart. \nThis is an embrace of inclusion and an inquiry into the heart of the truth\, as it transmits through your life. \nAll are welcome. \n\nDuring our meeting together\, Lisa will support you with deep stillness and skillful self-inquiry to open to your true nature\, leaving behind the illusion of a separate self. During the webinar\, you may rest in silence. This is deeply nourishing. We will begin each meeting sitting in silence. \nWatch Lisa share on True Meaning of Self Discovery: \n\n \n  \nAbout Lisa Schumacher \nLisa grew up in Colusa\, CA\, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980Õs. After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s\, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji. Upon hearing Gangaji say ÒBe your Natural SelfÓ\, LisaÕs heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender. That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural\, living truth of Love\, inseparable from who one is. Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her. \nIn 2006\, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share her discovery of the Love that is alive in the core of oneÕs being . She holds meetings in Europe\, Australia\, New Zealand and North America. SheÕs also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear\, GangajiÕs husband\, and a founding teacher of the ÒLeela School of AwakeningÓ. Lisa is the author of ÒThe Stone I LoveÓ\, a book of poetry inspired by her meeting with Gangaji\, available on her website. \nIn LisaÕs meetings\, she invites you to rest in stillness. Your discoveries and questions about awakening\, deepening\, and the unfolding truth are welcome. The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji\, who is a student of Papaji\, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi. \nLisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org URL:https://opencircle.net/event/canceled-lisa-schumacher-choose-love-self-inquiry-meeting/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250801T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250801T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170911Z CREATED:20260106T170909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170911Z UID:10001019-1754006400-1754006400@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Stephan Bodian ~ Wake Up Now: A Weekend Journey Through the Heart of Awakening DESCRIPTION:June 7 & 8\, 2025 \n9:00 am Ð 12:00 pm\, Pacific Time \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nAwakenings come in many shapes and sizes and are as diverse as the people who experience them. Yet they tend to follow a similar trajectory\, from the initial recognition that youÕre not who you thought you were to the full realization of your boundless nondual spiritual nature beyond the mind. Along the way\, you may have a range of different experiences and insights that offer motivation and inspiration and deepen and expand your understanding. \nIn this weekend mini-retreat\, weÕll explore the journey of awakening through teachings\, guided meditations\, self-inquiry\, dialogue\, discussion\, and ample time to rest in the silence and stillness of Being. In the process youÕll discover that awakening is not a noun\, but a verb\, not a state but an endless unfolding into the Mystery of what is. The retreat is an excellent introduction to the Òdirect approachÓ that Stephan offers in the School for Awakening and other classes and retreats. \nStephan Bodian is a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen\, Dzogchen\, and Advaita Vedanta. HeÕs been offering the School for Awakening\, an annual multi-month intensive program in spiritual unfolding and awakened living\, since 2007. As a licensed psychotherapist\, he brings a deep understanding of the impact of trauma and early conditioning on the process of spiritual realization and offers individual counseling and mentoring in psychospiritual integration. Stephan studied for many years with Advaita master Jean Klein and received Dharma transmission from Adyashanti in 2001. His books include Wake Up Now and Beyond Mindfulness\, and his new book\, Infinite Awakening\, will be published by Shambhala in spring 2026. \nFor more information\, visit : www.stephanbodian.org \nSliding Scale: $60 to $90 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER URL:https://opencircle.net/event/stephan-bodian-wake-up-now-a-weekend-journey-through-the-heart-of-awakening/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171154Z CREATED:20260106T171154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171154Z UID:10001116-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Susanne Marie ~ Turning Toward Wholeness DESCRIPTION:At any given moment\, we can tune into one of two streams. One arises from the natural wholeness of our being\, open\, still\, and complete. The other is formed by the mindÕs projections onto Reality\, creating a sense of separation and confusion. This mental stream veils what is already whole and true. \nIn this meeting\, we will explore how to rest in the stream of wholeness\, learning to recognize and gently turn our attention away from the mindÕs content. Through shared inquiry and practice\, weÕll deepen our capacity to abide in what is real\, whole\, and ever-present. \nBio: Featured in conversation with Adyashanti on Buddha at the Gas Pump as well as on Conscious TV\, Susanne Marie offers integrated teachings in support of freedom\, and the celebration of our common essence of love and unity with all life. Susanne\, who lives in Northern California\, is the parent of two young adults. As a natural empath\, her teaching style is heart-centered and practical\, whose focus is on supporting you in your unique awakening journey. Susanne leads in-person retreats\, online courses\, a monthly online meeting\, and mentors individuals privately. \nFind out more about Susanne Marie: susannemarie.org \nIn this short video Susanne is sharing details of her awakening journey: \n \n  \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/susanne-marie-turning-toward-wholeness/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171134Z CREATED:20260106T171134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171134Z UID:10001105-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Unbound: Beyond Victimization DESCRIPTION:Join Jeannie to explore how unconscious habits of identification\, personalizing\, and victim stance keep us chained to suffering. By slowing down to meet our raw sensations rather than spinning them into stories\, we reclaim responsibility for our inner life and discover the gold hidden beneath our discomfort. This is a path of mercy\, freedom\, and communion with what isÑan invitation to step out of curse and blame into blessing and presence. \nAbout Jeannie Zandi \nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experienceÑjoy\, challenge\, and the mundaneÑas fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-unbound-beyond-victimization/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171032Z CREATED:20260106T171032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171032Z UID:10001073-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Jeannie Zandi ~ Mature Yang: Reclaiming the Healthy Masculine DESCRIPTION:Within our dominant culture that glorifies immature yang\, explore with Jeannie how to move through and beyond to a mature\, grounded\, heartful yang. Learn to embody protection\, clarity and purpose without force or aggression\, integrating strength with tenderness. \nIn a culture saturated with immature expressions of yang (masculine) energy\, what does healthy\, integrated yang really look like? This eye opening session examines the distinction between immature and mature yang expressionÑregardless of your gender identity. \nJeannie will create a safe container to explore manifestations of yang and offer a vision of integrated\, healthy masculine presence that serves life rather than dominating it. \n \nTogether we’ll discover: \n\n\n\n\nThe essential qualities of mature versus immature yang expression \n\n\nHow to recognize and transform patterns of false yang in yourself \n\n\nWays to embody grounded protection and strength \n\n\nThe beautiful integration of power and tenderness\, action and presence \n\n\nHow balanced yang creates sanctuary for the heart’s vulnerable expression \n\n\n\n\nThis class is for anyone seeking to understand immature yang expression in themselves or others\, creating space for the emergence of authentic strength that doesn’t require disconnection from tenderness. \nIf you’re a man wanting to explore this topic more deeply\, Jeannie will be offering an in-person retreat for men August 25 – 31\, 2025. Find out more here. \nAbout Jeannie Zandi \nJeannie Zandi is a nondual spiritual teacher and guide for embodied awakening\, inviting students to fully inhabit their human lives with presence\, clarity\, and love. Known for her fierce tenderness\, irreverent wisdom\, and unwavering presence\, she creates powerful spaces for transformation\, where truth is met in the raw\, and awakening moves beyond concept into lived reality. \nHer work bridges the mystical and the practical\, inviting students to embrace every aspect of experienceÑjoy\, challenge\, and the mundaneÑas fuel for awakening. Rather than transcending life\, she calls us to root in it\, maturing into authentic expressions of love\, serving the whole with wisdom and heart. \nwww.jeanniezandi.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/jeannie-zandi-mature-yang-reclaiming-the-healthy-masculine-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171030Z CREATED:20260106T171030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171030Z UID:10001071-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Engaged Nonduality ~ With Miranda Macpherson and Lisa Ferguson DESCRIPTION:Engaged Nonduality: \nWaking Up AND Showing Up \nwith With Miranda Macpherson and Lisa Ferguson \nRecording will be emailed to participants within a week. \nYouÕre welcome to join even if you canÕt attend the live session. \nAs these chaotic and challenging times continue\, we need the refuge that spiritual practice provides to nurture our access to clarity\, peace and joy. Equally\, we need the refuge of community\, to help us acknowledge all that we may be feeling Ð fear\, anger\, despair\, hopelessness Ð and open to the Grace that can transform them into responsiveness from our depth. \nWe will explore what it takes to abide in natural great peace\, real love and trust so we can stay resilient in amidst such anxiety provoking times; what can help us find the restorative Grace we need to thrive\, even in the face of heart-breaking news; and most importantly\, what can help us to become more potent\, graceful human beings\, embodying spiritual values in potent\, practical actions that serve our loved ones and wider society now. \nIn this session\, spiritual teacher and author Miranda Macpherson will share insights and practices that can help us to honor all parts of our experience\, harnessing the intensity of our times to grow deeper\, stronger\, clearer\, wiser Ð as we wake up and show up in our world today. \n\n\n\nCultivate the spiritual musculature that supports presence\, open-heartedness and equanimity amidst uncertaintyÊ\nTransform fear into trust\, anger into strength\, reactivity into responsiveness\nHarness the intensity of our times to grow deeper\, stronger\, clearer\, wiser\nListen inwardly for fresh ways to show up from your spiritual depth in peaceful actions that serve\n\n\n\nThe Engaged Nonduality series \nThis Engaged Nonduality series\, hosted by Lisa Ferguson\, explores how nondual wisdom may respond to our world in crisis. We live in a time of multiple intersecting crises that threaten the wellbeing of all life\, including climate breakdown\, unaligned tech and AI\, injustice\, war and authoritarianism. The recognition of nonduality has much to offer in these times\, including a deep knowing of our wholeness and shared Being\, as well as opening to the wellspring of our wise and creative response. This series invites guest presenters to explore how nondual teaching may respond to planetary crises through talks\, practices and group participation. \nBios: \nMiranda Macpherson is a contemporary spiritual teacher who has been guiding others into direct experience of the sacred for over thirty years internationally. In her twenties she founded the OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation in London\, where she trained and ordained over 600 ministers and counsellors. Today Miranda leads the Living Grace Global Sangha\, leads retreats internationally\, broadcasts extensively and serves as core faculty at The Shift Network. \nUnapologetically feminine\, joyful and down to earth in her way of being\, Miranda is dedicated to loving people all the way back into the freedom and wholeness of our True Nature. Further\, Miranda invites others to become more graceful human beings\, embodying creative\, peaceful and wise action that serves our loved ones and the human family in these enormous times. \nMirandaÕs books include The Way of Grace: the Transforming Power of Ego Relaxation (Sounds True)\, Boundless Love (Rider) and Meditations on Boundless Love (Sounds True)\, and the Cultivating Grace Card Deck. Miranda is also a kirtan musician and singer with 2 mantra albums Ð Streams of Grace and The Heart of Being. Find out more at www.mirandamacpherson.com \nLisa Ferguson\, Ph.D. is the founder of the Engaged Nonduality series and sangha\, which connects the recognition of our non-separateness with our engaged response to suffering\, injustice and separation. She also founded Climate Compassion\, which supports the inner and outer work of attending to our world in crisis. Weaving the threads of awakening\, healing and service\, she offers meditative inquiry groups\, 1:1 sessions\, workshops and trainings that integrate spiritual inquiry\, psychological healing\, and leadership development as expression of our unique service offering. \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/engaged-nonduality-with-miranda-macpherson-and-lisa-ferguson-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171030Z CREATED:20260106T171030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171030Z UID:10001072-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Ishita Sharma ~ Embodiment Lab Ð Experiments in Embodying Presence: Becoming DESCRIPTION:You have glimpsed your True Nature. Now what? Join us to explore what happens as we cross the first threshold and the path of deepening and integration that lies ahead. \nJoin us for Embodiment Lab\, an experiential exploration of the body as a doorway to presence and aliveness\, returning to the ground of being through our own direct experience. \nWe will use the fullness of our experience to tune and attune to our bodies\, illuminating our deepest healing and freedom. Engaging and transcending our senses\, awareness\, breath\, movement and sound and more\, we will use our bodyÕs signals to return to sensate presence. \nWe are not thinking beings who sense; we are sensing beings who think. And re-setting that balance is key to joy\, to vibrance\, and true liberation! \nTogether on our call we will: \n\nExplore states of inner coherence in our own experience.\nEngage simple yet profound somatic and energetic practices.\nExperience the healing power of inner and group coherence.\nHave space to share\, ask questions and learn from within and together.\nLearn about ways to deepen our access to embodied presence.\n\nAll levels of experience are welcome. \nWatch Ishita share on why she views embodiment as the quickest doorway to the divine: \n \n  \nBIO \nIshita Sharma serves as a spiritual teacher\, healing mirror\, embodiment partner\, and Core Energetics Practitioner of body-based psychotherapy. Teaching Universal principles of healing and mysticism\, she is devoted to supporting healing and awakening in all those committed to living a bright and connected life\, sharing their gifts for the good of the Whole. \nGrowing up in India\, asking big questions\, Ishita’s curiosities about the nature of All Things fueled a series of profound openings. Having her relationship to Self\, Life and others re-calibrated\, while learning to honor her own body’s signals as the ultimate path to God\, led her to study various spiritual\, neurological\, relational\, somatic and shamanic modalities\, through the Grace of her teachers and the Book of her Life. \nIshita has coached visionaries and leaders from Google\, Harvard\, MIT\, Silicon Valley\, Broadway artists\, and renowned scientists\, coaches\, teachers\, artists and activists. Clients come to her to grow through their deepest longings and challenges\, held and mirrored in their perfect wholeness. She points every one of them back to center. \nIshitaÕs teachings\, like her learnings\, support self-study through direct realization. They marry western mind and eastern spirit through the human body and heart to facilitate embodied awakening and authentic connection\, the balm for our tumultuous times. \nCare for our sacred shared world informs all her endeavors. Ishita now uses her skills to help clients connect with their inner signals so they can find rest in minds\, ease in their bodies\, joy in their hearts\, and embody their True Nature in right relation with Life. She brings 15 years of advanced facilitation\, a refined meditation practice\, and a fierce devotion to her own healing to serve. She looks forward to meeting and supporting you! \ncometocenter.com \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/ishita-sharma-embodiment-lab-d-experiments-in-embodying-presence-becoming-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171011Z CREATED:20260106T171009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171011Z UID:10001059-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Pamela Wilson ~ Standing Tall as Truth - Strong and Soft ~ 4 Part Online Retreat DESCRIPTION:June 30\, July 3\, 7 & 10\, 2025 \n10:00 am Ð 12:00 pm\, Pacific Daylight Time (PT) \nTime Zone Converter \nEvent will be recorded and emailed to participants after each meeting. \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nIt is safe to be soft\, soft and strong. When humanity softens it benefits everyone: the bodymind\, animals\, plants\, Nature itself. A blessing makes everything soften\, to soften is true strength. You can soften about anything\, into everything permeating all walls and defenses. As peace you are welcomed\, your presence blesses and liberates all beliefs\, habits and misunderstandings\, even wars. \nPlease join Pamela and your fellow sages to hold and soothe and clarify as rooted Truth. \nPamela 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 oneÕs identity relax. Featured in the bookÊOrdinary Women\, Extraordinary Wisdom\, Pamela is at her best in heart-felt dialogue\, so please bring your questions! \nMore about Pamela: www.pamelasatsang.com \nSliding Scale: $80 to $120 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER URL:https://opencircle.net/event/pamela-wilson-standing-tall-as-truth-strong-and-soft-4-part-online-retreat/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170909Z CREATED:20260106T170909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170909Z UID:10001017-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Gail Brenner ~ Deep Healing of Trauma-Based Patterns: Tending the Fertile Ground for Awakened Living ~ 4-Part Online Course DESCRIPTION:4-Part Online Course \nSaturday and Thursday – March 20\, 22\, 27 & 29\, 2025 \n9:00 am Ð 11:00 am\, Pacific Time\, each day \nTime Zone Converter \nRecording will be sent out each day to all who register \nYou’re welcome to join even if you can’t attend all the live sessions. \nDo you still get taken over by conditioned patternsÑeven after all the work youÕve done? Do you long to heal your sense of separation from your divine nature? \nWe hear about freedom as a possibilityÑor weÕve had a taste of our true natureÑbut somehow these patterns continue in our minds\, emotions\, relationships\, and choices in life. \nJoin this 4-part course as we create a safe and supportive healing community to do the deeper work that unfolds on the path of awakening. Through helpful practices\, including guided meditations\, teachings\, practical tools\, and heartfelt conversation\, weÕll learn to untangle these patterns and find our way home to the ever-present space of inner aliveness. \n\nWeÕll cultivate a sense of safety for those hidden\, cut off parts of ourselves to come out into the light of loving awareness. This is what heals shame.\nWeÕll learn to notice repetitive thought patterns without getting caught in them and challenge limiting beliefs about ourselves\, others\, and the world.\nWeÕll practice ways to be with difficult emotions so they donÕt control us.\nWeÕll attend to the nervous system and the body to stay rooted in the world.\nAnd weÕll discover\, over and over\, the ground of being\, your true home that has never been touched by these experiences. There is so much more to life than our patterns!\n\nStress and worryÉpeople pleasingÉpersistent relationship strugglesÉproving yourself through accomplishmentsÉthese longstanding patterns are profound invitations into liberation from the sense of separation. Together\, we lovingly embody our humanness as we expand into appreciation\, joy\, and deep connection with all of Life. \nAbout Gail Brenner\, Ph.D: \nGail Brenner\, Ph.D. is a psychologist\, author\, and teacher with a devotion to the nondual teaching and embodied conscious living. For over 25 years\, she has worked with individuals and groups on healing from early trauma. She is known for creating safe space for inner exploration and loves witnessing people grow into their full aliveness. She is experienced in supporting older adults in the transitions of aging\, death\, and dying and is the author ofThe End of Self-Help and Suffering Is Optional. Over the years\, her capacity for presence and intimacy in all aspects of life has transformed\, and she loves bringing this possibility to others. \nwww.gailbrenner.com \nSliding Scale: $80 to $130 \nSome Partial Scholarships Available \nPlease Register Early if you can. \nREGISTER URL:https://opencircle.net/event/gail-brenner-deep-healing-of-trauma-based-patterns-tending-the-fertile-ground-for-awakened-living-4-part-online-course/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170909Z CREATED:20260106T170909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170909Z UID:10001018-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Lynn Marie Lumiere\, MFT ~ Finding Balance in a World out of Balance DESCRIPTION:We are now subject to ever-increasing amounts of stress in the world we live in. The number of issues we are facing globally and the fast pace in which these issues are increasing can overwhelm our current ability to stay in balance. In addition\, we have whatever stresses there are in our personal lives. \nThis webinar offers somatic support for staying regulated as well as spiritual inspiration and guidance for remaining awake in the midst of it all. When our somatic system is regulated\, we can be more present and have more capacity to rest in our deeper nature. Both being regulated and in touch with our being will help us through even the most challenging times. \nLynn Marie has decades of experience helping people with awakening and embodiment on all levels. This is an opportunity for you to bring your concerns about our world situation in a supportive and open environment. She will offer her skills as a somatically trained and nondual psychotherapist to support you with experiential exercises as well as inspired talks and group discussion. You are encouraged to attend in person but are welcome to attend by recording as well. \nWatch a 6-part video series with Lynn Marie \nwhere she shares about her awakening journey\, her views on nervous system activation on the spiritual path\, \nmain obstacles to awakening\, ways of including all of our human experience\, and more. \n.tg {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px; overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial\, sans-serif;font-size:14px; font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}.tg .tg-0pky{border-color:inherit;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}.tg .tg-0lax{text-align:left;vertical-align:top}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tg {width: auto !important;}.tg col {width: auto !important;}.tg-wrap {overflow-x: auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;}} \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nLynn Marie LumiereÊis a nondual and holistic psychotherapist\, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner\, spiritual mentor\, and author. She offers a rare blend of embodied spiritual wisdom with a skilled therapeutic approach that facilitates healing of psychological trauma/wounding and the embodiment of awakening. Lynn Marie is the author of Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying More Love in Relationships. \nSee www.lynnmarielumiere.com \nSuggested donation: $15 to $40 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nPlease register early if you can. \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lynn-marie-lumiere-mft-finding-balance-in-a-world-out-of-balance-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170909Z CREATED:20260106T170909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170909Z UID:10001016-1751328000-1751328000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Lisa Schumacher ~ Let Love Lead You: Return to what is Sacred ~ (In-Person Satsangs & Livestream) DESCRIPTION:Open Circle is hosting a series of SATSANGS & a DAYLONG with Lisa Schumacher in California\, USA. \nMarch 13th (7-9 pm\, PT) ~ Corte Madera\, CA \nMarch 14th (7-9 pm\, PT) ~ Berkeley\, CA \nMarch 15th Daylong (11:00am – 5:00pm\, PT) ~ Fairfax\, CA \nMarch 16th (2-4 pm\, PT) ~ Sebastopol\, CA \nAll events are In-Person ~ \nLivestream is also available for March 13th to 15th \nClick here to access details & registration for ALL events in series. \nTo be yourself is to be free and at peace with yourself and your life. Through direct inquiry\, it is possible for you to discover that the source of happiness is alive in the core of your Being right now. The support for this is waiting for your attention. \nIn our retreat together\, we will cultivate deep insight with silence\, inquiry and opening to what we love. All are welcome. \nAbout Lisa Schumacher \nLisa grew up in Colusa\, CA\, and attended college at San Luis Obispo in the 1980Õs. After she moved to Southern Oregon in the early 90s\, a friend invited her to a video satsang with Gangaji. Upon hearing Gangaji say ÒBe your Natural SelfÓ\, LisaÕs heart caught on fire and she fell into a deep bow of surrender. That meeting revealed to her the absolute simplicity of the natural\, living truth of Love\, inseparable from who one is. Lisa moved to Bolinas in 1999 to be closer to Gangaji and the vibrant community around her. \nIn 2006\, Lisa was asked by Gangaji to meet with people and share her discovery of the Love that is alive in the core of oneÕs being . She holds meetings in Europe\, Australia\, New Zealand and North America. SheÕs also a long-time student of Eli Jaxon-Bear\, GangajiÕs husband\, and a founding teacher of the ÒLeela School of AwakeningÓ. Lisa is the author of ÒThe Stone I LoveÓ\, a book of poetry inspired by her meeting with Gangaji\, available on her website. \nIn LisaÕs meetings\, she invites you to rest in stillness. Your discoveries and questions about awakening\, deepening\, and the unfolding truth are welcome. The teaching is in the tradition of Gangaji\, who is a student of Papaji\, who had his awakening at the feet of Ramana Maharshi. \nLisa’s website: satsangwithlisa.org \nPre-registration is Required for In-Person Attendance to this Daylong\, as space is limited. \nRegistration for In-Person attendance closes at Midnight on March 14 (the night before event) \nSliding Scale: $60 to $120 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nREGISTER for IN-PERSON Attendance \nOR \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM &/or Recording Access \nIf you register for Recording access by event\, link to access it will be sent to you within a week. \nIf you register for Recording access AFTER event\, please forward your confirmation email to web@opencircle.net with your request that we send the recording. \nFor inquiries contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nLunch: \nBring your own lunch\, or drive 5 minutes into town where there are restaurants\, as well as the Good Earth Natural Foods Store that has a full hot and salad bar\, plus deli. \nLocation: \nThe meeting will be held at a private home in the Fairfax hills\, with views of Mount Tam and hiking trails. Address and directions will be provided upon registration. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others. URL:https://opencircle.net/event/lisa-schumacher-let-love-lead-you-return-to-what-is-sacred-in-person-satsangs-livestream/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T170843Z CREATED:20260106T170841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T170843Z UID:10000998-1748822400-1748822400@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Dorothy Hunt ~ Honoring the Life and Teachings of Ramana Maharshi ~ Retreat Day (In-Person & Livestream) DESCRIPTION:ÒThere is no greater mystery than thisÑthat being the Reality ourselves\, we seek to gain Reality.Ó \nRamana Maharshi has been a light shining in the darkness for countless seekers of Truth.Ê His expression of Truth beautifully and lovingly embodies the Absolute\, and yet his method of Self-Inquiry does not require seekers to leave home\, hearth\, job\, or family life.Ê In his words\, ÒAll that is required to realize the Self is to be still.ÓÊ Join us for this day of silence and satsang\, reflecting on the life and teachings of this great sage. There will be a 1_-hour break for lunch and afternoon tea.Ê Apart from satsang\, the retreat will be held in silence. \nIn this short video Dorothy shares about sitting in the transforming fire of awakening after the initial glimpses many of us have experienced: \n \n \nDorothy Hunt\, Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha will facilitate this retreat day. She is a teacher in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti and founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dorothy has a long and deep connection with the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and offers this day to any who are interested in coming to sit in silence and listen with the Heart. \nPresently\, Dorothy offers satsang and retreats via Zoom\, and dokusan by phone. For more information\, please visit www.dorothyhunt.org \nPre-registration is Required for In-Person attendance. \nPre-registration for In-Person attandance closes at Midnight on April 11th (the night before event) \nSliding Scale: $60 to $120 \nNo one turned away for lack of funds. \nREGISTER for IN-PERSON Attendance \nOR \nREGISTER for LIVESTREAM &/or Recording Access \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter \nIf you register for Recording access by event\, link to access it will be sent to you within a week. \nIf you register for Recording access AFTER event\, please forward your confirmation email to web@opencircle.net with your request that we send the recording. \nFor inquiries about In-Person attendance contact LocalEvents@opencircle.net \nFor inquiries about the Livestream Registration & Access contact Web@opencircle.net \nLunch: There will be a 1 & 1/2 hour lunch break. \nBring your own lunch to eat outside on the patio overlooking the Bay. \nIf you have symptoms of a viral infection\, or have had a recent \nCovid exposure or positive test\, please stay home out of consideration for others. URL:https://opencircle.net/event/dorothy-hunt-honoring-the-life-and-teachings-of-ramana-maharshi-retreat-day-in-person-livestream/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250601T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250601T000000 DTSTAMP:20260106T171127Z CREATED:20260106T171127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T171127Z UID:10001104-1748736000-1748736000@opencircle.net SUMMARY:Dorothy Hunt ~ Forgiving the Dream DESCRIPTION:If we go deeply enough into any feeling\, \nwe cannot help but bump up against our true nature. \n~ Dorothy Hunt \nWhat occurs between the feeling of ÒI canÕt forgive\,Ó and realizing Òthere is no one TO forgive?Ó In this exploration\, we will exclude any Òshoulds\,Ó and focus on what is real\, what is true\, and what is here beneath our judgments\, anger\, hurts\, and fears. Are we curious and courageous enough to look deeply? What happens when we find ourselves in a bigger energy field than the wounds and identities we seem to carry? What happens when our own pain is met with loving compassion? Perhaps compassion may arise for those whose own suffering created the conditions for being cruel\, unkind\, or unloving. \nWhen something truly awakens to who/what we are\, we may realize we have been living in a dream of Separation that really isnÕt true. If all of life is an expression of the ÒOne without a second\,Ó who is there to forgive? And yet\, the Love we most deeply ARE\, may one day move to forgive both the dreamer and the dream. \nI understand the wounds \nThat have not healed in you. \nThey exist \nBecause God and Love \nHave yet to become real enough \nTo allow you to forgive \nThe dream . . . \n–Hafiz\, from ÓForgive the DreamÓ \nRendering by Daniel Ladinsky \nDorothy Hunt currently serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha\, teaching at the request and in the spiritual lineage of Adyashanti. The flavor of her teaching blends Advaita and Zen with a deep welcoming of the human expressions of the Mystery. Dorothy is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy\, and practiced psychotherapy from 1967 until her retirement in 2020. She is the author of Only This!\, Leaves from Moon Mountain\, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. In addition\, she is a contributing author to two books on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy\, and the editor of Love: A Fruit Always in Season. \nwww.dorothyhunt.org \nSliding Scale: $15 to $40 \nHowever\, no one turned away for lack of funds. \nIf you canÕt pay within the sliding scale\, contact us to let us know what you can contribute. \nAddress inquiries to web@opencircle.net \nREGISTER \nThe event will be recorded and emailed to participants within a week. \nTo check your local time\, use a tool such as: Time Zone Converter URL:https://opencircle.net/event/dorothy-hunt-forgiving-the-dream-2/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR