Celebrating 6 years of Being Aware & Being Kind in Community!

Last Sunday, Monterey Bay Meditation Studio celebrated 6 years of Being Aware and Being Kind in community! The years have brought inspiration, learning, and changes aplenty, and we arrive in 2022 with gratitude. One of the elements of our celebration was a sharing of what "lit us up" in 2021 and what has us lit up for 2022, and we invite you to take a moment to hear what our teachers Katie Dutcher, Marianne Rowe, and Jennifer Farley shared.

 

Teacher Highlights from our 2022 Studio Birthday Celebration

 

We hope you'll find inspiration in the upcoming offerings below. We're especially excited to be offering four deep-dive courses in January and February:

“Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation” with Marianne
“Sit Spot: Cultivating Belonging” with Katie
“Manifestation: Create Your World by Balancing Empowered Action and Sacred Surrender” with Jenn
“Choosing Earth: An Experiential Book Study Group” with Marianne

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Experiencing the You-niverse - A Deeper Dive: Interbeing
May 18
Experiencing the You-niverse - A Deeper Dive: Interbeing

Online Retreat
May 18, 19, 25, 9 - 10:30 am Pacific

In this first retreat in our 2024 series we’ll be exploring the overarching theme of Interbeing. Our guiding question will be: What if we could live knowing that we are fundamentally and inextricably connected to every being and every event – both seen and unseen – in the neighborhood? … in the world? … in the universe?

Emergent Dialogue Practice Sessions: June - August 2024 Series
Jun 8
Emergent Dialogue Practice Sessions: June - August 2024 Series

Online Practice Group
Saturdays, Jun. 8, 22, Jul. 13, 27, Aug. 10, 24, 8:30 - 9:30 am Pacific

Emergent Dialogue is a form of inquiry that invites a voice that is beyond individuals and the relational We-Space. Through this practice, we access the field from which emerges deep insight, creativity and possibility.

Mindful Relating: Presence of Mind and Heart
Jun 11
Mindful Relating: Presence of Mind and Heart

Online Course
Tuesdays, Jun. 11, 18, 25, Jul. 2, 5:30 - 7:00 pm Pacific

Global circumstances are calling us to cultivate a new way of being together – with each other as humans and with all beings. How we are in relationship shapes the world that we live in and our experience of Life. Mindful Relating focuses on developing relationships that deepen our sense of connectedness in our personal and collective worlds.

Climate Cafe: What's Your Weather?
Jul 7
Climate Cafe: What's Your Weather?

Online Gathering
Sunday, July 7, 4:00 - 5:30 PM Pacific

Climate Cafe is a gathering where talking about the weather cultivates a sense of connection, clarity, and conscious response to the changes that we are all experiencing. Many people seem to have a hard time engaging in conversation about climate change in a beneficial way. Climate Cafe offers a safe, supportive space for mindful conversation and deep listening about this global experience.

Eye of the Hurricane Practice Group
Jul 11
Eye of the Hurricane Practice Group

Online Practice Group
Second Thursday of each month, Jul. 11 - Sep. 12, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Pacific

Eye of the Hurricane Practice Group is a space for folks who have completed Eye of the Hurricane 1 and/or 2. Here, participants continue practicing, connecting, and inspiring each other … in community.

Heart Politics: Summer Gathering
Aug 16
Heart Politics: Summer Gathering

In-person retreat
August 16 - 20, 2024
Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma, CA

Join us from August 16 - 20 at Walker Creek Ranch in Petaluma, CA for Heart Politics' first North American gathering.

Eye of the Hurricane, Part 1: Conscious Relationship with Personal & Global Change
Aug 27
Eye of the Hurricane, Part 1: Conscious Relationship with Personal & Global Change

Online Course
Tuesdays, Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24, and Oct. 1, 5:30 - 7:00 pm Pacific

Eye of the Hurricane, Part 1 focuses on cultivating the strength, compassion, resilience and clarity that are essential for navigating our current, global circumstances and transformation.

Experiencing the You-niverse - A Deeper Dive: Deeptime
Sep 7
Experiencing the You-niverse - A Deeper Dive: Deeptime

Online Audio Gathering
September 7, 8, 15; 8:30 - 10:00 am Pacific

Deeptime refers to taking the perspective of the entire history of the Universe. Our guiding question for this retreat will be: What if we could realize that all beings are unique expressions of an evolutionary impulse that began 13.8 Byrs ago with the Big Bang? – an irrepressible cosmic energy driven towards complexity and connection?

Eye of the Hurricane Practice Group
Oct 10
Eye of the Hurricane Practice Group

Online Practice Group
Second Thursday of each month, Oct. 10 - Dec. 12, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Pacific

Eye of the Hurricane Practice Group is a space for folks who have completed Eye of the Hurricane 1 and/or 2. Here, participants continue practicing, connecting, and inspiring each other … in community.

Eye of the Hurricane, Part 2: Personal & Global Healing, Transformation & Evolution
Oct 22
Eye of the Hurricane, Part 2: Personal & Global Healing, Transformation & Evolution

Online 6-Week Course
Tuesdays, Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, & 26, 5:30-7:00 pm Pacific

Explore, develop and practice the qualities and perspectives that are essential to grow into who we truly are, as a conscious response to what is happening in our world right now.

Experiencing the You-niverse - A Deeper Dive: Bringing Cosmos into Daily Life
Nov 2
Experiencing the You-niverse - A Deeper Dive: Bringing Cosmos into Daily Life

Online Audio Gathering
November 2, 3, 10; 8:30 - 10:00 am Pacific

What if you knew you were eating the cosmos for breakfast, breathing in starlight, and dancing with cosmic energy? On this retreat we’ll be exploring how to further bring the perspective of the cosmos into our daily life.

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