[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Mindfulness at Kenilworth Gardens this Sat, 8/16 and 8/31

Dear friends,

I hope you're so well and enjoying the week. In addition to our regular Sun night sits, this month we have three opportunities to gather together outdoors among the lotuses at Kenilworth Gardens, Saturday afternoons 8/2, 8/16 and 8/31 from 11am-12:30pm. Free, registration required, dana appreciated. 

I'll be leading this Saturday; the session description and registration links are below. Keep scrolling for links to Kristin's session on 8/16 and Mark's session 8/31. Hope to see you there!

Shawn

Unfolding the Lotus

With Shawn Shafner

Everyone in DC knows that Kenilworth Gardens is the best place to see beautiful lotus blossoms. But did you know that the lotus is revered in Buddhism and many East Asian traditions for representing purity, resilience and enlightenment? Join the Downtown Dharma community and meditation teacher Shawn Shafner for a chance to enjoy sitting peacefully together, walking mindfully through the gardens, learning about the lotus flower's importance in the Buddhist tradition, and discussing its relevance to our own life. No mindfulness experience necessary!

Register here: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unfolding-the-lotus-meditation-in-nature-w-downtown-dharma-82-at-11am-tickets-1501669697489?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Info and registration on Kristin's 8/16 session, How A Garden Might Tend the Heart:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-a-garden-might-tend-the-heart-w-downtown-dharma-816-at-11am-tickets-1514023367649?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Info and registration on Mark's 8/31 session, Immersement in Nature:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immersement-in-nature-a-mindful-gathering-w-downtown-dharma-830-at-11am-tickets-1514009596459?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] This Sunday at Downtown Dharma: A Heart as Wide as the World

Greetings Dear Sangha,

This Sunday we'll return to a classic Dharma teaching that comes, as so many do, in the form of a list. The Brahmaviharas—loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—are often introduced as heart practices, but they are equally profound expressions of wisdom. Drawn by the depth and radiance they offer, I find myself returning to them again and again in my own practice and equally to offer them here. In Sunday's meeting, we'll explore how these "Divine Abodes" both arise from and support deep insight, revealing a dynamic interplay between the affective and cognitive dimensions of the path. While readily accessible and a beautiful point of entry, the Brahmaviharas are boundless and can themselves be pursued as profound paths of awakening.

I hope you'll join us for practicing together and exploring one of the gems of the Dharma.

In-person: Sunday, 7:00 to 8:30pm @ Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

Online via Zoom:  Join here  

A reminder if you're joining us in person: please arrive at least 10 minutes early as the line to check in can be long. There are plenty of friends to make while you're waiting for the formal program to begin.

In Sangha,

Kristin

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] 2025 Generations Retreat at Floyd Ecovillage, Blue Ridge Mountains, VA

🌞 Announcing the 2025 Generations Retreat! 🌿
September 26–28, 2025 | Floyd Ecovillage, Blue Ridge Mountains, VA

Friends, I hope this finds you basking in the light of these long summer days. I'm thrilled to share something special with you—a beautiful new iteration of our beloved retreats: The Generations Retreat 💫

In a time when so many of us are yearning for connection, healing, and meaning, we invite teens, young adults, parents, elders, and former retreat staff to gather for a transformational weekend rooted in mindfulness, somatic practices, creativity, and ritual.

Together, across generations, we will reconnect to ourselves, one another, and the Earth—remembering the stories, wisdom, and resilience we carry in our bodies and lineages. 🌍💚

✨ We believe that intergenerational partnership is essential—for healing, growth, and our shared future. Come be part of this sacred circle of community and remembrance.

🔗 Learn more & register: Generations Retreat Info & Registration »
🌱 Read about Be Well Now: www.bewellnowva.org/about

💛 Scholarships are available—first come, first served!

Please share with anyone this might speak to—teens, young adults, parents, mentors, or fellow seekers. We'd love to have you with us.

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Mindfulness/NVC for teenagers (seeking classes but also willing to create something together)

Hello fellow meditators,

As a stepparent to a boy who recently turned 14, I'm looking for workshops and opportunities to help him develop mindfulness, emotional intelligence, self-compassion, and introspection, and learn healthy relational skills (non-violent communication, authentic relating, etc.).

Have you heard of such classes/programs for teenagers in the DC area?

Or, potentially, would some of you be willing to facilitate such classes for teenagers if I could help you organize and do the outreach among parents I know, in the communities I'm connected with? Or maybe you are a parent of a teenager or know some families who could benefit from such classes?

Let's talk :)

Sincerely,

Karim

+1 (703) 9100141

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Radical Receptivity: Listening as a Sacred Act

Dear friends,

This Sunday, we'll explore the Insight Dialogue guideline Listen Deeply. Michele Bledsoe, a teacher with the Center for Mindful Living, will offer the dharma reflection, and I'll guide our relational practice.

To be received with full attention—free from judgment or agenda—is a rare and sacred experience. Fortunately, offering this kind of presence is something we can cultivate. We'll orient towards listening with the whole body—not to get it "right," but to discover what's possible when we meet each other with presence.

The evening will include a guided meditation, brief dharma talk, and Insight Dialogue practice in pairs.

No prior experience is necessary—just a spirit of kindness and curiosity!

With love,

Vince

• In-person: Sunday, 7 to 8:30pm @ Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC
• Online via Zoom: Join here

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] [Downtown Dharma Listserv] Tomorrow evening: What mindfulness practice means to me after 14 years

Hi all,

We have a community-led Sangha this Sunday evening which I look forward to facilitating. We will meditate for ~30 minutes, and then I plan to give a talk on how meditation and Buddhist practice has affected my life since discovering it 14 years ago, and the ups and downs I've experienced over that period.

I chose this topic because each of us is independently developing our own relationship with this practice and these teachings, and in the past I've found it interesting to hear from other Sangha members to learn about where they are on the path, and what challenges or benefits they've experienced, to get a sense of how this might relate to my own practice.

We start at 7pm sharp and will end by 8:30pm. Looking forward to seeing you there:

• In-person at Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC (please arrive 5-10 minutes early)
  
• Online via Zoom  —  https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

Best,

Nate

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Follow-up from Sunday Evening -- The Dharma of Joanna Macy

Dear Sangha,

Thank you for your heartfelt presence and shared inquiry during our time together on Sunday. I hope you got a sense of the magnitude of Joanna Macy's wild and wonderful contribution to our world. 

As promised, here are a few resources that, should you want to dive deeper into The Work that Reconnects, can get you started. May they nourish your own path as we move through this complex time:

•  "We Are the Great Turning" Podcast - Jess Serrante's conversations with Joanna and a walk through the Spiral

• World as Lover, World as Self (amazing!), Coming Back to Life (updated guide to the Work that Reconnects), and other books from Joanna

• The Work that Reconnects Network - resource site for finding Work that Reconnect events and joining the global community of Work that Reconnects facilitators

• More about her life

• Her Caring Bridge page, tracking her health and transition day to day.

Two quotes from Joanna:

The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.

To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe -- to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it -- is a wonder beyond words.

And finally, her translation of Rilke's "I Live My Life In Widening Circles":

I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete this last one
but I give myself to it.
I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I've been circling for thousands of years
and I still don't know: am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song? 

With gratitude and reverence,

Kristin

On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM Kristin Barker <kristin@1earthsangha.org> wrote:

Greetings Dear Sangha,

Whether we're closely tracking the flux of daily headlines or feeling the distant hum of global unrest, it's clear we are living through profound changes. Paired with the tender yet inevitable challenges in our personal lives, it can sometimes feel like too much for any single heart to bear.

Joanna Macy, sensing both the weight and possibility in such suffering, developed The Work that Reconnects. Rooted in Dharma, deep ecology, and systems theory, this Work is beloved around the world as a way to approach and transform our conditions. The methodical framework and set of practices have freed up my own heart countless times and brought new dimensions to my understanding of the Dharma's radical potential for our changing world. Just last month, I had the opportunity to visit Joanna, now 96 (!), in her home in Berkeley, California. Once again, just with her way of being, she blew my mind and thrilled my heart.

After a fall on June 16, Joanna entered hospice last week. In honor of her extraordinary legacy, we'll explore just a few of the gifts that have emerged from Joanna Macy's Dharma. I hope you'll join us for this evening of reflection, gratitude, and reconnection.

In-person: Sunday, 7:00 to 8:30pm @ Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

Online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

A reminder if you're joining us in person: please arrive at least 10 minutes early as the line to check in can be long. There are plenty of friends to make while you're waiting for the formal program to begin.

In Sangha,

Kristin

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One Earth Sangha

Pronouns she, her and hers; on occupied land of the Piscataway.

kristin@1earthsangha.org

No mud, no lotus. 

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One Earth Sangha

Pronouns she, her and hers; on occupied land of the Piscataway.

kristin@1earthsangha.org

No mud, no lotus. 

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MOLC Video Newsletter-July edition   Welcome to Mission of Love Charity's FIRST EVER Video Newsletter!  We're beyond excited to launch our brand new video newsletter series with this special July 2025 edition! This marks a milestone moment for our organization as we bring you closer to the heart of our mission through the power of video storytelling.   What's Inside This Edition: ✅ June Impact Highlights - See the amazing difference we made together last month ✅ Exclusive July Event Preview - Get ready for something special coming up! ✅ Community Spotlights & Success Stories ✅ Behind-the-scenes moments from our team ✅ Ways YOU can get involved and make a difference   This video newsletter is our way of bringing transparency, connection, and inspiration directly to you - our incredible supporters, volunteers, and community members who make everything we do possible.   TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 - Welcome & Introduction  0:28 - June Impacts  1:43 - Volunteer & Sponsor recognition  2:32 - Golf Tournament  2:58 - Closing     CONNECT WITH US: 🌐 Website: https://molcinc.org 📧 Email: info@molc-inc.org WAYS TO SUPPORT: Donate: https://molcinc.org/shop/donate/ 🤝 Volunteer: tbrown@molc.inc.org 📢 Share this video to spread awareness!     Our Company | Contact Us | FAQs | Privacy Policy

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Empowerment Book Event

Downtown Dharma Friends, 

My compadre and personal transformation teacher, Dr. Rosenna Bakari, is publishing a resource for shifting collective energy away from fear, stagnation, and silence and toward truth, movement, and radical self-trust.

She is touring her new book, Seven Exits: Leave Behind What No Longer Serves You, this Summer and making a stop in DC.

Discover the spirit of this book directly from the author. Register for The Power of Departure, A Literary Empowerment Event on Wednesday, August 13 at 6pm at Potter's House. Overjoyed for you to meet Dr. Bakari and encounter her timely wisdom!

Warmly,

Audrey

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Insight Dialogue in Tenleytown – 2nd Saturdays @ 10:30am

Hi friends,

I wanted to let you know about a new monthly Insight Dialogue series that launches this weekend with the Center for Mindful Living. I'll be co-leading the first session on Saturday, July 12, from 10:30am to 12:00pm at Iona Senior Services in Tenleytown (4125 Albemarle St NW).

This drop-in series will meet on the second Saturday of each month, with each session exploring one of the six Insight Dialogue guidelines. We're starting with Pause, the foundation for all the others.

If you're drawn to the rich insights of relational meditation, want a clearer understanding of the Insight Dialogue framework, or Sundays aren't always convenient for you, this Saturday AM series may be a lovely fit.

The space is welcoming to newcomers and experienced practitioners, with no prior experience needed. I hope you'll consider joining us!

More details and directions below:
https://tockify.com/cmldc/detail/670/1752330600000

Warmly,
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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Downtown Dharma Reading Group | 7/19 @ 6pm - Right Speech

Hi all,

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 

Downtown Dharma will host its next reading group and vegetarian potluck, on 7/19 at 6pm at Caitlin Candee's home in Adams Morgan (19th & Kalorama). The exact address will be shared with attendees. Jude Lavelle will facilitate.

TOPIC: Right Speech

WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS:

Right Speech (speaking truthfully and clearly; avoiding gossip, small talk, arguments, and flattery). Emphasis will be on addressing the idea of how this can be culturally challenging due to our backgrounds and how we can balance positive self-expression and community building with some of the intentions and benefits of Right Speech.

READINGS:

• Abhaya Sutta (On Right Speech): https://www.vipassana.com/canon/majjhima/mn58.html
• (Lion's Roar) The Eightfold Path: Right Speech by Nikki Mirghafori: https://www.lionsroar.com/right-speech/
• THĀNISSARO BHIKKHU, Right Speech: https://buddho.org/right-speech/

ACTION NEEDED:

• Space is limited. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP here.
• If attendance is full, please put your name on the waitlist, as we may get cancellations.

If you have any questions about the topic/readings, please contact Jude Lavelle (lavelle@bu.edu). 

ACCESSIBILITY INFO:

• The location is at 19th & Kalorama in Adams Morgan - an 11min walk from the Woodley Park Zoo/Adams Morgan metro station (red line).
• If you have any accessibility questions, please contact the host, Caitlin Candee (cscandee@gmail.com).

Hope to see you there!

-Megan

Reading Group Coordinator

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Join Us Tomorrow Evening: "Wow" -- The Dharma of Joanna Macy

Greetings Dear Sangha,

Whether we're closely tracking the flux of daily headlines or feeling the distant hum of global unrest, it's clear we are living through profound changes. Paired with the tender yet inevitable challenges in our personal lives, it can sometimes feel like too much for any single heart to bear.

Joanna Macy, sensing both the weight and possibility in such suffering, developed The Work that Reconnects. Rooted in Dharma, deep ecology, and systems theory, this Work is beloved around the world as a way to approach and transform our conditions. The methodical framework and set of practices have freed up my own heart countless times and brought new dimensions to my understanding of the Dharma's radical potential for our changing world. Just last month, I had the opportunity to visit Joanna, now 96 (!), in her home in Berkeley, California. Once again, just with her way of being, she blew my mind and thrilled my heart.

After a fall on June 16, Joanna entered hospice last week. In honor of her extraordinary legacy, we'll explore just a few of the gifts that have emerged from Joanna Macy's Dharma. I hope you'll join us for this evening of reflection, gratitude, and reconnection.

In-person: Sunday, 7:00 to 8:30pm @ Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC

Online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

A reminder if you're joining us in person: please arrive at least 10 minutes early as the line to check in can be long. There are plenty of friends to make while you're waiting for the formal program to begin.

In Sangha,

Kristin

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kristin barker

One Earth Sangha

Pronouns she, her and hers; on occupied land of the Piscataway.

kristin@1earthsangha.org

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[Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Re: Authentic Relating & the Buddha Sunday June 26

Hey all - thanks for such a connecting and warm night I wanted to share the five Authentic Relating practices and ways that you can follow and support me

• Join my in-person gatherings on Sunday morning and Monday evening
• Subscribe to my substack, I write for psychology today and I'm working on a book on...punctuality
• Donate: here's the link to Downtown Dharma donation -- I'm in the process of transitioning out of the federal government so any support really helps! ♥️
• Stay in touch!

ART International's 5 Practices of Authentic Relating (learn more about this great organization here)

• Welcome Everything - We welcome what arises in ourselves, in others, and in the world
• Assume Nothing - We notice our assumptions of people and situations, and check them out with others
• Reveal Your Experience - We let ourselves be seen, known, heard-- and invite others into our worlds
• Own Your Experience - We take responsibility for whatever we experience, and our impact on others
• Honor Self / Honor Other - We honor our own needs and wants while also honoring those of others

I'm glad you all chose to be there tonight ( :) )  and also honoring the others who we hope can join next time!

Alex

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 18:12 Alex Snider <alex.snider@gmail.com> wrote:

*Warm* greetings Downtown Dharma Community(☀️!!),

This Sunday June 26 I'll be guiding our lovely community through a mashup of the ancient wisdom of Buddhism with the modern practice of Authentic Relating. I doubt this remix will land on a Spotify playlist anytime soon, but I think it'll be a good time. 🤷 

Authentic Relating is a kind of interpersonal meditation. For those who have joined the monthly Insight Dialogue practice, it's similar but with more secular roots and tends to be a bit more playful/edgy. It's a practice that invites us to show up fully—warts and all—and to experience how deeply we're connected to one another.

This feels a bit vulnerable to admit, but I know far less about Buddhism than many of our IMCW teachers and hope to not pretend to know more than I do. But I've found so much joy in both Buddhist teachers and experiencing and facilitating authentic relating practice I can't wait to share! 

Be well,

Alex 

• In-person: Sunday, June 29 from 7pm to 8:30pm @ Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC (please arrive 5-10 minutes early)

• Please! :) Register in advance here; it's the last class listed for Sunday under the name, "FREE (14th St.) Insight Meditation @ 1910 14th St"

• Online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

https://www.downtowndharmadc.org/

Be well,

Alex

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] Re: Authentic Relating & the Buddha Sunday June 26

Joe - quite true thanks to you and thanks to all for muddling through the invite! 

See y'all on Sunday June 29th - RSVP link!

Be well,

Alex

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM Joseph Izzo <jizzo4102@gmail.com> wrote:

Alex,

     My calendar says that Sunday is June 29th, not June 26th, which is Thursday.

Hope that corrects the confusion.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 11:23 PM Alex Snider <alex.snider@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey again! Apologies, the RSVP link is broken (thanks Klia!!)! Fixed below and here!

Be well,

Alex

Slowmindfulness.com | Psychology Today | Substack | Instagram

Love your inner sloth 

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM Alex Snider <alex.snider@gmail.com> wrote:

*Warm* greetings Downtown Dharma Community(☀️!!),

This Sunday June 26 I'll be guiding our lovely community through a mashup of the ancient wisdom of Buddhism with the modern practice of Authentic Relating. I doubt this remix will land on a Spotify playlist anytime soon, but I think it'll be a good time. 🤷 

Authentic Relating is a kind of interpersonal meditation. For those who have joined the monthly Insight Dialogue practice, it's similar but with more secular roots and tends to be a bit more playful/edgy. It's a practice that invites us to show up fully—warts and all—and to experience how deeply we're connected to one another.

This feels a bit vulnerable to admit, but I know far less about Buddhism than many of our IMCW teachers and hope to not pretend to know more than I do. But I've found so much joy in both Buddhist teachers and experiencing and facilitating authentic relating practice I can't wait to share! 

Be well,

Alex 

• In-person: Sunday, June 29 from 7pm to 8:30pm @ Yoga District — 1910 14th Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC (please arrive 5-10 minutes early)

• Please! :) Register in advance here; it's the last class listed for Sunday under the name, "FREE (14th St.) Insight Meditation @ 1910 14th St"

• Online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/466237117?pwd=cGxHaTJlTVhBdldVSk8weDZuSW5udz09

https://www.downtowndharmadc.org/

Be well,

Alex

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Love your inner sloth 

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