Meditation Coalition

BIPOC SANGHA
2021-05-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Sunday May 30th, 2021 6:30-8:00pm PDT
We welcome Jessica Escobedo and Nico Nelson from B*tch Church/Dharma Homies to lead our BIPOC Sangha!

Introduction to Buddhism
2021-03-06 09:30 - 12:00 | CA
This class will offer a brief introduction to Buddhism for those interested in the history and basic teachings of the Buddha. The morning will include:

The life of the Buddha
Buddhism’s migration from India and adaptations
The foundational teachings
Buddhism’s relevance in today’s world

Whether you are new to meditation and Buddhism or have been practicing for some time, this will be an informative class and suitable for all.
This class is by donation, but registration is required. Zoom link will be sent after registration.
REGISTER HERE

Women and Whiteness
2021-02-13 10:00 - 11:30 | CA
Women and Whiteness
A Monthly Drop-In Group
10-11:30am PT via Zoom

A group for those who identify as women and white to explore how racial conditioning has impacted us and those around us.
This group will investigate what it means to be white. We will see how we have been shaped by societal and economic systems that are in place and which have formed our views and experience of race. With meditative practices as our foundation, we will work towards freeing ourselves from these ideas for the collective liberation of all beings.
This monthly group is drop in with no reservation required. No prior experience is necessary. Bring your willingness and an open heart.
Next Group: Feb 13, 2021

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Morning Meditation
2021-02-13 07:00 - 07:30 | CA
A virtual half hour sit every morning, seven days a week, with Mary Stancavage.
Freely offered, everyone welcome.
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Womxn's Retreat
2021-01-14 12:00 - 2021-01-17 12:00 | CA
JoAnna Hardy and Mary Stancavage are inviting you to join them for the Sixth Annual Womxn’s Retreat, Jan 14-17, 2021. We will miss our beautiful Joshua Tree, but in keeping with Covid-19 precautions and our commitment to keeping each other safe, we will gather together on Zoom. This retreat is for all female-identified folx who have either sat this retreat in the past or have previous silent Vipassana retreat experience.
We will use this time together to deepen our Insight practice, share dharma teachings, discuss our shared humanity and be in a virtual circle together. There will be moments of silent sitting and walking practice in the setting of your own home, relational practices, and movement.
Although this retreat will be held on-line, we ask that you make a commitment to the practice as if you were attending a residential retreat. The conditions will be different, but an intention to the practice will be of benefit to you and the other yogis.
The schedule will be centered in Pacific Time. CLICK HERE to see the Schedule
REGISTER The cost of this retreat is $108 and there will be a chance to offer dana to the teachers at the end. A reduced rate of $54 is available to those who need support to attend.
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Resilience Practices
2021-01-06 17:00 - 17:45 | CA
MINDFULNESS, COMPASSION, GRATITUDE, MEDITATION & MORE

When you feel like there’s too much to do, or you can’t do enough, or there is nothing you can do, resilience practices can help you keep doing what you need to do. They can help you manage your suffering and well-being in the middle of any emotional storm.
Resilience is the ability to mentally or emotionally cope with difficulty or crisis and recover relatively quickly. Mental health practices for developing or accessing resilience include mindfulness, gratitude, kindness, compassion and meditation.

Join us for one of these brief practices. With each class there will be a short introduction, a guided meditation, and time for questions. This is an online Microsoft Teams drop-in class. Drop in for the entire class, or for as long as you can attend. It’s here for you if/when and for as long as you can be present.

Led by Frank Baird, LMFT, LPCC and UCLA Mindful Awareness Center Trained Meditation Facilitator. He is physically located in Woodland Hills Service Area, Thousand Oaks Department of Psychiatry but available everywhere online.

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Wednesdays 5 – 5:45 PM
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Women and Whiteness
2020-11-14 10:00 - 11:30 | CA
Women and Whiteness
A Monthly Drop-In Group
10-11:30am PT via Zoom

A group for those who identify as women and white to explore how racial conditioning has impacted us and those around us.
This group will investigate what it means to be white. We will see how we have been shaped by societal and economic systems that are in place and which have formed our views and experience of race. With meditative practices as our foundation, we will work towards freeing ourselves from these ideas for the collective liberation of all beings.
This monthly group is drop in with no reservation required. No prior experience is necessary. Bring your willingness and an open heart.

Zoom link for this group

Mindful of Masculinities, Practices for Undoing Patriarchy, for Male Identifying Folk
2020-07-19 13:30 - 15:30 | CA
Practices for Undoing Patriarchy
A monthly gathering of male-identifying folk working to free all beings from the suffering brought by patriarchy
Patriarchy is a social system that privileges men with power. With that power comes the requirement to dominate others in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social superiority, property control, and sexual supremacy over women. Men do not volunteer for patriarchy; they are born into it and subjected to masculinities dictated by patriarchy. An increasing number of folk identifying as male are challenging the dictates of patriarchy, deconstructing toxic masculinities, and constructing more mindful, purposeful, and ethical masculine identities.
In this drop-in group, male-identifying folk explore our relationships with patriarchy and masculinity to provide ourselves opportunities to live more intentionally. We will not simply participate in and reproduce the dictates of patriarchy. We will co-construct masculinities that are:

more supportive to those who identify as male,
masculinities that support a more ethical relationship to the earth and fellow living beings, and
masculinities that do not diminish the identities or roles of anyone identifying as female, nonbinary or nonmasculine.

3rd Sunday Monthly
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Online via Zoom. Contact Frank for info.

Donation-based. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
info: FrankBaird@FrankBaird.com

Women and Whiteness
2020-07-18 12:00 - 13:30 | CA
Women and Whiteness
A Monthly Drop-In Group
Starting July 18, 2020
12-1:30pm PT via Zoom

A group for those who identify as women and white to explore how racial conditioning has impacted us and those around us.
This group will investigate what it means to be white. We will see how we have been shaped by societal and economic systems that are in place and which have formed our views and experience of race. With meditative practices as our foundation, we will work towards freeing ourselves from these ideas for the collective liberation of all beings.
This monthly group is drop in with no reservation required. No prior experience is necessary. Bring your willingness and an open heart.
Meeting Dates for 2020
Jul 18
Aug 15
Sep 19
Oct 17
Nov 14
Dec 12
Jan 9, 2021
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BIPOC Sangha
2020-06-07 11:00 - 12:30 | CA
Beginning August 2023, the BIPOC sangha will be on hiatus through the end of the year to allow time for collective visioning, planning and putting together something special for our January 2024 in-person relaunch and first time being together in the same space since 2020
Our facilitator led monthly meetings are held online via Zoom. They include a 30 minute guided meditation, followed by a group discussion. All who self identify Black, Indigenous or as a person of color are welcome, Buddhists, and non-Buddhists alike, at all levels of meditation experience.

One Sangha
2020-04-05 16:00 - 17:30 | CA
A virtual gathering of BIPOC sanghas for meditation and connection. Taught by JoAnna Hardy, Devin Berry and Leslie Booker
Time: Apr 5, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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A Morning of Practice
2020-03-28 09:30 - 12:30 | Hill Street Center, 237 Hill Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
Come spend a few hours and give yourself the luxury of quiet practice. With our busy lives we sometimes let our practice slip away.
This morning will be an opportunity to let go and get back to cultivating present time awareness and Rest in Being which is especially important in today’s world.. There will be sitting and walking meditation, dharma and conversation.
Suitable for all levels of practitioner.
COST: Sliding Scale of $15 – $35. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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The Eightfold Path for School Teachers
2020-03-23 16:00 - 17:00 | CA
Join veteran teachers Amy Oliver Love and Valerie Cusson as they explore ways to cultivate Mindfulness, Resilience, Self-Care and Connection during these difficult times.
Meets every Monday from 4:00-5:00 PST
This class is online and by donation only.
Mar 30, 2020 04:00 PM
Apr 6, 2020 04:00 PM
Apr 13, 2020 04:00 PM
Apr 20, 2020 04:00 PM
Apr 27, 2020 04:00 PM
May 4, 2020 04:00 PM
May 11, 2020 04:00 PM
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Recommit to Your Practice
2020-01-11 09:30 - 12:00 | CA
Recommit to Your Practice – A Half Day Retreat
with Mary Stancavage
Jan 11, 2020
9:30am – 12:30pm
ROAM – 1492 Blake Ave., LA

We look to the new year as a time of new beginnings and this morning provides an opportunity to reconnect and recommit to your practice. Give yourself the gift of time to quiet the mind and let go of the stories and habitual patterns of thinking that hang out without being noticed. There will be sitting and walking meditation, dharma and conversation. There will be an opportunity to set an intention for the new year as well.
Suitable for everyone.
ROAM is not easily accessible by public transit so if you need a rideshare, please let us know.
COST: Sliding Scale of $15 – $35. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Sliding Scale

Mindful of Masculinities, Practices for Undoing Patriarchy, for Male Identifying Folk
2019-12-15 13:30 - 15:30, 2019-10-20 01:30 - 03:30 | CA
Practices for Undoing Patriarchy
A monthly gathering of male-identifying folk working to free all beings from the suffering brought by patriarchy
Patriarchy is a social system that privileges men with power. With that power comes the requirement to dominate others in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social superiority, property control, and sexual supremacy over women. Men do not volunteer for patriarchy; they are born into it and subjected to masculinities dictated by patriarchy. An increasing number of folk identifying as male are challenging the dictates of patriarchy, deconstructing toxic masculinities, and constructing more mindful, purposeful, and ethical masculine identities.
In this drop-in group, male-identifying folk explore our relationships with patriarchy and masculinity to provide ourselves opportunities to live more intentionally. We will not simply participate in and reproduce the dictates of patriarchy. We will co-construct masculinities that are:

more supportive to those who identify as male,
masculinities that support a more ethical relationship to the earth and fellow living beings, and
masculinities that do not diminish the identities or roles of anyone identifying as female, nonbinary or nonmasculine.

3rd Sunday Monthly
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Philosophical Research Society
3910 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. 90027

Donation-based. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
info: FrankBaird@FrankBaird.com

Mindful of Masculinities: Practices for Undoing Patriarchy, for Male Identifying Folk
2019-11-17 13:30 - 15:30 | CA

Masculinities, Practices for Undoing Patriarchy
2019-11-03 14:00 - 17:00 | CA
Date: Sunday, Nov 3rd
Time: 2pm-5pm
Location: Philosophical Research Society, 3901 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Contact: Stu Marks (347 514 3117)

Description:

A half day workshop for male-identifying folk led by Lama Rod Owens to explore and deepen practices for undoing patriarchy.
Patriarchy is a social system that privileges men with power. With that power comes the requirement to dominate others in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social superiority, property control, and sexual supremacy over women. Men do not volunteer for patriarchy; they are born into it and subjected to masculinities dictated by patriarchy. An increasing number of folk identifying as male are challenging the dictates of patriarchy, deconstructing toxic masculinities, and constructing more mindful, purposeful, and ethical masculine identities.
In this half day workshop, male-identifying folk will explore our relationships with patriarchy and masculinity to provide ourselves opportunities to live more intentionally. We will not simply participate in and reproduce the dictates of patriarchy. We will co-construct masculinities that are:

more supportive to those who identify as male,
masculinities that support a more ethical relationship to the earth and fellow living beings, and
masculinities that do not diminish the identities or roles of anyone identifying as female, nonbinary or nonmasculine.

This workshop will be held at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles (3910 Los Feliz Blvd., LA 90027).
There is no pre-registration required and is a dana (donation) based event.

BIPOC and Ally Group
2019-11-03 11:00 - 12:30 | CA
This is a meditation group for people of color and their allies interested in using the Buddhist principles of mindfulness and compassion to help work with and understand better the many painful issues that people of color encounter in America.
This is open to all who care about the future of racial issues in America, not just Buddhist practitioners.
Meeting in person each month at the Elysian/Clockshop, 2806 Clearwater St., Los Angeles
Bring a friend!

The Dharma of Homecoming: A Day of Practice for People of Color
2019-11-02 10:00 - 16:00 | CA
Meditation Coalition and InsightLA are honored to host Lama Rod Owens in this day of practice for people of color.
Maya Angelou once wrote: “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” James Baldwin reflected: “Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” In The Wiz, Stephanie Mills sang: “When I think of home I think of place where there’s love overflowing.” No matter how we think of home, it is a place that many of us need. The needing of a place called home is the needing to be in a place where we are safe and taken care of. Home is the experience of taking refuge in something that restores us through love. Homecoming is opening to how home is calling us into being held and cared for. As a community in this daylong retreat, we will be moving through mindfulness practice, heart based practices, pranayama (energy breath practice), simple movement practice, as well as Lama Rod’s touching earth practice (Bhumisparsha) and the 7 Homecomings to explore the profound path of homecoming.
The suggested donation is $15-$35 with the opportunity to offer additional dana at the event. When you click to register you’ll have the option to choose whatever amount is feasible for you. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: The event is taking place in Chinatown. The address is 1001 North Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
There is an elevator available in this building. There is also plenty of street parking. The space has a fully functional kitchen should you wish to bring your lunch or participate in a potluck lunch.
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Meditate to Elevate, A POC/Ally Daylong Retreat
2019-09-29 10:00 - 16:00 | 1001 N. Main St. Los Angeles, 1001 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Description

In these extremely challenging and divisive times, creating compassion, resilience, and emotional balance is more imperative than ever. Led by JoAnna Hardy, this daylong meditation retreat offers an opportunity to engage in conversation and practices around the current systemic causes and conditions of oppression in the world around us. This is a unique opportunity to reflect, connect and share in a safe, supportive environment in order to cultivate more intentionality with our presence in the world.
There will be periods of silent and walking meditation with some instruction and guidance, a Dharma talk and discussion.
Please bring your lunch or food to share. There will be refrigerator available for your use.
$20-$75, Nobody is turned away due to lack of funds
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POC Sangha - The Four Noble Truths
2019-09-15 18:30 - 20:00 | CA
Each week we will explore one of the Four Noble Truths, a core teaching of the Buddha. Join us for the special series presented by the People of Color Sangha.

Toward Light Weekly Meditation
2019-08-28 19:30, 2019-06-05 19:30 | Santa Monica Yoga, 1640 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
This 90 minute group led by Kate Spina is a mix of meditation, Dharma talk, and discussion emphasizing finding practical ways to weave the early Buddhist teachings into 21st Century Life. The class is drop in, donation based, and open to all.

The Heart at Ease: Lovingkindness and Compassion Meditation
2019-07-28 13:30 - 14:30 | People’s Yoga, 5161 Pomona Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90022, United States
Gain a greater access to ease and comfort by cultivating qualities of the heart. Join us for two guided meditation sessions focused on lovingkindness and compassion. Led by Eileen Ybarra.
Everyone is welcome. Admission is free with Eventbrite ticket. Suggested donation is $10.

Rod Owens – An Evening of Meditation and Discussion
2019-02-15 11:30 - 13:30 | University of Philosophical Research, 3910 Los Felize Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
On Friday Februrary 15th, 2019 from 7:30pm-9:00pm, Lama Rod Owens will engage the community in conversations and practices that many are hesitatant to explore. His Radical Dharma approach, as written in his also titled Radical Dharma explores the edges of race, gender, sexuality and identity. His honesty, sincerity and humanity gives permission to all who share space with him to do the same. See more on Rod Owens here.
CONVERSATIONS & CONTEMPLATIONS
ON THE STUFF WE’RE SCARED
TO TALK ABOUT
RACE.GENDER.
SEXUALITY.IDENTITY
ROOTED IN BUDDHIST WISDOM
& HUMAN EXPERIENCE
This is event is sponsored by the Meditation Coalition and will take place at the Philosophical Research Society
The weekend will continue for a non-residential retreat, Saturday and Sunday, for those who self identify as male. The topic is Undoing Patriarchy and Unveiling the Sacred Masculine: For more details and registration.

Saturday Sit with Mary
2018-12-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Hollywood Lutheran Church, 1733 N New Hampshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
A weekly meditation group suitable for all levels of practitioner, but especially good for those new to meditation or Buddhist teachings. Each week will consist of a meditation period followed by a dharma talk and discussion. The talks and discussion will cover the basics of Buddhism and meditation practice. We will focus both on the wisdom and compassion teachings. No registration is necessary and all are welcome.
Bring a friend!
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Thursday Evening Meditation
2018-12-20 19:00 - 20:30 | CA
A weekly online meditation group suitable for all levels of practitioner, even those new to meditation or Buddhist teachings. Each week will consist of a meditation period followed by a dharma talk and discussion. The talks and discussion will cover the basics of Buddhism and meditation practice. We will focus both on the wisdom and compassion teachings. No registration is necessary and all are welcome.
Bring a friend!
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