What we’re about
Anyone interested in starting or furthering their mindfulness/meditation practice.
While this tradition is Buddhist, you do not need to be a Buddhist to join nor will anyone try to 'convert' you. The teachings are practical and relevant to anyone seeking to bring more mindfulness into their lives.
Most of the events listed are at the SF Dharma Collective - https://sfdharmacollective.org/. Most classes are offered in our beautiful space, 2929 24th Street in the Mission of San Francisco. Most classes are also accessible via Zoom.
We are a community-run meditation center seeking to make meditation accessible to everyone. We wish to create and sustain communities of healthy, accountable, wise and compassionate people from every walk of life. We welcome people from all racial, economic, sexual, social, political and religious backgrounds and believe that the path of awakening is attainable by all and should be available to all.
All are events are freely available to all, and we ask for donations as you are able to sustain our teachers and our operational costs. https://sfdharmacollective.org/donate
A Language Alchemy® Aproach
with Alejandra Siroka (Hybrid)
Join us in person at 2929 24th street
OR online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)
or 301-715-8592 to join by phone. Meeting ID: 545 039 806
Register here
Taking your calm, centered self off the cushion and into your relationships requires compassionate understanding, exploration and transformation of your communication.
Your language has the power to heal, connect and bring forth more equity, more peace, and more meaning to your relationships. Your language can also bring harm, separation, superficiality, and pain.
When you leave your communication unattended, you may:
- find it hard to say what you mean with confidence;
- stay quiet because you don't want to offend others by speaking your truth;
- be unsure about how to ask for what you need and believe you can be heard;
- say yes too easily to things you don't want to do;
- try unsuccessfully to decrease conflicts in your life and end up feeling disconnected, misunderstood, or lonely.
Join Alejandra Siroka, a transformative communication teacher and coach, who’s devoted her life to studying and teaching how language and communication shape our lives and relationships.
In each workshop, we will explore how to embody your deepest values and aspirations in your communication and relationships, including in your inner dialogue and your communication with yourself.
Through guided meditations, talks, and interactive exercises, you will come away with transformative communication tools that will help you express yourself with clarity, confidence and compassion and bring forth peace, connectedness and joy to all your relationships.
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Alejandra Siroka M.A. is a transformative communication teacher and coach and host of the Language Alchemy Podcast, who’s devoted her life to studying and teaching how language and communication shape our lives and relationships. As a truth seeker, she integrates scientific approaches and holistic methods to access, express, and live our deepest truths skillfully and compassionately.
Her studies in socio- and psycholinguistics, yoga and non-dualistic Eastern philosophies, mindfulness, Non-violent communication, neurobiology, Buddhist psychology and Neuro Linguistic Programming led her to found Language Alchemy®.
Language Alchemy® is a transformative process that helps multicultural change agents, couples and groups engaged in personal growth, develop and maintain thriving conscious relationships by speaking their truth with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
You can learn more her coaching programs, workshops, courses, and offerings at www.LanguageAlchemy.com.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Transformative Communication for Conscious RelatingSF Dharma Collective, San Francisco, CA
A Language Alchemy® Aproach
with Alejandra Siroka (Hybrid)Join us in person at 2929 24th street
OR online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)
or 301-715-8592 to join by phone. Meeting ID: 545 039 806
Register hereTaking your calm, centered self off the cushion and into your relationships requires compassionate understanding, exploration and transformation of your communication.
Your language has the power to heal, connect and bring forth more equity, more peace, and more meaning to your relationships. Your language can also bring harm, separation, superficiality, and pain.
When you leave your communication unattended, you may:
- find it hard to say what you mean with confidence;
- stay quiet because you don't want to offend others by speaking your truth;
- be unsure about how to ask for what you need and believe you can be heard;
- say yes too easily to things you don't want to do;
- try unsuccessfully to decrease conflicts in your life and end up feeling disconnected, misunderstood, or lonely.
Join Alejandra Siroka, a transformative communication teacher and coach, who’s devoted her life to studying and teaching how language and communication shape our lives and relationships.
In each workshop, we will explore how to embody your deepest values and aspirations in your communication and relationships, including in your inner dialogue and your communication with yourself.
Through guided meditations, talks, and interactive exercises, you will come away with transformative communication tools that will help you express yourself with clarity, confidence and compassion and bring forth peace, connectedness and joy to all your relationships.
***
Alejandra Siroka M.A. is a transformative communication teacher and coach and host of the Language Alchemy Podcast, who’s devoted her life to studying and teaching how language and communication shape our lives and relationships. As a truth seeker, she integrates scientific approaches and holistic methods to access, express, and live our deepest truths skillfully and compassionately.
Her studies in socio- and psycholinguistics, yoga and non-dualistic Eastern philosophies, mindfulness, Non-violent communication, neurobiology, Buddhist psychology and Neuro Linguistic Programming led her to found Language Alchemy®.
Language Alchemy® is a transformative process that helps multicultural change agents, couples and groups engaged in personal growth, develop and maintain thriving conscious relationships by speaking their truth with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
You can learn more her coaching programs, workshops, courses, and offerings at www.LanguageAlchemy.com. - Recovery Dharma Sunday GroupSF Dharma Collective, San Francisco, CA
Join us in person at 2929 24th street
OR online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)
or 301-715-8592 to join by phone. Meeting ID: 545 039 806Recovery Dharma Fridays
Every Friday, 6 – 7 pmWe are a peer-led movement using Buddhist practices and principles to overcome addiction through meditation, self-inquiry, and community. The intention and purpose of this group is to support people’s recovery and to discuss ideas and questions directly related to using the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the Five Precepts to recover from addictions of all kinds.
- The Dharma DoorsLink visible for attendees
Join us online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)
or 301-715-8592 to join by phone. Meeting ID: 545 039 806Buddhists speak of 84,000 different Dharma Doors – entry points leading to enlightenment and liberation for all sentient beings – with access to them through 84,000 different sutras (Buddhist texts), each containing a distinct teaching to ease suffering. With so many sutras and so little time, it can be helpful to have a guide to explore all this preserved wisdom.
In weekly gatherings, sutras become a springboard to understanding the foundational, the obscure and the esoteric concepts that make Buddhism the unique and diverse tradition that it is.
Join MC Owens each Sunday night as he weaves humor and storytelling with modern scholarly research to open a new dharma door through a thought-provoking engagement with Buddhist texts and ideas.
MC Owens is a Buddhist teacher, translator, and author who uses a sutra-based curriculum that draws from a variety of traditions to teach the history, philosophy, and practice of Buddhism. He teaches regularly for the San Francisco Dharma Collective and he also runs Lotus Underground – a repository of his teaching activities, audio recordings, and writings.
MC Owens opens a new dharma door every Sunday night at 7:00pm.
Sessions are archived to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYhx7JDOgEACXALGN_CJ-c93T_4HUCLLI
Find out about all our events at the SF Dharma Collective - https://sfdharmacollective.org/upcoming-events
- Recovery Dharma Sunday GroupSF Dharma Collective, San Francisco, CA
Join us in person at 2929 24th street
OR online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)
or 301-715-8592 to join by phone. Meeting ID: 545 039 806Recovery Dharma Fridays
Every Friday, 6 – 7 pmWe are a peer-led movement using Buddhist practices and principles to overcome addiction through meditation, self-inquiry, and community. The intention and purpose of this group is to support people’s recovery and to discuss ideas and questions directly related to using the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the Five Precepts to recover from addictions of all kinds.
