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
with Shundo
Shundo will reflect on his training at the San Francisco Zen Center, in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, the author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, and how his teachings brought to the west the essence of Dogen - the founder of Soto Zen in Japan, and one of the world's great philosophers.
You are welcome to bring your questions about Zen practice, Shunryu Suzuki, and Dogen.
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Join us in person at 2929 24th street
OR online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)
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This class is open to everyone. No prior meditation experience is required.
Suggested donation $15 - $30. All are welcome. No one is ever turned away for lack of funds.
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Shundo David Haye is an ordained Zen priest. He came from England in 2000 to live at the San Francisco Zen Center, and spent fifteen years in residential training, including five years of monastic practice at Tassajara. He helped found and run the successful Young Urban Zen practice group at the Zen Center. Although he loves the robes and the formal rituals, he is interested in reaching people who will never set foot inside a Zen temple. He has taught at tech companies, schools and colleges, yoga studios, retreat centers, and the county jail. He loves being outside, especially on a bike, and leads regular mindful hikes around San Francisco.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Well of Being Wednesdays with Eve EkmanLink visible for attendees
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 806Every Wednesday, join us at the “Well of Being” where Eve offers a blend of Tibetan Buddhist practices and modern psychology for cultivating concentration, emotional awareness, insight, and compassion. Reveal the healing source of your inner well-being through meditation, contemplation, and discussion.
Eve Ekman, MSW, PhD, is the director of training at the Greater Good Science Center. She is also a UC Berkeley- and UCSF-trained social scientist and teacher in the field of emotional awareness and burnout prevention. Eve is a second-generation emotion researcher and has had meaningful collaborations with her father, renowned emotion researcher Dr. Paul Ekman. Their most recent project, The Atlas of Emotions, is an online visual tool to teach a language for improving our emotional awareness that was commissioned and supported by the Dalai Lama. Eve is the co-lead instructor for Cultivating Emotional Balance, an evidence-based meditation and emotion regulation training developed by Dr. Paul Ekman and Buddhist scholar Alan Wallace.
Find out about all our events at the SF Dharma Collective - https://sfdharmacollective.org/upcoming-events
- Morning Meditation at the SF Dharma CollectiveSF 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 806Every day, 7:30 - 8:15am, build your practice with by-donation, open morning meditation. Everyone is welcome. Morning meditations are peer-led and folks are welcome to come late or leave early as needed.
Find out about all our events at the SF Dharma Collective - https://sfdharmacollective.org/upcoming-events
- Recovery Dharma Friday 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.
- Peer Led Half-Day RetreatSF Dharma Collective, San Francisco, CA
Come meditate with the San Francisco Dharma Collective Sangha!
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 806Optional Registration here: https://events.humanitix.com/peer-led-half-day-retreat
This Peer-led Half Day Retreat will give you an opportunity to practice with others in silence.
Join us for all the sessions or any portion of the day. Please arrive during a break if possible.Meditations are unguided. We ring bells to start and end.
All are welcome!Schedule:
7:30 - 8:15 - still meditation (our regular morning meditation)
8:15 - 8:30 - meditation in motion / resting
8:30 - 9:00 - still meditation
9:00 - 9:20 - meditation in motion / resting
9:20 - 10:00 - still meditation
10:00 - 10:20 - meditation in motion / resting
10:20 - 11:00 - still meditation
11:00 - 11:30 - discussionYou can subscribe to our Peer Half Day Calendar here
