SF Donation/Free Meditation & Mindfulness Classes

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San Francisco, CA, US

1,212 members · Public group

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

Featured event

Sun, Oct 19 · 10:00 AM PDT

Transforming Conflict into Connection

SF Dharma Collective, 2929 24th St, San Francisco, CA, US

with Alejandra Siroka
Part of Transformative Communication for Conscious Relating / Language Alchemy®

Join us in person at 2929 24th streetOR online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)

Drop-ins welcome!
Conflict in relationships is inevitable, but how we respond to it can either create deeper understanding or drive us further apart. The way we listen and speak during moments of tension can shape the strength of connections with friends, family, children, coworkers, even ourselves.
In this six-month series, we’ll take a deep and clear-hearted look at conflict: why it arises, how we typically respond, and how we can approach it more skillfully. We'll work on cultivating your inner clarity and confidence needed to show up maturely and compassionately, even in challenging moments. We will learn:

How to transform our perspective on conflicts
How to talk about conflict
How to embed the qualities of skillful speech (truthful, useful, timely, and kind)
How to approach resolution without compromising one’s values
When is it wiser to pause

Each class will center around different approaches to responding to conflict including Non-Violent Communication, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Difficult Conversations, and Tantric and Buddhist traditions.

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.

Please bring a journal to write in!
Note: this class is not recorded.
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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.