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
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Pragmatic Dharma Club2929 24th St, San Francisco, CA
with Tucker Peck
Class meets in person at 2929 24th Street
This weekly meetup focuses on diverse techniques of meditation, as well as the interplay between meditation and psychology. While we're not attached to any particular technique, many of the group members practice based on modern meditation manuals like The Mind Illuminated, Right Concentration, Seeing That Frees, or Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha.The SF Pragmatic Dharma Club has what we like to call Five Acts Plus a Finale. We'll begin with members introducing themselves, followed by a 40-minute guided meditation. After the meditation, there will be break-out groups of 3-4 people, where attendees get to know one another. The last part of the evening is a group Q&A session with the teacher. The class ends at 9, where most nights everyone is invited to join for late dinner at a Mexican restaurant down the street.
Dr. Tucker Peck is a clinical psychologist and longtime teacher of dharma classes and residential retreats.
Suggested donation $15 - $30.
Classes are archived on the SFDC YouTube Channel - meditación en españolLink visible for attendees
Hay una gran oportunidad para aquellos de ustedes que quieran participar en la meditación en español. Los martes a las 6pm (PT), por medio zoom con la Mtra. Alma Ayón. Comenzamos con una meditación guiada, seguida de una plática y preguntas y respuestas.Te invitamos a unirte a las meditaciones donde practicamos Mindfulness, Shamatha, Vipashyana, Bodhicitta, Tong-Len y otras meditaciones analíticas de textos budistas.
Regístrate aquí y recibe el enlace de la reunión:
https://forms.gle/MMg39czSKty76AVK6y también puedes escuchar las meditaciones p grabadas aquí :
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMuq-ZTzFhEo4E_yh4MqaaKhi1aoBihfl - Mission Dharma: Meditation and Talk with Howard CohnLink visible for attendees
Mission Dharma is a sangha led by our teacher Howard Cohn (http://www.missiondharma.org/our-teacher---howard-cohn.html) that has gathered in the Mission District of San Francisco for over 30 years. Sangha members come together as a community on Tuesday nights for meditation and to hear Buddhist teachings. As a sangha, we support one another in the process of awakening in order to live our lives with more mindfulness, compassion, and joy. Everyone is invited to attend. No prior meditation experience is necessary.
Format: A forty-minute meditation period followed by a Dharma talk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_talk) led by Howie or a visiting teacher. Doors open at 7pm and sit starts at 7:30.
Zoom login information is available by signing up for the email list
http://www.missiondharma.org/join-our-e-mail-list.html
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You can view the class Live-Stream on YOUTUBECost: Contributions to Mission Dharma are tax deductible. In order to help cover the cost of our room rental, other weekly operating costs, and to adequately support our teachers, there is a suggested dana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%81na) offering of $5-$25 on Tuesday nights. However, we want to be welcoming to individuals from all financial backgrounds and a monetary offering is never an expectation. Giving is done anonymously, so no one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. If you wish to offer dana, you are invited to offer it online (http://www.missiondharma.org/dana---donations.html) or on Tuesday nights.
- 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
