JOIN US for In person sangha
MONDAY April 21, 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Magda will facilitate
Meditation schedule
Upcoming events
We are all one
We recognize the struggles of immigrants because many, though not all, of us have experienced immigration, arriving in this country ourselves or our ancestors arriving before us. We also stand in solidarity with members of the LGBTQ+ community who experience discrimination and hardship.
To offer support, we warmly invite you to review the information and links we provided.
Organizations we support
VOLAR’s mission is to co-create a cooperative community in East Baltimore owned by Black and Brown people … built through the reclamation of land, healing, reconnecting and building a base of community power.
Learn how VOLAR has evolved and where it is going — and how you can be a part of this incredible initiative.
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Engaged Buddhism / Deep Listening to our Differences
by Annie Mahon
In this article we explore the transformative art of deep listening while door knocking in the lead up to the US election from Annie Mahon, an engaged practitioner and Dharma teacher in The Plum Village Tradition.
New book release from friend of our sangha, Magda Cabrero:
WALKING ON EARTH WITH THICH NHAT HANH: My Experiences with Silence & The Sanctuaries & Kindred Spirits I Found in Many Places
by Dr. Magda De La Paz Cabrero
First Mindfulness Bell article in Spanish:
Inhabiting Interbeing / Habitando el Interser
We're so excited The Mindfulness Bell has published their first article in Spanish!
All are invited to join our community
Mindfulness is being here now, with kindness and open hearted curiosity.
The Opening Heart Mindfulness Community is open to everyone and meets to practice sitting and walking meditation and discuss mindfulness-related topics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Circle Yoga. We practice together in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
No previous mindfulness or meditation experience necessary.
No registration is required, and there is no fee to attend. Donations are joyfully accepted to support this and other similar programs Sitting meditation can be done on the floor or in a chair.
In consideration of those who have chemical sensitivities, we ask that you do not wear any fragrances (including essential oils) while attending Opening Heart meditation events.
Making-Visible
The Opening Heart Mindfulness Community created this special sangha to build awareness on the issues of social injustice facing our country and the world today.
Dear friends,
This week, we will meet Monday evening, April 21, from 7-8:30PM EDT in person at our meditation space (3812 Northampton Street NW); Wednesday morning, April 23, from 7-8AM EDT online; and Friday, April 25, from 12-1PM EDT in person/online (hybrid).
Dear friends,
On Monday, our meditation evening will be facilitated by Magda. Magda shares:
During these times, I have met many people deeply impacted by the actions of the new administration. Many of us have internalized not only our personal suffering but also the suffering around us. Some have come to feel profoundly alone in their pain, believing it to be permanent. For a time, I, too, felt unable to detach from suffering—as if I was becoming one with it.
I was grateful to attend a class at the European Institute of Applied Buddhism (EIAB) called No Mud, No Lotus, where Brother Phap An taught us about manas, the aspect of consciousness tied to the ego. Manas tells us to cling to experiences, convincing us that we are somehow at the center of events, that whatever happens is happening to us. It focuses our attention on impermanent things, making us wish they would last forever or worrying they will never go away.