Sponsored by Insight Meditation Community of Western Massachusetts, please join us for Weathering the Storms: Caring for Inner and Outer Turmoil To be led by Kaira Jewel Lingo

The scale and intensity of ecological crises can be overwhelming. As human impacts on the Earth drive extreme weather, “natural” disasters, and global conflict, the Dharma provides much-needed tools for working with inner turmoil. How can our practice bring relief… not only to ourselves but our relationships and community? From the ground of inner stability, can we begin to heal environmental injustice and other collective wounds?

In this gathering, Kaira Jewel Lingo offers wisdom and practices to help us ground in steadiness when crisis and confusion threaten to unseat us. Drawing from her extensive spiritual training, including 15 years as a nun in the Plum Village Zen tradition, she guides us in discovering what lies beneath reactivity—both within and between us—and responding with authenticity.

In Person

More info here

Sponsored by Spirit Rock, please join me for Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk

“Our Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk is led by Sylvia Boorstein, Donald Rothberg, Heidi Bourne, or other guest teachers. With more community emphasis than the large Monday night gathering, this group welcomes beginners and experienced practitioners to explore Dharma with an emphasis on everyday life, social engagement, and lovingkindness.”

Online

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Sponsored by Parallax Press, Cultivating Wholeness in Ourselves and Our Fractured World with Richard Brady and Kaira Jewel

Join mindfulness teachers Richard Brady, author of Short Journey Home, and Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of We Were Made for These Times, for a heartfelt conversation on the transformative power of mindfulness for our fractured world and our everyday life. Explore stories of resilience, connection, and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh that inspire meaningful change and awakening in the present moment.

To register here.

Online

Sponsored by New York Insight, Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation
 with Kaira Jewel Lingo and Marisela Gomez

In this two-hour evening event Marisela and Kaira Jewel will talk about their experiences as Black women and Buddhists, and share wisdom from their new book, Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation.

Join these dharma teachers and spiritual friends to learn about how the dharma’s teachings can support the work toward social, racial, and environmental justice.

Together, we’ll learn embodied mindfulness practices and other techniques to help us lean into our individual and collective liberation, as well as our sense of belonging and joy.

More info and to register here.

Online

I co-teach this monthly group with my partner, Father Adam Bucko, a Christian contemplative and an Episcopal priest. We will meet on the last or next-to-last Tuesday of the month from 7:30 - 9 pm ET to deepen our study and application of the rich and diverse Buddhist and Christian contemplative practices and how these can support engaged spirituality, or what Andrew Harvey terms sacred activism, “a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of deep spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical action in the world.”

Register here. These sessions are open to the public and offered by donation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We will record the teachings and meditations for registered participants.

The Power of Equanimity in Grounding Engaged Spirituality Please join us for practice, dharma talk, and Q&A with Monday Friends and Kaira Jewel Lingo.

How can we stay clear, peaceful and positive in a world full of suffering? Once we are peaceful within ourselves, how can we share that peace with others in practical, useful ways in the world? 

About Monday Friends. Every Monday evening, everyone is invited to begin their week with a relaxed and mindful hour dedicated to:

•Remembering gratitude for this one precious life;

•Gathering in spiritual friendship;

• Practicing the Buddha’s path of liberation from mental habits that create stress, disease, relationship problems, societal breakdown, and block a free-flowing, creative and happy life.

More info and to register here.

Online

Sponsored by Cambridge Insight Meditation Center: Wednesday Evening Dharma with Kaira Jewel Lingo. Title to be announced.

In Person and Online

More info here.

Sponsored by Deer Park Monastery, please join us for Engaged Buddhism Speaker Series: Interview with Kaira Jewel Lingo, Practicing Mindfulness in Divisive Times

As we approach election season, it is important to practice mindfulness. Join us for this free online gathering and interview with Kaira Jewel Lingo who will share with us ways to stay grounded in these volatile times.

More info and to register here.

Online

We are also offering a virtual forum on the retreat to answer any questions and share more about what the retreat Healing Our Way Home: Touching Ancestors, Joy and Liberation with Valerie Brown, Marisela Gomez MD, and Kaira Jewel Lingo will be like. Registration is here.

Our focus will be the book Healing Our Way Home and the importance of ancestors, joy, and liberation. Join us for an exploration of how we can see ourselves in each other’s path of joy and liberation, and take refuge in our individual and collective healing. There will be daily dharma teachings, daily mindful walking/moving, sitting/stationary meditation, mindful eating, singing, dharma writing, and dharma sharing.

In person, held at Garrison Institute, Info and registration here.

Virtual info and registration here.

Healing our Way Home Book Talk Join me for a book talk and discussion with Valerie Brown and Marisela Gomez at the Baltimore and Beyond: Mindfulness Community

For more info here and to register RSVP required.

Online

The Rubin Museum: Mindfulness Meditation and Book Talk with Kaira Jewel Lingo. 

In Person (After leading the talk and meditation, Kaira Jewel will offer a talk on both her books which will also be available for sale.)

More info here.