Infinite Smile Sangha is a non-profit organization that endeavors to integrate a relevant spirituality with 21st century living. Our mission is to expose our selves, and others, to spiritual teachings that integrate stillness, wisdom, and compassion into our day-to-day lives. As we walk this path, we intend to embody the transformation that we wish to see in the world through the Zen-inspired, meditative practices that are led and taught by Michael McAlister.

… www.theopenway.org It is called nonduality-oneness and is the core of all spirituality including Zen, Buddhism, meditation and what is true in all "religion"and Manfesting Reality!! Look See NOW! It is what we already are. Actually obvious and self verifying. There will be a meditation (silent, guided or Reiki), a dvd/cd/book, and a heartfelt inquiry/satsang in a warm, allowing, meditative atmosphere In this open way, a reorientation naturally heightens perception, openness, awareness and enhanc …

We will be adding Meditation groups as well as all kinds of Awareness Groups, Events, Teacher Hosting, Here is all we embrace with many meditation groups to be added as well...   Many of our events listed are Nondual oriented and we are starting off with those listings. However here are other events to be added shortly....we also embrace and love ....  Nature Walks -  Reiki Healing Circles -  Buddhist Circles  -  Drumming Circles   -  A Course in Miracles  -  Eckhart To …

Lost Coin continues a tradition of evolving the presentation of the Dharma while retaining its central essence. Founded by Daniel Doen Silberberg Sensei in 2006, Lost Coin incorporates Zen teachings and methods with insights and practices derived from other wisdom traditions—most notably, those of G.I. Gurdjieff. It is an approach that abandons traditional religious and cultural trappings in order to embrace and unite with contemporary development in science, technology and art. In the individ …

This group is all about practicing meditations which brings immediate results. We discover what enlightenment (or awakening) means to us and how we can achieve it as quickly as we can. Fusing traditional spiritual techniques and modern philosophical understanding, Lokesh will show you the way how each one of us is born to live in an enlightened state of being all the time.  With understanding comes awakening. And this is an opportunity to experience the unknown and live an awakened life. As spir …

The Bay Area Open Sangha exists to allow people to practice and study the Buddhadharma, the teachings of the Buddha, without concern for sectarianism or the historical lines between traditions of Buddhism. This is not to say that these lines are ignored and traditions are mixed without reflection or regard to their conflicts. The Buddha taught many ways to practice the Dharma and his teachings have come down over two and half thousand years to this day. Many of the differences in doctrine and p …

… We also host a regular series of meditation classes, with speakers from the Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana, and nondual traditions. Our underlying inspiration comes from the recognition of a simple universal practice, that of meeting experience as it is, a practice which is at once both healing and revealing, and which belongs to no tradition in particular.

Welcome Lightworkers and Metaphysical People! Our Meetup Group is for the purpose of exploring a wide range of topics from Astrology to Zen. We'll also delve into such popular subjects as Law of Attraction, Angels, Crystals and Stones, Energy Healing, Psychic Development, Animal Communication, Feng Shui, Reiki and Numerology. Meet other like minded people in a harmonious, spiritual environment. We welcome you to join us and share your experience of self-discovery and personal growth"

… www.theopenway.org It is called nonduality-oneness and is the core of all spirituality including Zen, Buddhism, meditation and what is true in all "religion"and Manfesting Reality!! Look See NOW! It is what we already are. Actually obvious and self verifying. There will be a meditation (silent, guided or Reiki), a dvd/cd/book, and a heartfelt inquiry/satsang in a warm, allowing, meditative atmosphere In this open way, a reorientation naturally heightens perception, openness, awareness and enhanc …

If you are curious about Buddhism and would like to know more about its practices and teachings and how they can help you encounter the basic sanity, wholeness, peacefulness, ease, and selfless compassion that is at the heart of our lives - please join us. You need not have any previous experience with Buddhism or meditation - the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha is for everyone from total novices to those who already have a lot of practice and experience. We meet each Sunday to practice silent …

… She is the qigong instructor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a licensed acupuncturist, and a Zen student, currently residing at the San Francisco Zen Center. Liping started her Taichi training with Master Yu Anren in 1990 and studied intensively with Master Yu the family style Taiyi Swimming Dragon Chuan. She met Master Yun Yinsen in 2006 and started to study Liu He Ba Fa. After her recent three month intensive study in Shanghai with Master Yun, she was authorized to t …

Welcome to San Francisco I Liq Chuan practice group. The training is intended for students of all levels interested in learning the art. I Liq Chuan, martial art of awareness, is an art of cultivating consciousness based on Tai Chi and Zen principles, in other words the practice of moving meditation. The philosophy underlying I Liq Chuan involves the very simple concept of making an active choice to be fully aware of the present moment, by being aware of the sounds around you, your breathing, yo …

Combine the two most important emotional-life improvement strategies to bubble up out of the alphabet soup of psychology in the last century. Mindfulness, originally made popular by Thich Nhat Hanh, the marvelous Vietnamese Zen master, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, rediscovered by Albert Ellis. Mindfulness-CBT is growth oriented, enhances your joy in life, and facilitates the authentic living that most of us want. It is a self-help technique that can be practiced throughout your life. It can m …