
Providing a refuge in the heart of Santa Cruz
Freedom in the Flow

Saturday, Aug 27
9:00am – 12:00pm PT
In Center & Online
When we are unaware of the fluidity of all life experience it’s easy to get caught. We find ourselves trying to hold on to the experiences we identify with as me and mine. The teachings on the Aggregates, or skhandhas, help to open our eyes to the ever-changing flow of human experience. When we see the truth of this we gain freedom from grasping and clinging. We are more in tune with how things really are. This half day retreat will offer teachings, discussion, and time for meditation and reflection on the Five Aggregates, the building blocks of all human experience.
Teachings of the Buddha
4 Tuesdays, Sep 13 – Oct 4 (+ half-day)
6:30pm – 8:00pm PT
Online
This offering is a “Walking the Dhamma Path” class series, taught in three units that explores foundational teachings of the Buddha. In Unit 2, we will focus on exploring the Buddha’s teaching on establishing mindfulness from the sutta on “The Four Foundations of Mindfulness”
Sep 13 – Mindfulness of the Body
Sep 20 – Mindfulness of Feeling Tone | Jan Landry
Sep 27 – Mindfulness of the Mind | Tiffany Wong
Oct 4 – Mindfulness of the Dhammas
Oct 8, 9am – 12pm – half-day retreat
Weekly Drop in: New to Practice

Wednesdays
6:30pm – 7:45pm PT
In Center & Online
New To Practice is a weekly drop-in offered for those new to Buddhism, or for those who wish to develop and deepen their practice. We will explore how to integrate practice as part of our daily life and work with obstacles to practice as they arise. Carol Morgan leads this month’s New to Practice.
Daily Schedule
2022 August
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online - 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Dhamma of Illness Support Group for those Living with Pain or Illness – 1st Tuesday
Online12:00 pm - 1:15 pmAll Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:15 pmDhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
ͺUndisclosed6:30 pm - 8:00 pmIntroduction to the Teachings of the Buddha: The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path – Unit 1
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online6:30 pm - 7:45 pmNew To Practice, Introduction to Mindfulness – Wednesdays in August
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online5:15 pm - 6:15 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Introduction to the Teachings of the Buddha: The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path – Unit 1 Half-day Retreat
In Center & Online9:30 am - 11:00 amDhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Saturdays
ͺUndisclosed - 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online6:30 pm - 8:00 pmBringing the Practice to Life – Sundays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
All Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:15 pmDhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
ͺUndisclosed7:00 pm - 8:30 pmRainbow Sangha Sit – 2nd Tuesday
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online6:30 pm - 7:45 pmNew To Practice, Introduction to Mindfulness – Wednesdays in August
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online5:15 pm - 6:15 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Thursdays
Online5:30 pm - 7:30 pmDhamma Friends: Waking up to White Privilege – 2nd Thursday
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Dhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Saturdays
ͺUndisclosed - 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online6:30 pm - 8:00 pmBringing the Practice to Life – Sundays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
All Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:15 pmDhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
ͺUndisclosed - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online6:30 pm - 7:45 pmNew To Practice, Introduction to Mindfulness – Wednesdays in August
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:45 pmDhamma Friends: Undoing Patriarchy – 3rd Wednesday
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online5:15 pm - 6:15 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Dhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Saturdays
ͺUndisclosed - 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online6:30 pm - 8:00 pmBringing the Practice to Life – Sundays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
All Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:15 pmDhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
ͺUndisclosed - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online6:30 pm - 7:45 pmNew To Practice, Introduction to Mindfulness – Wednesdays in August
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online5:15 pm - 6:15 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Online12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online Featured 9:00 am - 12:00 pmFreedom in the Flow — Practicing with the building blocks of our human experience
In Center & Online9:30 am - 11:00 amDhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Saturdays
ͺUndisclosed- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online10:15 am - 10:30 amTaking of the Refuges and Precepts – 4th Sunday
Online6:30 pm - 8:00 pmBringing the Practice to Life – Sundays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
Online6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
In Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Online - 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Sitting with Grief – Last Tuesday of the Month
Online12:00 pm - 1:15 pmAll Community Sit – Tuesdays
In Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:15 pmDhamma Friends: Watsonville Insight Meditation – Tuesdays
ͺUndisclosed6:30 pm - 8:00 pmDedicated Practitioners Group – 2 Tuesdays a Month
Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
Online6:30 pm - 7:45 pmNew To Practice, Introduction to Mindfulness – Wednesdays in August
In Center & Online