Awakening Truth

Sunday Morning Meditation
2025-12-14 04:45 - 05:30, 2026-01-11 04:45 - 05:30, 2026-02-08 04:45 - 05:30, 2026-03-08 04:45 - 05:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
4:45 – 5:30 am Pacific Time (7:45 – 8:30 Eastern)
Second Sunday of the month – ongoing on Zoom
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Meeting ID: 243 197 9037
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Details
– Brief meditation instructions
– 35-minute silent sitting
– 3-5 minute talk (Dharmette)
Mindfulness meditation is led by experienced teachers of Awakening Truth. The hour begins with a brief, gentle instruction. We will guide you to focus on the present moment with non-judgmental awareness, helping you let go of distractions and embrace the stillness within.
The 35-minute meditation session blends guided and silent meditation. Following the meditation, there will be a short 3-5 minute Dharma talk on the teachings of Buddhism, mindfulness, and the art of living in harmony with oneself and the world around.
Our intention is that you leave feeling refreshed, focused, and ready to navigate the day’s challenges and opportunities.
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Discover Integrated Meditation: Drop-in Session
2025-12-14 14:00 - 14:30, 2026-01-08 18:30 - 19:00, 2026-01-15 18:00 - 18:30, 2026-01-24 14:00 - 14:30, 2026-01-31 10:00 - 10:30, 2026-02-08 14:00 - 14:30, 2026-02-11 18:30 - 19:00, 2026-02-18 17:00 - 17:30 and 1 more date
Discover Integrated Meditation: How It Rewires Your Mind and Transforms Your Life
Join us for a free 30-minute drop-in session and experience the transformative power of the Integrated Meditation Program.
In this short, welcoming session, you will:

Explore the core principles of Integrated Meditation and how they can help shift patterns that meditation alone often doesn’t reach—for yourself or your clients.
Experience a guided meditation that gives you a direct taste of the practices.
Hear real-life stories of change and healing from others who’ve walked this path.
Engage in a Q&A to satisfy your curiosity and connect with the heart of the program.

Whether you’re brand-new to meditation or a decades-long practitioner, this session offers a supportive space to discover tools and practices that go beyond meditation alone—cultivating safety, trust, esteem, joy, aliveness, and intimacy.
Dates/Times:

6:30 PM Pacific, Thursday Jan. 8th
6:00 PM Pacific, Thursday Jan. 15th
2:00 PM Pacific, Saturday Jan. 24
10:00 AM Pacific, Saturday Jan. 31

Please see https://awakeningtruth.org/series/discover-integrated-meditation-drop-in-session/to check and register for other times, and please feel free to attend as many sessions as you like.
Cost: Free
Location: Zoom. Register at the top of the page for meeting link and info – you may need to click “register” twice to make sure it goes through. If you don’t get an email within a few minutes of registering, please try again or contact us at info@awakeningtruth.org.
Step into 30 minutes of discovery and experience how Integrated Meditation can deepen your resiliency, renew your joy, and expand your capacity for connection—for yourself and those you serve.

Meditation Tuesdays
2025-12-16 08:00 - 08:30, 2025-12-30 08:00 - 08:30, 2026-01-06 08:00 - 08:30, 2026-01-13 08:00 - 08:30, 2026-01-20 08:00 - 08:30, 2026-01-27 08:00 - 08:30, 2026-02-03 08:00 - 08:30, 2026-02-10 08:00 - 08:30 and 4 more dates
Meditation Tuesdays: Pause, Connect, and Resource
With Amma Thanasanti, Truett Davis and Judith Escobar Torres
Find Your Weekly Refuge Every Tuesday
In a world that often feels fractured and overwhelming, Meditation Tuesdays offers a weekly opportunity to pause, connect, and resource ourselves through meditation and community. Join us every Tuesday at 8am PT / 11am ET for a 30-minute guided meditation practice.
How to Join
Please register at the top of the page to be sent the Zoom meeting link, and then join our Zoom room at 8:00 am PT.
What to Expect
Each week’s meditation will vary, offering different practices and approaches to support your well-being. We have a team of three rotating teachers who facilitate these sessions, bringing their unique perspectives and guidance.
Through these sessions, we’ll explore the foundations of meditation practice: body awareness, breath, feeling tones, and heart qualities.
This is an opportunity to:

Pause from the demands of daily life
Connect with yourself and community
Resource yourself for the week ahead
Deepen your relationship with body, breath, and heart

A Practice for Everyone
Meditation Tuesdays welcomes everyone, regardless of meditation experience or background. This is a safe space to explore practices that support inner resilience and connection—starting with kindness toward yourself.
Accessibility & Inclusion

Drop-in format: No need to commit to a series – come when you can
Donation-based: Generosity is a practice that helps open your heart. Offer what is generous, meaningful and affordable. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Online accessibility: Practice from wherever you feel most comfortable

Join us as we cultivate presence and connection, one Tuesday at a time.

Retreat for SHINE: Cultivating Resilience Through Positive Practice
2026-01-11 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-22 09:00 - 12:00
Retreat for SHINE: Cultivating Resilience Through Positive Practice
Offered freely to our community
This retreat is a gift to support deepening practice and community connection. There is no fee, though donations to Awakening Truth are gratefully received. Hosted online via Zoom.
Registration required: please register at top of page for the Zoom invitation

Join us for three hours of SHINE practice—an opportunity to dive deeper into working with your brain’s negativity bias and cultivating sustainable wellbeing.
This retreat includes:

Extended guided SHINE meditations
Teaching on the neuroscience of positivity and resilience
Sharing from IMP (Integrated Meditation Program) alumni about how these practices have transformed their lives
Small group integration and discussion
Practical tools you can use immediately

Perfect for:

Those curious about the Integrated Meditation Program
People looking for practical tools to stay resilient in difficult times
Friends, family, and colleagues exploring these practices together

Bring someone you care about! SHINE Half-Day Retreats are designed to be accessible to newcomers while offering depth for continuing practitioners.

Understanding Anger – A Trauma-Informed Approach (Two-Part Workshop)
2026-01-17 06:30 - 09:30, 2026-01-24 06:30 - 09:30
With Amma Thanasanti, in partnership with New York Insight.
Saturdays, January 17th and 24th, 2026 | 6:30am – 9:30 am PT (9:30am – 12:30pm ET)

Not all anger is the same. This two-part series explores different types of anger and their hidden wisdom, helping you discern which angers you can work with in meditation and which need specialized support.

For more details, and to register, please see New York Insight’s page here: https://www.nyimc.org/event/understanding-anger/

Living Room Dharma
2026-01-21 18:30 - 20:00
Living Room Dharma
Join Amma Thanasanti and friends in her living room for a dharma talk, guided meditation, and discussion every other Wednesday at 6:00–7:30 PM. Local at Oakland, California.
Donation-based.
Themes will vary based on what’s arising in the group and the season.
Address: Sent once participants register.
Accessibility & care notes:

There is a full flight of stairs to navigate.
Cats have lived in the house in the past (not currently).
Please come fragrance-free (no scented products), for the wellbeing of all participants.
You’re welcome to arrive up to 15 minutes early. After the first 5 minutes of the start time, I won’t be able to let people in, as I can’t keep the front door unlocked.
My health remains vulnerable. If you have any symptoms that could be part of something contagious, please don’t attend in person.
If you have symptoms, you’re very welcome to join the Tuesday 8:00–8:30 AM Zoom instead, and come in person once you’re symptom-free.
