Discover Integrated Meditation: Drop-in Session
2025-11-15 08:00 - 08:30, 2025-11-19 17:00 - 17:30 (America/Denver)
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:

8:00 AM Pacific, Saturday Aug. 30, Sept. 20, Oct. 11, Nov. 15
5:00 PM Pacific, Wednesday Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19

Cost: Free
Location: Register at the top of the page for Zoom link
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.

Retreat for SHINE: Cultivating Resilience Through Positive Practice
2025-11-15 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-13 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-11 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

Metta Mondays
2025-11-17 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-24 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-12-01 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-12-08 12:00 - 12:30 (America/Denver)
Metta Mondays: Cultivating Love in Turbulent Times
With Amma Thanasanti, Truett Davis and Judith Escobar Torres
Find Your Heart’s Refuge Every Monday
In a world that often feels fractured and overwhelming, Metta Mondays offers a weekly immersion into kindness. Join our community every Monday at 12pm PT / 3pm ET for a 30-minute guided loving kindness meditation – an opportunity to feel more grounded, resilient, and connected. Three rotating teachers facilitate these sessions, with the second Monday of each month offered in Spanish.
How to Join?
Join our Zoom room at 12:00 PT via the following link: Metta Mondays meeting details
Why Metta? Why Now?
This practice of metta – loving kindness meditation – is about connecting with heart qualities like love, kindness, empathy and compassion for ourselves, those closest to us, and our communities.
A Practice for Everyone
Metta Mondays welcomes everyone, regardless of meditation experience or background. This is a safe space to explore the radical act of opening your heart – 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.
Bilingual offerings: The second Monday of each month is facilitated entirely in Spanish
Online accessibility: Practice from wherever you feel most comfortable

Join us as we touch into our capacity for kindness, one Monday at a time.
Lunes de Metta: Cultivando Amor en Tiempos Turbulentos
Con Amma Thanasanti, Truett Davis y Judith Escobar Torres
Encuentra el Refugio de tu Corazón Cada Lunes
En un mundo que a menudo se siente fracturado y abrumador, los Lunes de Metta ofrecen una inmersión semanal en la bondad. Únete a nuestra comunidad cada lunes a las 12pm PT / 3pm ET para una meditación de bondad amorosa guiada de 30 minutos – una oportunidad para sentirte más tranquilo/a, resiliente y conectado/a. Tres maestros rotativos facilitan estas sesiones, con el segundo lunes de cada mes ofrecido en español.
¿Cómo participar?
Únase a nuestra sala de Zoom a las 12:00 p.m., hora del Pacífico, a través del siguiente enlace: Metta Mondays meeting details
¿Por qué Metta? ¿Por qué Ahora? Esta práctica de metta – meditación de bondad amorosa – se trata de conectar con cualidades del corazón como el amor, la bondad, la empatía y la compasión hacia nosotros mismos, hacia quienes están más cerca de nosotros, y hacia nuestras comunidades.
Una Práctica para Todos
Los Lunes de Metta, damos la bienvenida a todos, independientemente de la experiencia de meditación o trasfondo personal. Este es un espacio seguro para explorar el acto radical de abrir tu corazón – comenzando con la bondad hacia ti mismo/a.
Accesibilidad e Inclusión

Formato de entrada libre: No hay necesidad de comprometerse a una serie – ven cuando puedas
Basado en donaciones: La generosidad es una práctica que ayuda a abrir tu corazón. Ofrece lo que sea generoso, significativo y accesible para ti. Nadie será rechazado por falta de fondos.
Ofertas bilingües: El segundo lunes de cada mes se facilita completamente en español
Accesibilidad en línea: Practica desde donde te sientas más cómodo/a

Únete a nosotros mientras conectamos con nuestra capacidad de bondad, un lunes a la vez.

The Moving Stillness Lab: Experiments in Meditation and Contact Improvisation
2025-11-17 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-11-24 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-12-01 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Berkeley Alembic, 2820 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA, CA 94710, United States
The Moving Stillness Lab: Experiments in Meditation and Contact Improvisation With Amma Thanasanti and Nick Smith
What happens when meditation meets movement? When stillness learns to dance?
Through mindfulness, loving-kindness and focused attention, meditation teaches us to know what is, as it is. Through improvisation, touch and listening, Contact Improvisation reveals how structure can emerge spontaneously from presence.
This is a lab—a space for experimentation without predetermined outcomes. Together, we’ll explore what emerges when these practices meet.
Bring questions. Bring ideas. Bring presence. Let’s discover how meditation begins to dance.

Location: The Berkeley Alembic, 2820 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA
Price: Sliding scale of $5 – $85. Please pay what is affordable, supportive, and meaningful to you.
Time: Mondays, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Pacific, ongoing until December 1st.
Registration: Please use the Alembic’s registration system at https://www.berkeleyalembic.org/events – filter the calendar by searching for Nick to see all dates.

Discover Integrated Meditation: Drop-in Session
2025-12-11 18:30 - 19:00, 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 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

Sunday Morning Meditation
2025-12-14 04:45 - 05:30, 2026-01-11 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
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2431979037?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 243 197 9037
Passcode: [REDACTED]
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.
Register Now

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 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

Understanding Anger – A Trauma-Informed Approach (Two-Part Workshop)
2026-01-17 06:30 - 09:30, 2026-01-24 06:30 - 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.
