Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice
A 6-Week Study & Practice Series at Mountain Stream Meditation

Teacher: Adam Stonebraker
Location: In Person and Virtual
Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Or join us via Zoom; see below.
Dates: Six consecutive Sundays: January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 15 & 22
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm PT

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$48 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$90 - ($15.00/Class)
$120 ($20.00/Class) 
$150 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Friday, January 16. The Zoom meeting link will be provided to all participants once registered and paid in full.
To register: visit https://square.link/u/qEQdITta
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, please donate here.

Course Details: This course offers a grounded and accessible exploration of the Buddha’s teachings, meditation practice, and the historical unfolding of the Buddhist tradition. We’ll move from the Buddha’s awakening through the development of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna, and into the modern Insight movement. Each class includes guided meditation, teaching, discussion, and reflection.

Weekly Overview:
Week 1 — The Buddha’s Awakening & the Four Noble Truths - Understanding the Buddha’s story and the foundational map of suffering, its causes, and the path to liberation.
Week 2 — Impermanence, Suffering & Not-Self - Exploring the Three Marks of Existence and insight into the nature of experience.
Week 3 — Ethics, Intention & the Ground of Practice - The Five Precepts, karma, and the role of intention.
Week 4 — Mahāyāna, Emptiness & the Bodhisattva Ideal - The rise of Mahāyāna, compassion, interdependence, and the wisdom of Śāntideva.
Week 5 — Vajrayāna, Devotional Practices & the Power of Symbol - Tibetan Buddhism, ritual, mantra, and the psychology of devotional practice and faith.
Week 6 — The Living Dharma Today - Buddhism’s meeting with the modern world, Insight/Vipassanā traditions, and living the Dharma in daily life.

Open to newcomers and experienced practitioners wanting a deeper grounding in practice and tradition.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Adam as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)

Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk in the Meditation Hall or via Zoom.

Gavrila Nikhila: Skillful Engagement: Walking the Walk of Engaged Practice

Join us in person:
Gavrila will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Gavrila - Thank you!

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate donation to the teacher or the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Mountain Stream Board meetings are usually scheduled on the fourth Wednesday of the month.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, January 28, 3:00 pm.

Join us in person at 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
or on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

If you would like a copy of the agenda, please email lauren@mtstream.org
If you’d like to receive the monthly approved minutes, please email juanita@mtstream.org

Eco Dharma Council Meeting - Join us on Wednesday, January 28, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
For more info, email lauren@mtstream.org

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Affinity Group
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton
Dates: Six consecutive Wednesdays: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18 and 25 
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Registration: Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, though all are welcome.  Attendance for the full series or as much as possible is recommended.
To register, please email Tim Cardoza, timcardoza@gmail.com

Cost: There is no registration fee associated with this Affinity Group. Participants are encouraged to consider providing dana/donations directly to Mountain Stream to sustain our continuing programs, as the facilitators freely offer their time as a service to the community. Any level of generosity that is received is deeply appreciated ~ thank you.
Affinity Group Dana

Description: Metta (Lovingkindness) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy.  These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on lovingkindness meditation practices have shown that they have the ability to decrease depression and anxiety while increasing feelings of well being and improving both mental and physical health.

During the course of six weeks we will be reviewing traditional Buddhist practices and teachings on metta meditation and working through the different stages of practice, step by step, directing our caring intentions first towards a benefactor, then cumulatively including ourselves, people we love, people we have neutral feelings about, people we have difficulty with and finally to all beings.  We will also be practicing with the newly initiated Mountain Stream prayer list to send friends, family and community members who are seriously ill, injured, suffering or newly deceased our lovingkindness wishes.

The aims of this group are:
1) to share a basic level of knowledge about traditional metta meditation practices,
2) to provide a dedicated group practice environment for metta meditation,
3) to support a six-week intensive practice period of metta meditation,
4) to explore ways of bringing these practices into our everyday lives and 5) to connect as Sangha. 

At the end of the six week period, a regular Metta group practice at Mountain Stream, at least once a month, is planned to begin.

Suggested readings:  
Lovingkindness:  The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
Lovingkindness in Plain English:  The Practice of Metta by Bhante Gunaratana
Awakening Through Love by John Makransky

Click here for information about how YOU can design/lead an Affinity Group

Rise and Reflect: A Fresh Start for the New Year
Led by Adam Stonebraker & Mountain Stream Teachers

When: Monday through Friday in January (Zoom Only)
Daily Session: 7:30–8:00 AM (PST)
Friday Q&A: 8:00–8:30 AM (PST)

Suggested Donation: $1-$10 per session, or $30-$108 for the month, shared between the teachers and Mountain Stream ~ Donate whatever you can; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Contributions support Mountain Stream Meditation’s commitment to offering these teachings widely ~ Thank you

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Kick off your weekday mornings in January with Mountain Stream Meditation and discover the joy of Beginning Again—embracing each day as an opportunity to refresh your heart and mind.

Each session follows the traditional Thai Forest method, starting with an inspiring dharma reflection followed by a silent meditation. Whether you’re new to practice or reconnecting with meditation, this welcoming space will support your journey.

Feel free to come and go as your schedule allows—no need to stay the entire session.

Why Join?

• Start the Day Grounded: Begin your mornings with clarity and peace.

• Gentle Structure: Reflection and meditation designed for accessibility and ease.

• Practice Flexibility: Participate as much as feels right for you.

This course is an opportunity to start 2026 with a clear heart and a strong foundation.

Step into the New Year with mindfulness. Let’s rise, reflect, and begin again—together.

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together.

SPECIAL OFFERING from Adam Stonebraker on January 30
There will be a Dharma Discussion in the library from 11:45 am to 12:30 pm before the quiet sit ~ Adam will share some highlights from his daylong retreat that will meet the following day, Saturday, January 31. Registration info

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Daylong Retreat with Adam Stonebraker
Topic: Awareness That Loves: Exploring the Natural Kindness of the Heart-Mind
Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm PT

Daylong Registration Fees:

Service Trade

• For those who are unable to pay, we offer a service trade option where volunteer hours are traded for attending the program.

• For those with physical limitations or disabilities, full scholarships are available without offering service- reach out to lauren@mtstream.org

Scholarship — $50

• Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income

• Helps cover basic operating costs for the program like utilities, flowers and supplies

Standard — $80

• For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support social and spiritual activities.

• Covers program expenses for the day

Sustaining — $108

• For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

• Helps sustain Mountain Stream’s ongoing offerings

• Covers operating expenses for the day, as well as program expenses

Steward — $150

• For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

• Helps Mountain Stream break even, provide ongoing dana-based programming and builds the foundation for us to grow and thrive

• Covers operating and program expenses and helps provide scholarships for others

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Friday, January 30. The Zoom meeting link will be provided once registered and paid in full.
To register, visit https://square.link/u/8oF5DRxj
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

If you are interested in sponsoring lunch for the teacher or offering flowers, please email lauren@mtstream.org

If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, please donate here.

Daylong Description: At the heart of the Dharma is a profound truth: awareness itself is not cold, distant, or mechanical. When we settle, breathe, and truly arrive, we discover that awareness is infused with an innate warmth—an ease, openness, and responsiveness that naturally expresses as kindness. This daylong retreat invites us to explore this awareness that loves: a quality of knowing that is spacious, tender, and unconstructed.

Through periods of silent meditation, gentle guidance, Dharma reflections, and discussion, we will explore:

• The natural friendliness of mindful presence

• The interweaving of awareness, compassion, and lovingkindness

• How the heart’s innate responsiveness is obscured and how it becomes visible

• Practices from early Buddhism, the Thai Forest tradition, and broader Mahayana teachings that reveal the warmth at the center of being

• Allowing loving awareness to permeate everyday life, relationships, and difficulty

This retreat is designed for practitioners of all experience levels. Whether you are new to meditation or well-established in your practice, you are warmly welcome. Together, we will cultivate a gentle, grounded, and heartfelt space—one that supports inner clarity, emotional resilience, and a deeper trust in the goodness of our own minds.

Join us for a day of stillness, insight, and connection as we rest back into the simple truth: the heart knows how to love when we let it.

Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Adam as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Adam Stonebraker, a dedicated practitioner of Yoga and Meditation since 1999, serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation, in Nevada City, CA. He has been sharing his profound insights with diverse audiences both locally and internationally since 2010. Adam's teachings are deeply rooted in his extensive training in Yoga and a long-standing devotion to Buddhadharma, which inspire him to guide others towards realizing their unique potential in mind and body. His primary goal is to help individuals trust their innate wisdom and embrace the profound sense of interconnection that defines our existence.

Adam's approach is particularly influenced by the rich intersections between Buddhism and traditional Yoga practices, the Bodhisattva path, and engaging with the natural world. He has had the honor of studying closely with renowned teachers such as Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Tias & Surya Little, Paul & Suzee Grilley, Maty Ezraty, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, and many others.

In 2019, Adam completed a Master’s degree in the pioneering Mindfulness Studies Program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, further enriching his understanding and teaching of mindfulness practices. To learn more about Adam, visit www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

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Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice
A 6-Week Study & Practice Series at Mountain Stream Meditation

Teacher: Adam Stonebraker
Location: In Person and Virtual
Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Or join us via Zoom; see below.
Dates: Six consecutive Sundays: January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 15 & 22
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm PT

Course Details: This course offers a grounded and accessible exploration of the Buddha’s teachings, meditation practice, and the historical unfolding of the Buddhist tradition. We’ll move from the Buddha’s awakening through the development of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna, and into the modern Insight movement. Each class includes guided meditation, teaching, discussion, and reflection.

Weekly Overview:
Week 1 — The Buddha’s Awakening & the Four Noble Truths - Understanding the Buddha’s story and the foundational map of suffering, its causes, and the path to liberation.
Week 2 — Impermanence, Suffering & Not-Self - Exploring the Three Marks of Existence and insight into the nature of experience.
Week 3 — Ethics, Intention & the Ground of Practice - The Five Precepts, karma, and the role of intention.
Week 4 — Mahāyāna, Emptiness & the Bodhisattva Ideal - The rise of Mahāyāna, compassion, interdependence, and the wisdom of Śāntideva.
Week 5 — Vajrayāna, Devotional Practices & the Power of Symbol - Tibetan Buddhism, ritual, mantra, and the psychology of devotional practice and faith.
Week 6 — The Living Dharma Today - Buddhism’s meeting with the modern world, Insight/Vipassanā traditions, and living the Dharma in daily life.

Open to newcomers and experienced practitioners wanting a deeper grounding in practice and tradition.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Adam as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)

Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk via Zoom ~ or join us in the Meditation Hall

Bruce Pardoe ~ Topic TBD

Join us in person:
We will livestream the Dharma talk into the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio: Bruce Pardoe is a member of Mountain Stream’s Teacher Council. His personal healing journey with complex trauma led him to develop the radically gentle Heart Fluency method for engaging emotional wounds and afflictive patterns as portals to our essential well-being and happiness. Heart Fluency combines neuroscience and the unconditional nourishment of a healing awareness in an uplifting, heart-centered approach.

For more than 40 years Bruce has been navigating and facilitating the path of inner healing. After spending over two years on silent retreat he became a meditation teacher in the Vipassana tradition of Buddhism. He has completed Spirit Rock’s Meditation Center’s 2 year Community Dharma Leader training and has studied extensively in Asia in the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and Advaita. Bruce has also trained in Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement and Hakomi’s body-centered psychotherapy.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Bruce - Thank you

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate donation to the teacher or the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Affinity Group
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton
Dates: Six consecutive Wednesdays: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18 and 25 
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Registration: Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, though all are welcome.  Attendance for the full series or as much as possible is recommended.
To register, please email Tim Cardoza, timcardoza@gmail.com

Cost: There is no registration fee associated with this Affinity Group. Participants are encouraged to consider providing dana/donations directly to Mountain Stream to sustain our continuing programs, as the facilitators freely offer their time as a service to the community. Any level of generosity that is received is deeply appreciated ~ thank you.
Affinity Group Dana

Description: Metta (Lovingkindness) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy.  These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on lovingkindness meditation practices have shown that they have the ability to decrease depression and anxiety while increasing feelings of well being and improving both mental and physical health.

During the course of six weeks we will be reviewing traditional Buddhist practices and teachings on metta meditation and working through the different stages of practice, step by step, directing our caring intentions first towards a benefactor, then cumulatively including ourselves, people we love, people we have neutral feelings about, people we have difficulty with and finally to all beings.  We will also be practicing with the newly initiated Mountain Stream prayer list to send friends, family and community members who are seriously ill, injured, suffering or newly deceased our lovingkindness wishes.

The aims of this group are:
1) to share a basic level of knowledge about traditional metta meditation practices,
2) to provide a dedicated group practice environment for metta meditation,
3) to support a six-week intensive practice period of metta meditation,
4) to explore ways of bringing these practices into our everyday lives and 5) to connect as Sangha. 

At the end of the six week period, a regular Metta group practice at Mountain Stream, at least once a month, is planned to begin.

Suggested readings:  
Lovingkindness:  The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
Lovingkindness in Plain English:  The Practice of Metta by Bhante Gunaratana
Awakening Through Love by John Makransky

Click here for information about how YOU can design/lead an Affinity Group

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Dzogchen Circle with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Date: Sunday, February 7
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Drop-ins welcome.

Cost: Suggested donation $15 - $30. Temple Dana (Donation)

Description: This is an introduction to a series of half-day circles that will meet throughout 2026, devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Course is closed

Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice
A 6-Week Study & Practice Series at Mountain Stream Meditation

Teacher: Adam Stonebraker
Location: In Person and Virtual
Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Or join us via Zoom; see below.
Dates: Six consecutive Sundays: January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 15 & 22
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm PT

Course Details: This course offers a grounded and accessible exploration of the Buddha’s teachings, meditation practice, and the historical unfolding of the Buddhist tradition. We’ll move from the Buddha’s awakening through the development of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna, and into the modern Insight movement. Each class includes guided meditation, teaching, discussion, and reflection.

Weekly Overview:
Week 1 — The Buddha’s Awakening & the Four Noble Truths - Understanding the Buddha’s story and the foundational map of suffering, its causes, and the path to liberation.
Week 2 — Impermanence, Suffering & Not-Self - Exploring the Three Marks of Existence and insight into the nature of experience.
Week 3 — Ethics, Intention & the Ground of Practice - The Five Precepts, karma, and the role of intention.
Week 4 — Mahāyāna, Emptiness & the Bodhisattva Ideal - The rise of Mahāyāna, compassion, interdependence, and the wisdom of Śāntideva.
Week 5 — Vajrayāna, Devotional Practices & the Power of Symbol - Tibetan Buddhism, ritual, mantra, and the psychology of devotional practice and faith.
Week 6 — The Living Dharma Today - Buddhism’s meeting with the modern world, Insight/Vipassanā traditions, and living the Dharma in daily life.

Open to newcomers and experienced practitioners wanting a deeper grounding in practice and tradition.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Adam as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)

Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk via Zoom or join us in the Meditation Hall when John Travis will be joining us from Hawaii!

John Travis: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
We will livestream the Dharma talk into the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to John- Thank you!
To donate by credit card: JOHN TRAVIS DONATION (DANA)

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

John Travis ~ The founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation, John M. Travis, has been a student of meditation since 1969. His vision and teaching have been very important in the growth and development of Buddhism and meditation in the Northern Sierra Nevada region.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Affinity Group
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton
Dates: Six consecutive Wednesdays: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18 and 25 
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Registration: Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, though all are welcome.  Attendance for the full series or as much as possible is recommended.
To register, please email Tim Cardoza, timcardoza@gmail.com

Cost: There is no registration fee associated with this Affinity Group. Participants are encouraged to consider providing dana/donations directly to Mountain Stream to sustain our continuing programs, as the facilitators freely offer their time as a service to the community. Any level of generosity that is received is deeply appreciated ~ thank you.
Affinity Group Dana

Description: Metta (Lovingkindness) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy.  These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on lovingkindness meditation practices have shown that they have the ability to decrease depression and anxiety while increasing feelings of well being and improving both mental and physical health.

During the course of six weeks we will be reviewing traditional Buddhist practices and teachings on metta meditation and working through the different stages of practice, step by step, directing our caring intentions first towards a benefactor, then cumulatively including ourselves, people we love, people we have neutral feelings about, people we have difficulty with and finally to all beings.  We will also be practicing with the newly initiated Mountain Stream prayer list to send friends, family and community members who are seriously ill, injured, suffering or newly deceased our lovingkindness wishes.

The aims of this group are:
1) to share a basic level of knowledge about traditional metta meditation practices,
2) to provide a dedicated group practice environment for metta meditation,
3) to support a six-week intensive practice period of metta meditation,
4) to explore ways of bringing these practices into our everyday lives and 5) to connect as Sangha. 

At the end of the six week period, a regular Metta group practice at Mountain Stream, at least once a month, is planned to begin.

Suggested readings:  
Lovingkindness:  The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
Lovingkindness in Plain English:  The Practice of Metta by Bhante Gunaratana
Awakening Through Love by John Makransky

Click here for information about how YOU can design/lead an Affinity Group

Mountain Stream invites you to attend an Eco Dharma Program ~
Introduction to The Work That Reconnects (WTR) - Zoom Only

Teachers: Constance Washburn and Frieda Nixdorf
Date: Wednesday, February 11
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm PT

Cost: There is no fee for this online introductory class. It is offered freely by Constance and Frieda. Donations for the teachers are gratefully accepted. Teacher Donations (Dana)
Registration: Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, though all are welcome. 
To register, contact Frieda friedalouise@gmail.com

Join us on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82234963271

Class Description: Join Constance Washburn and Frieda Nixdorf for an online introduction to the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. Starting with an overview of the Work, we’ll then move briefly around the Spiral - Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New and Ancient Eyes and Going Forth. 
If you’re new to the Work or just wanting to check back in, this will be a sweet and welcoming place to do it. 

Following this introduction, please join Constance and Frieda for a 5-Week Series, Gratitude and Grief: Connection and Action, Community Experience of The Work That Reconnects, starting Wednesday, March 4. more info

Here are some suggested readings to learn more about WTR:
COMING BACK TO LIFE - Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects, by Joanna Macy and Molly Brown
ACTIVE HOPE - How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

For more information, visit https://workthatreconnects.org/

Constance Washburn is an activist, educator, director and a facilitator of the Work That Reconnects (WTR). Since 1994 she has attended many intensives with Joanna Macy and has been leading WTR retreats and workshops in Northern California for many years. In 2017 she co-founded the International Spiral Journey: a Facilitator Development Program.

Constance has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1968, a yoga teacher and a Community Dharma Leader. Constance has an MA in Theatre and Education with studies in psychodrama and sociodrama, and spent years teaching and directing theater. She trained in permaculture and For 20 years she engaged in land-based work, working in farmland preservation and education on behalf of organic local sustainable food systems. Learn more about Constance

Frieda Nixdorf: My commitment is to drawing community into transformational experiences to remember our belonging, our interdependence, and our kinship with the more-than-human world. Amongst many other things, I have studied art, religion, psychology, yoga and the intricacies of the beautiful and broken world. I’ve taught Eastern and Western Psychology at the community college level, and Soul Purpose at the graduate level, and have been incorporating WTR practices into everything I do since I first met Joanna in graduate school in 2002. I live in northern California on the unceded land of the Nisenan people. Learn more about Frieda

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Course is closed

Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice
A 6-Week Study & Practice Series at Mountain Stream Meditation

Teacher: Adam Stonebraker
Location: In Person and Virtual
Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Or join us via Zoom; see below.
Dates: Six consecutive Sundays: January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 15 & 22
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm PT

Course Details: This course offers a grounded and accessible exploration of the Buddha’s teachings, meditation practice, and the historical unfolding of the Buddhist tradition. We’ll move from the Buddha’s awakening through the development of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna, and into the modern Insight movement. Each class includes guided meditation, teaching, discussion, and reflection.

Weekly Overview:
Week 1 — The Buddha’s Awakening & the Four Noble Truths - Understanding the Buddha’s story and the foundational map of suffering, its causes, and the path to liberation.
Week 2 — Impermanence, Suffering & Not-Self - Exploring the Three Marks of Existence and insight into the nature of experience.
Week 3 — Ethics, Intention & the Ground of Practice - The Five Precepts, karma, and the role of intention.
Week 4 — Mahāyāna, Emptiness & the Bodhisattva Ideal - The rise of Mahāyāna, compassion, interdependence, and the wisdom of Śāntideva.
Week 5 — Vajrayāna, Devotional Practices & the Power of Symbol - Tibetan Buddhism, ritual, mantra, and the psychology of devotional practice and faith.
Week 6 — The Living Dharma Today - Buddhism’s meeting with the modern world, Insight/Vipassanā traditions, and living the Dharma in daily life.

Open to newcomers and experienced practitioners wanting a deeper grounding in practice and tradition.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Adam as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)

Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​

Adam will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Adam Stonebraker - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Adam will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio - Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​ To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Adam - Thank you

To donate by credit card: ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Affinity Group
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton
Dates: Six consecutive Wednesdays: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18 and 25 
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Registration: Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, though all are welcome.  Attendance for the full series or as much as possible is recommended.
To register, please email Tim Cardoza, timcardoza@gmail.com

Cost: There is no registration fee associated with this Affinity Group. Participants are encouraged to consider providing dana/donations directly to Mountain Stream to sustain our continuing programs, as the facilitators freely offer their time as a service to the community. Any level of generosity that is received is deeply appreciated ~ thank you.
Affinity Group Dana

Description: Metta (Lovingkindness) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy.  These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on lovingkindness meditation practices have shown that they have the ability to decrease depression and anxiety while increasing feelings of well being and improving both mental and physical health.

During the course of six weeks we will be reviewing traditional Buddhist practices and teachings on metta meditation and working through the different stages of practice, step by step, directing our caring intentions first towards a benefactor, then cumulatively including ourselves, people we love, people we have neutral feelings about, people we have difficulty with and finally to all beings.  We will also be practicing with the newly initiated Mountain Stream prayer list to send friends, family and community members who are seriously ill, injured, suffering or newly deceased our lovingkindness wishes.

The aims of this group are:
1) to share a basic level of knowledge about traditional metta meditation practices,
2) to provide a dedicated group practice environment for metta meditation,
3) to support a six-week intensive practice period of metta meditation,
4) to explore ways of bringing these practices into our everyday lives and 5) to connect as Sangha. 

At the end of the six week period, a regular Metta group practice at Mountain Stream, at least once a month, is planned to begin.

Suggested readings:  
Lovingkindness:  The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
Lovingkindness in Plain English:  The Practice of Metta by Bhante Gunaratana
Awakening Through Love by John Makransky

Click here for information about how YOU can design/lead an Affinity Group

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Daylong with Dennis Warren
Topic: LOVE – An Exploration in Meaning and Practice
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

Daylong Registration Fees:

Service Trade

• For those who are unable to pay, we offer a service trade option where volunteer hours are traded for attending the program.

• For those with physical limitations or disabilities, full scholarships are available without offering service- reach out to lauren@mtstream.org

Scholarship — $50

• Reserved for those who live on a limited or fixed income

• Helps cover basic operating costs for the program like utilities, flowers and supplies

Standard — $80

• For those who are on a tight budget, but who have some funds available to support social and spiritual activities.

• Covers program expenses for the day

Sustaining — $108

• For those who are on a modest budget but who are more financially comfortable 

• Helps sustain Mountain Stream’s ongoing offerings

• Covers operating expenses for the day, as well as program expenses

Steward — $150

• For those who have the means to give a bit more in support of the Dharma

• Helps Mountain Stream break even, provide ongoing dana-based programming and builds the foundation for us to grow and thrive

• Covers operating and program expenses and helps provide scholarships for others

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Friday, February 20.
To register, visit https://square.link/u/76prFTRn
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

If you are interested in sponsoring lunch for the teacher or offering flowers, please email lauren@mtstream.org

If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund, please donate here.

Daylong Description: This daylong explores two different kinds of love: conventional, or person love versus spiritual, or “dharmic” love. Join us for a heartfelt investigation of:

• What does Love mean from a Buddhist and spiritual perspective?

• How does it differ from our conventional understanding of love?

• How can we integrate, or blend, a Buddhist, or more spiritual form of Love, into our current relationships?

We’ll examine the teachings of the Historical Buddha that inform these questions. 

We’ll explore together the Buddhist psychology that leads to real-life models and practices of how to love, and sustain relationships, in a more expansive, caring, and wise way. 

It is recommended that participants read Thich Nhat Hanh’s small, short, insightful book, “How To Love,” as preparation for this day.

Dana: During the day, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Dennis as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. DENNIS WARREN DONATION (DANA)

Bio: Dennis Warren is the founding teacher of Sacramento Insight Meditation. He has maintained a daily meditation practice in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. Since 1998, Dennis has taught Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential retreat, educational, medical, corporate and community settings. He is a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher, Professional Level (CMT-P), by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, and a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program.
For further biographical information go to https://sactoinsight.org/about-us/faculty/

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Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice
A 6-Week Study & Practice Series at Mountain Stream Meditation

Teacher: Adam Stonebraker
Location: In Person and Virtual
Join us at the Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959.
Or join us via Zoom; see below.
Dates: Six consecutive Sundays: January 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 15 & 22
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm PT

Course Details: This course offers a grounded and accessible exploration of the Buddha’s teachings, meditation practice, and the historical unfolding of the Buddhist tradition. We’ll move from the Buddha’s awakening through the development of Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna, and into the modern Insight movement. Each class includes guided meditation, teaching, discussion, and reflection.

Weekly Overview:
Week 1 — The Buddha’s Awakening & the Four Noble Truths - Understanding the Buddha’s story and the foundational map of suffering, its causes, and the path to liberation.
Week 2 — Impermanence, Suffering & Not-Self - Exploring the Three Marks of Existence and insight into the nature of experience.
Week 3 — Ethics, Intention & the Ground of Practice - The Five Precepts, karma, and the role of intention.
Week 4 — Mahāyāna, Emptiness & the Bodhisattva Ideal - The rise of Mahāyāna, compassion, interdependence, and the wisdom of Śāntideva.
Week 5 — Vajrayāna, Devotional Practices & the Power of Symbol - Tibetan Buddhism, ritual, mantra, and the psychology of devotional practice and faith.
Week 6 — The Living Dharma Today - Buddhism’s meeting with the modern world, Insight/Vipassanā traditions, and living the Dharma in daily life.

Open to newcomers and experienced practitioners wanting a deeper grounding in practice and tradition.

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Adam as part of the Buddhist practice of dana (the practice of giving and receiving). All offerings are gratefully received and support the continuation of the Buddha’s teachings. 
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)

Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Adam will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Adam Stonebraker - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Adam will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio - Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​ To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Adam - Thank you

To donate by credit card: ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation Practice Affinity Group
Facilitated by Dharma Practitioners Tim Cardoza and Priscilla Barton
Dates: Six consecutive Wednesdays: January 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18 and 25 
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Registration: Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, though all are welcome.  Attendance for the full series or as much as possible is recommended.
To register, please email Tim Cardoza, timcardoza@gmail.com

Cost: There is no registration fee associated with this Affinity Group. Participants are encouraged to consider providing dana/donations directly to Mountain Stream to sustain our continuing programs, as the facilitators freely offer their time as a service to the community. Any level of generosity that is received is deeply appreciated ~ thank you.
Affinity Group Dana

Description: Metta (Lovingkindness) meditation practices are a powerful part of the Buddha’s legacy.  These practices have the ability to substantially deepen our feelings of love and connection with others and to help us transform difficult mind states such as fear and anger into more wholesome states of caring and kindness.  Scientific studies on lovingkindness meditation practices have shown that they have the ability to decrease depression and anxiety while increasing feelings of well being and improving both mental and physical health.

During the course of six weeks we will be reviewing traditional Buddhist practices and teachings on metta meditation and working through the different stages of practice, step by step, directing our caring intentions first towards a benefactor, then cumulatively including ourselves, people we love, people we have neutral feelings about, people we have difficulty with and finally to all beings.  We will also be practicing with the newly initiated Mountain Stream prayer list to send friends, family and community members who are seriously ill, injured, suffering or newly deceased our lovingkindness wishes.

The aims of this group are:
1) to share a basic level of knowledge about traditional metta meditation practices,
2) to provide a dedicated group practice environment for metta meditation,
3) to support a six-week intensive practice period of metta meditation,
4) to explore ways of bringing these practices into our everyday lives and 5) to connect as Sangha. 

At the end of the six week period, a regular Metta group practice at Mountain Stream, at least once a month, is planned to begin.

Suggested readings:  
Lovingkindness:  The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
Lovingkindness in Plain English:  The Practice of Metta by Bhante Gunaratana
Awakening Through Love by John Makransky

Click here for information about how YOU can design/lead an Affinity Group

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Adam will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Adam Stonebraker - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Adam will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio - Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​ To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Adam - Thank you

To donate by credit card: ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Mountain Stream invites you to attend
Gratitude and Grief ~ Connection and Action, 5-Week Series
An Eco-Dharma Community Experience: The Work That Reconnects

Teachers: Constance Washburn and Frieda Nixdorf
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
*30 person limit

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, March 3.
To register, visit https://square.link/u/xmW8o5NX
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Course description: This in person 5-week series, based in the Work That Reconnects, offers participants an inspiring, interactive group process to build meaningful connections and support each other in the healing of our world. 

Together, we will follow The Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. Starting with an introduction and overview of the foundations of the Work, we will then proceed around the Spiral, moving through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New and Ancient Eyes and Going Forth. This progression begins by inviting us to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives.

As we share our love for life, our hearts open and we become aware of layers of our grief for the world. By naming what pains us and witnessing as others share, we find our courage and passion for making a difference.

Through practices designed to expand our awareness, we step into our interconnection to Earth and the greater wisdom that surrounds us. We find new ways of working for the healing of the earth and creating a regenerative culture for all life. 

We request that participants attend all 5 sessions to create a safe container for this highly interactive and deeply transformational work. For questions, contact Frieda friedalouise@gmail.com

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to the teachers as part of the Buddhist practice of dana, the virtue of giving and receiving. All offerings are gratefully received. Teacher Dana

Constance Washburn is an activist, educator, director and a facilitator of the Work That Reconnects (WTR). Since 1994 she has attended many intensives with Joanna Macy and has been leading WTR retreats and workshops in Northern California for many years. In 2017 she co-founded the International Spiral Journey: a Facilitator Development Program.

Constance has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1968, a yoga teacher and a Community Dharma Leader. Constance has an MA in Theatre and Education with studies in psychodrama and sociodrama, and spent years teaching and directing theater. She trained in permaculture and For 20 years she engaged in land-based work, working in farmland preservation and education on behalf of organic local sustainable food systems. Learn more about Constance

Frieda Nixdorf: My commitment is to drawing community into transformational experiences to remember our belonging, our interdependence, and our kinship with the more-than-human world. Amongst many other things, I have studied art, religion, psychology, yoga and the intricacies of the beautiful and broken world. I’ve taught Eastern and Western Psychology at the community college level, and Soul Purpose at the graduate level, and have been incorporating WTR practices into everything I do since I first met Joanna in graduate school in 2002. I live in northern California on the unceded land of the Nisenan people. Learn more about Frieda

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

SAVE THE DATE
Exact times and details TBD

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk via Zoom ~ or join us in the Meditation Hall

Dennis Warren: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
We will livestream the Dharma talk into the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio: Dennis is the founding teacher of Sacramento Insight Meditation. He has been teaching in community and retreat settings for over 20 years. This includes guiding and teaching two month-long pilgrimages in Thailand, India and Nepal. He served as an adjunct clinical professor in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine for more than a decade focusing on the use of contemplative practices for working with physical, emotional and psychological suffering.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to the teacher - Thank you

To donate by credit card: TEACHER DANA (DONATION)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Mountain Stream invites you to attend
Gratitude and Grief ~ Connection and Action, 5-Week Series
An Eco-Dharma Community Experience: The Work That Reconnects

Teachers: Constance Washburn and Frieda Nixdorf
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
*30 person limit

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, March 3.
To register, visit https://square.link/u/xmW8o5NX
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Course description: This in person 5-week series, based in the Work That Reconnects, offers participants an inspiring, interactive group process to build meaningful connections and support each other in the healing of our world. 

Together, we will follow The Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. Starting with an introduction and overview of the foundations of the Work, we will then proceed around the Spiral, moving through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New and Ancient Eyes and Going Forth. This progression begins by inviting us to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives.

As we share our love for life, our hearts open and we become aware of layers of our grief for the world. By naming what pains us and witnessing as others share, we find our courage and passion for making a difference.

Through practices designed to expand our awareness, we step into our interconnection to Earth and the greater wisdom that surrounds us. We find new ways of working for the healing of the earth and creating a regenerative culture for all life. 

We request that participants attend all 5 sessions to create a safe container for this highly interactive and deeply transformational work. For questions, contact Frieda friedalouise@gmail.com

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to the teachers as part of the Buddhist practice of dana, the virtue of giving and receiving. All offerings are gratefully received. Teacher Dana

Constance Washburn is an activist, educator, director and a facilitator of the Work That Reconnects (WTR). Since 1994 she has attended many intensives with Joanna Macy and has been leading WTR retreats and workshops in Northern California for many years. In 2017 she co-founded the International Spiral Journey: a Facilitator Development Program.

Constance has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1968, a yoga teacher and a Community Dharma Leader. Constance has an MA in Theatre and Education with studies in psychodrama and sociodrama, and spent years teaching and directing theater. She trained in permaculture and For 20 years she engaged in land-based work, working in farmland preservation and education on behalf of organic local sustainable food systems. Learn more about Constance

Frieda Nixdorf: My commitment is to drawing community into transformational experiences to remember our belonging, our interdependence, and our kinship with the more-than-human world. Amongst many other things, I have studied art, religion, psychology, yoga and the intricacies of the beautiful and broken world. I’ve taught Eastern and Western Psychology at the community college level, and Soul Purpose at the graduate level, and have been incorporating WTR practices into everything I do since I first met Joanna in graduate school in 2002. I live in northern California on the unceded land of the Nisenan people. Learn more about Frieda

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Temple Care & Quiet Sit - Please come join us!
10:00 am to 12:30 pm (sit is noon to 12:30 pm)
Your service is a dynamic and rich part of the mindfulness practice of dana (giving and receiving). Everyone benefits from this embodied practice. All are welcome to participate. We appreciate your interest and engagement. Contact Jen Scott, jen@mtstream.org.

Adam will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Adam Stonebraker - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Adam will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio - Adam Stonebraker has been dedicated to Buddhist practice and meditation since 1999 and serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation in Nevada City, CA. Since 2010, he has been sharing the Buddha’s teachings with diverse audiences locally and internationally. His approach is deeply influenced by the Thai Forest Tradition, the Bodhisattva path, and the transformative power of meditation.

​Adam has been mentored closely by Kittisaro & Thanissara as a retreat and meditation teacher in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and the Kuan Yin Dharmas as taught by Master Hsuan Hua. His teaching emphasizes trust in one’s innate wisdom, the cultivation of an open heart, and an embodied understanding of interdependence. While his primary focus is on Buddhism and meditation, his background in yoga and somatic practice informs his approach to embodied awareness and the integration of insight with daily life. Deeply attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from its rhythms and resilience as a source of practice and insight.

Adam has studied with a wide range of teachers, including Kittisaro & Thanissara, Sarah & Ty Powers, Zen Master Dae Gak, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2019, he earned a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is currently in the four-year Spirit Rock/IMS teacher training, further deepening his commitment to sharing the Dharma. Since 2020, his teaching and practice have been exclusively dedicated to Buddhism and meditation.​​ To learn more about Adam, visit, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Adam - Thank you

To donate by credit card: ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

SERIES IS CLOSED

Mountain Stream invites you to attend
Gratitude and Grief ~ Connection and Action, 5-Week Series
An Eco-Dharma Community Experience: The Work That Reconnects

Teachers: Constance Washburn and Frieda Nixdorf
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
*30 person limit

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, March 3.

Course description: This in person 5-week series, based in the Work That Reconnects, offers participants an inspiring, interactive group process to build meaningful connections and support each other in the healing of our world. 

Together, we will follow The Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. Starting with an introduction and overview of the foundations of the Work, we will then proceed around the Spiral, moving through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New and Ancient Eyes and Going Forth. This progression begins by inviting us to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives.

As we share our love for life, our hearts open and we become aware of layers of our grief for the world. By naming what pains us and witnessing as others share, we find our courage and passion for making a difference.

Through practices designed to expand our awareness, we step into our interconnection to Earth and the greater wisdom that surrounds us. We find new ways of working for the healing of the earth and creating a regenerative culture for all life. 

We request that participants attend all 5 sessions to create a safe container for this highly interactive and deeply transformational work. For questions, contact Frieda friedalouise@gmail.com

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to the teachers as part of the Buddhist practice of dana, the virtue of giving and receiving. All offerings are gratefully received. Teacher Dana

Constance Washburn is an activist, educator, director and a facilitator of the Work That Reconnects (WTR). Since 1994 she has attended many intensives with Joanna Macy and has been leading WTR retreats and workshops in Northern California for many years. In 2017 she co-founded the International Spiral Journey: a Facilitator Development Program.

Constance has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1968, a yoga teacher and a Community Dharma Leader. Constance has an MA in Theatre and Education with studies in psychodrama and sociodrama, and spent years teaching and directing theater. She trained in permaculture and For 20 years she engaged in land-based work, working in farmland preservation and education on behalf of organic local sustainable food systems. Learn more about Constance

Frieda Nixdorf: My commitment is to drawing community into transformational experiences to remember our belonging, our interdependence, and our kinship with the more-than-human world. Amongst many other things, I have studied art, religion, psychology, yoga and the intricacies of the beautiful and broken world. I’ve taught Eastern and Western Psychology at the community college level, and Soul Purpose at the graduate level, and have been incorporating WTR practices into everything I do since I first met Joanna in graduate school in 2002. I live in northern California on the unceded land of the Nisenan people. Learn more about Frieda

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - In Person Only

Queer Sangha is a peer-led meditation and community group for all who find affinity in queerness. We come together to practice meditation and build community, resilience, and solidarity through Sangha- a Buddhist word for the community who practices together.

Our gatherings include a 30-minute meditation (seated, laying down, or standing all very welcome), a time to share and listen to each other, a metta (loving kindness) blessing, and walking meditation.

We are a peer-held, collective space. Meditation guidance is available for those whom it would be supportive. 

Join us! This space is open to Queer identified folks, as well as all who are exploring the possibility of queerness as a part of their identity.

This group is offered freely. Donations are gratefully received and support the Center. Temple Donations (Dana)

Maeve will be teaching in-person at the Nevada City Insight Center! As always if you can’t make it in person, you can join via Zoom ~ link below.

Maeve Hassett - Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Maeve will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Bio: Maeve Hassett has been teaching and studying Buddhism for nearly 30 years. She is a graduate of both the Dedicated Practitioners Program and the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Maeve has been teaching mindfulness and meditation through classes and dharma talks at Mt Stream since 2004. She is a cofounder of the Rocklin meditation group. Maeve is also a recently retired psychotherapist, a career that she engaged in for 40 years.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session are being offered to Maeve Hassett. - Thank You!

MONDAY NIGHT TEACHER DONATION
To offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

SERIES IS CLOSED

Mountain Stream invites you to attend
Gratitude and Grief ~ Connection and Action, 5-Week Series
An Eco-Dharma Community Experience: The Work That Reconnects

Teachers: Constance Washburn and Frieda Nixdorf
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
*30 person limit

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, March 3.

Course description: This in person 5-week series, based in the Work That Reconnects, offers participants an inspiring, interactive group process to build meaningful connections and support each other in the healing of our world. 

Together, we will follow The Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. Starting with an introduction and overview of the foundations of the Work, we will then proceed around the Spiral, moving through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New and Ancient Eyes and Going Forth. This progression begins by inviting us to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives.

As we share our love for life, our hearts open and we become aware of layers of our grief for the world. By naming what pains us and witnessing as others share, we find our courage and passion for making a difference.

Through practices designed to expand our awareness, we step into our interconnection to Earth and the greater wisdom that surrounds us. We find new ways of working for the healing of the earth and creating a regenerative culture for all life. 

We request that participants attend all 5 sessions to create a safe container for this highly interactive and deeply transformational work. For questions, contact Frieda friedalouise@gmail.com

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to the teachers as part of the Buddhist practice of dana, the virtue of giving and receiving. All offerings are gratefully received. Teacher Dana

Constance Washburn is an activist, educator, director and a facilitator of the Work That Reconnects (WTR). Since 1994 she has attended many intensives with Joanna Macy and has been leading WTR retreats and workshops in Northern California for many years. In 2017 she co-founded the International Spiral Journey: a Facilitator Development Program.

Constance has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1968, a yoga teacher and a Community Dharma Leader. Constance has an MA in Theatre and Education with studies in psychodrama and sociodrama, and spent years teaching and directing theater. She trained in permaculture and For 20 years she engaged in land-based work, working in farmland preservation and education on behalf of organic local sustainable food systems. Learn more about Constance

Frieda Nixdorf: My commitment is to drawing community into transformational experiences to remember our belonging, our interdependence, and our kinship with the more-than-human world. Amongst many other things, I have studied art, religion, psychology, yoga and the intricacies of the beautiful and broken world. I’ve taught Eastern and Western Psychology at the community college level, and Soul Purpose at the graduate level, and have been incorporating WTR practices into everything I do since I first met Joanna in graduate school in 2002. I live in northern California on the unceded land of the Nisenan people. Learn more about Frieda

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday
Center Open: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Silent Meditation: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a chance to enjoy Sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $5 -$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds).
To donate by credit card: OPEN TEMPLE FRIDAY DONATION

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.

Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Calling for volunteers!
Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen Scott, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, jen@mtstream.org to get started. There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two.  We invite you onto this team! ~ Much Metta

The Buddha taught that due to craving, greed, anger and confusion, the mind may be a source of great suffering. 
Room to Breathe is a peer-led weekly recovery sangha where we explore a Buddhist approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds using the practices and principles of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. 

We use the Recovery Dharma format, emphasizing the ‘three jewels’ of the Buddhist practice: the Buddha (the potential for our own awakening), the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) and the Sangha (our community of wise friends who we travel with on this path) as a way to transform our minds and behaviors. 

Each week we meet for a short meditation, a selected reading from the Recovery Dharma book and/or other recovery-focused Buddhist texts and teachings. The remainder of the meeting is a space for attendees to share about their experiences of addiction and recovery as they relate to Buddhist principles and practices, all within the open, safe and confidential environment of Mountain Stream.

You can find more information on Recovery Dharma along with all meeting materials including digital and audio versions of the Recovery Dharma book at https://recoverydharma.org/.

Please email dharma.recovery@mtstream.org if you have any further questions.

Donations (dana) are gratefully received and support our village temple (the Center). Thank you for your generosity.

SAVE THE DATE

Graceful Aging Daylong with Maeve Hassett

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026

Details coming soon.

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk via Zoom or join us in the Meditation Hall when John Travis will be joining us from Hawaii!

John Travis: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
We will livestream the Dharma talk into the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

Join our Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2281834980?pwd=NExJbW5TL21tKzFnQlRvQ2tuajNNdz09
Meeting ID: 228 183 4980
Password: 2656111
Join by Phone: 669-900-9128

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to John- Thank you!
To donate by credit card: JOHN TRAVIS DONATION (DANA)

Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please indicate the program date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

John Travis ~ The founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation, John M. Travis, has been a student of meditation since 1969. His vision and teaching have been very important in the growth and development of Buddhism and meditation in the Northern Sierra Nevada region.

Sitting and Sangha is a weekly meeting for group practice and discussion of dharma topics. Meetings are facilitated by senior dharma practitioners and community leaders. The group is inspired by the framework of a Kalyana Mitta (spiritual friendship) group, and the intention is to create a supportive and friendly environment for sharing and spiritual connection. The emphasis on the third jewel (Sangha) as a vehicle for practice provides the opportunity for sharing wisdom and building community. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Format: 

-     Period of sitting Meditation with Guidance 

-     Short Break (5 min)

-     Introduction of Dharma Topic 

-     Council Practice (with talking stick)

-     Metta/sharing of Merit

Guidelines for Sitting & Sangha

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$20 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: TUESDAY SITTING & SANGHA DONATION
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate the program date you are donating to.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

SERIES IS CLOSED

Mountain Stream invites you to attend
Gratitude and Grief ~ Connection and Action, 5-Week Series
An Eco-Dharma Community Experience: The Work That Reconnects

Teachers: Constance Washburn and Frieda Nixdorf
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Dates: Five consecutive Wednesdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 2026
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
*30 person limit

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale
$40 - ($8.00/Class: Partial scholarship price) 
$75 - ($15.00/Class)
$100 ($20.00/Class) 
$125 ($25/Class) 

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Tuesday, March 3.

Course description: This in person 5-week series, based in the Work That Reconnects, offers participants an inspiring, interactive group process to build meaningful connections and support each other in the healing of our world. 

Together, we will follow The Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. Starting with an introduction and overview of the foundations of the Work, we will then proceed around the Spiral, moving through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New and Ancient Eyes and Going Forth. This progression begins by inviting us to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives.

As we share our love for life, our hearts open and we become aware of layers of our grief for the world. By naming what pains us and witnessing as others share, we find our courage and passion for making a difference.

Through practices designed to expand our awareness, we step into our interconnection to Earth and the greater wisdom that surrounds us. We find new ways of working for the healing of the earth and creating a regenerative culture for all life. 

We request that participants attend all 5 sessions to create a safe container for this highly interactive and deeply transformational work. For questions, contact Frieda friedalouise@gmail.com

Dana: During the course, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to the teachers as part of the Buddhist practice of dana, the virtue of giving and receiving. All offerings are gratefully received. Teacher Dana

Constance Washburn is an activist, educator, director and a facilitator of the Work That Reconnects (WTR). Since 1994 she has attended many intensives with Joanna Macy and has been leading WTR retreats and workshops in Northern California for many years. In 2017 she co-founded the International Spiral Journey: a Facilitator Development Program.

Constance has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1968, a yoga teacher and a Community Dharma Leader. Constance has an MA in Theatre and Education with studies in psychodrama and sociodrama, and spent years teaching and directing theater. She trained in permaculture and For 20 years she engaged in land-based work, working in farmland preservation and education on behalf of organic local sustainable food systems. Learn more about Constance

Frieda Nixdorf: My commitment is to drawing community into transformational experiences to remember our belonging, our interdependence, and our kinship with the more-than-human world. Amongst many other things, I have studied art, religion, psychology, yoga and the intricacies of the beautiful and broken world. I’ve taught Eastern and Western Psychology at the community college level, and Soul Purpose at the graduate level, and have been incorporating WTR practices into everything I do since I first met Joanna in graduate school in 2002. I live in northern California on the unceded land of the Nisenan people. Learn more about Frieda

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk in the Meditation Hall or via Zoom.

Gavrila Nikhila: Topic TBD

Join us in person:
Gavrila will be teaching in-person in the Meditation Hall
Nevada City Insight Center
710 Zion St
Nevada City, CA 95959

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Bio: Gavrila Nikhila is a dedicated dhamma practitioner, singer, and contemplative dreamer. Her journey through grief and the complexities of being human inspired her to study suffering and its cessation, leading her to teach mindfulness for over a decade and become a somatic psychotherapist. Working with diverse individuals, she believes that embodiment and mindfulness are accessible to everyone. Gavrila emphasizes awareness, ancestral wisdom, and innate wholeness in her collaborative approach to transformation. She co-founded the Trauma Aware Mindfulness Collective and is a guest teacher for various sanghas. Gavrila offers meditation series for youth with Spirit Rock Meditation Center and young adults with Dharma Gates. In collaboration with Lotus Compass, Gavrila serves as the mindfulness guide on annual trips on the Camino de Santiago. Gavrila identifies as a queer, Ashkenazi Jewess.
For more on Gavrila's therapeutic work visit connectedrootstherapy.com.
For more on trainings and insights, visit wholecompleteperfect.com.

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go to Gavrila - Thank you!

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or to offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

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Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

SAVE THE DATE
Exact times and details TBD

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

There is no Sound Healing for June. Please join Miyu in July. read more

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Dzogchen Circle Half Day Retreat with Ken Bradford
Location: In Person, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA
Dates: Sundays - May 17, June 14, July 12, September 20
Time: TBD

Cost/Registration: details coming soon

Description:  This Dzogchen Circle is devoted to recognizing and more deeply embodying the natural wakefulness of mind. As a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats and those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, this circle integrates a range of approaches, including tonglen and shamatha-vipassana, in opening conditioned mindstates to their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.

The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice in the round.

Bio- Ken Bradford is a contemplative yogin, author and Dharma teacher integrating a wide arc of Buddhist, Dzogchen and psychological thought and practice. His heart teachers include Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Joseph Goldstein, Ruth Denison and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Formerly, he maintained a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay area and was Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS. His publications include Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation (2021); The I of the Other: Mindfulness-Based Diagnosis & the Question of Sanity (2013); and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 (2007, with John Prendergast); as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles intertwining psychology and spirituality. Website: www.authenticpresence.net

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com

Sound Healing with Miyu Tamamura
6:00 to 7:00 pm
An indoor, in-person evening with crystal bowls.

A suggested Donation of $15 - $30 to be shared equally between Miyu and Mountain Stream. Thank you!
To make a donation in advance, you can either mail a check made out to:
Mountain Stream Meditation, PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
or use a credit card by opening this link below:

Safety protocols and guidelines for participating:
We kindly ask that participants agree to follow the safety protocols and guidelines. In the spirit of non-harming, safety is achieved with everyone’s mindful participation.
Masking is optional. We ask that participants refrain from attending if they have had any respiratory or flu symptoms, including any of the following symptoms of Covid-19: loss of taste and smell, fever, chills, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, dry cough, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, dizziness or confusion, sore throat, muscle aches. If you are experiencing seasonal allergies, please be sure and take an at home rapid test before attending - Thank you.

We also ask that you refrain from attending if you have had contact with anyone in the past 10 days that has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or was exhibiting any of the above symptoms unless you have passed two negative Covid tests since contact. 

If you have any questions, please consult with Miyu at (530) 205-8610 before attending.

About Miyu Tamamura: Miyu’s commitment to transformation and healing is the very energy that plays her orchestra of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls, returning us to the silence within. Miyu has been teaching the monthly program of Sound Healing Meditation at Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California since 2019, as well as collaborating with various yoga, Qigong and meditation teachers, musicians and artists holding retreats, workshops and concerts in the U.S. and Japan.

Miyu was born and raised in Kyoto Japan, graduated from Kyoto University of Art with a bachelor degree in Modern Art before she moved to the U.S. in 2000. As a certified Shiatsu Therapist, Miyu’s practice is deep listening, holding a healing space for one to integrate and harmonize all aspects of self. Miyu established YU Healing Arts with her husband in Nevada City, California, the clinic has been dedicated to the healing arts including Sound Healing, Shiatsu Therapy, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine since 2004. 

Miyu’s eclectic background and experiential approach to truth and Japanese heritage are infused in all her practices and artistic expressions.

More information about Miyu: www.yuhealingarts.com