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Mountain Stream invites you to attend a half daylong: Conscious Dying ~ Sponsored by The Living/Dying Project

Facilitator: Dale Borglum, PhD, AKA RamDev
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (No lunch needed)
Cost: Sliding Scale $30 - $45
A separate donation of $50 for the Living/Dying Project is suggested ~ All gifts are received with gratitude
Location: In person only, Mountain Stream Meditation Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Registration required:
For questions and to register email juanita@mtstream.org. Registration closes at 7 PM on Friday, April 26, 2024.

Half daylong description: Together we will explore an experiential overview to the contemplative path of caregiving, grieving and conscious dying. This developmental approach is devoted to realizing our inherent wholeness; including motivation, embodied mindfulness, devotion and compassion, tantric empowerment and finally non-duality. Our time will include guided meditations and experiential exercises in addition to group discussion.

Bio: RamDev Dale Borglum is the founder and Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project in the San Francisco Bay Area www.livingdying.org/. He is a pioneer in the conscious dying movement, having taught with Ram Dass, Stephen Levine, Joan Halifax, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, and Rev. Wayne Muller, among others. And has worked directly with thousands of people with life-threatening illnesses and their families for over 30 years. In 1981, Dale founded the first residential facility in the United States, The Dying Center, for people who wished to die consciously.

He has taught and lectured extensively on the topics of spiritual support for those with life-threatening illness, on caregiving as a spiritual practice, and on healing at the edge — the edge of illness, of death, of loss, of crisis. Dale has a BS from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Stanford University. He is the co-author of Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook and has taught meditation for the past 35 years.

He has intensively immersed himself in the practices of devotion, meditation, and contemplative prayer for over forty years, studying with many of the greatest masters of the last century including Neem Karoli Baba, Suzuki Roshi, Ananda Mayee Ma, Kalu Rinpoche, the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse, Mahasi Sayadaw, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Trungpa Rinpoche, Goenka, Dudjom Rinpoche and HH the Dalai Lama. His life’s work and passion has been and continues to be the healing of our individual and collective relationship with death and using our mortality as an inspiration for spiritual awakening.

Mountain Stream invites you to attend a course in Awakening Insight ~ A 4-Week Introduction to Insight Meditation

Teacher: Adam Stonebraker
Dates: Four consecutive Sundays: April 7, 14, 21, 28
Time: 5:00 to 6:30 pm
Cost: Sliding Scale $60 - $120. Limited partial scholarships available.
No previous experience necessary.  All levels welcome. 
Location: In person only, Mountain Stream Meditation Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Registration required and includes all four days.
To register, go to https://square.link/u/61Mv8lS5
For questions email robyn.hennon@mtstream.org 

Course description: In this immersive workshop, we'll explore the timeless teachings of Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and learn practical techniques to cultivate mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. Each session will delve into various aspects of the practice, providing you with tools and guidance to deepen your mediation practice and experience the profound benefits. 

Through guided meditation sessions, reflective exercises, presentations, and lots of discussion, you'll learn ways to quiet the endlessly chattering mind, reduce stress, and cultivate inner space and clarity. 

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned practitioner, "Awakening Insight" will help unlock the boundless potential of your mind and heart. 

Week 1: Meditation: What is it good for? 

Week 2: Abiding Calm & the Way of Breathing

Week 3: Seeing Clearly: Polishing the Windows of the Mind

Week 4: The 'Real' World: Integrating the Practice

Bio: Adam Stonebraker has been practicing and studying meditation in various schools since 1999, and began teaching meditation, mindfulness, and yoga in 2010. He is a core teacher and leadership council member with Sacred Mountain Sangha and leads teacher trainings, retreats, and workshops internationally, in yin yoga, meditation, and mindfulness.

Adam is a graduate of Sacred Mountain Sangha’s 2-year Dharmapala Training, a mentee of Thanissara & Kittisaro, and a graduate and endorsed teacher with the Insight Yoga Institute. In addition, Adam earned his MA in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University.

Adam is committed to an all-inclusive dharma, where no aspect of the human experience is left out. He has particular interest in the transformative power of the natural world, early-Buddhism, inter-faith dialogue, and the bodhisattva way of life.

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 - Deconstructing the Mind: Skillfully Meeting Conditioned Patterns of Body, Heart, & Mind
Sankharas, or mental formations, shape our experience. When we learn to examine these patterns with wisdom and skill, we create a more expansive inner space that enables us to navigate the world with greater effectiveness and reduce the generation of suffering (dhukkha).

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 is Mountain Stream Meditation’s guiding teacher as of October 2023. He has been practicing and studying meditation in various schools since 1999, and began teaching meditation, mindfulness, and yoga in 2010. He is a core teacher and leadership council member with Sacred Mountain Sangha and leads teacher trainings, retreats, and workshops internationally, in yin yoga, meditation, and mindfulness.

Adam is a graduate of Sacred Mountain Sangha’s 2-year Dharmapala Training, is a mentee of Thanissara & Kittisaro, and is a graduate and endorsed teacher with the Insight Yoga Institute. In addition, Adam earned his MA in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University.

Adam is committed to an all-inclusive dharma, where no aspect of the human experience is left out. He has particular interest in the transformative power of the natural world, early-Buddhism, inter-faith dialogue, and the bodhisattva way of life. To learn more about Adam, please go to, 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!

Join us for a 35-minute meditation followed by peer-led discussion/sharing. We will be exploring various teachings of the Buddha and will provide handouts at each session as a reference.

We begin the evening with a period of sitting meditation followed by a dharma discussion led by long-time Mountain Stream practitioners, Mountain Stream community leaders. Meetings will be held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$15 (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!

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

A suggested Donation of $15 - $20 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.

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday from 11:30 am to 1:15 pm.
This is a chance to enjoy sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together at the 12:30 Quiet Sit. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)
Please come check out this mindful open space at Mountain Stream. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen at Jenrose1961@gmail.com to get started ~
There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two. Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. We invite you onto this team! Much metta

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!

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) support our village temple (the Center) and all gifts are received with gratitude. Suggested donation $10 -$15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: RECOVERY DHARMA 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!

TRAINING THE MIND AND DEEPENING COMPASSION
Co-facilitated by Ken Bradford and Vivian Andrews

Please note: We will break for April. Next class dates on Sundays: May 5, 12 & 26, June 2 & 9 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Please email vivianbandrews@gmail.com with any comments or questions

Where: In Person only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959. Drop-ins welcome.

Outline:
This peer-led Affinity/Study Group is a follow-up to the Bodhicitta teachings Ken gave in 2023. This group will further introduce and go deeper in understanding and applying the profound teachings of Mind Training (Lojong) and Tonglen meditation practice as taught by Chögyam Trungpa.  Each week we will focus on selected points and slogans from Trungpa’s book, Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness.

The practice of mindfulness meditation will deepen into the feelingfulness meditation of Tonglen: touching deeper in and letting go more deeply. Each session begins with a brief sit and introductory dharmette by Ken on the selected readings for the week, followed by discussion and questions, and selecting slogans to consider for the subsequent week.  Participants will have an opportunity to present slogans and share any concerns, glitches and questions that come up around them.  

Core text: Chögyam Trungpa’s Training of the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness. 
Highly recommended: Pema Chödrön’s Starting Where You Are. 

Registration:
Contact Vivian Andrews: vivianbandrews@gmail.com

Suggested Donation/Dana:
$10-$15 per class, no one turned away for lack of funds
All donations for this Affinity Group go 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.

To donate by credit card: Affinity Group Dana
Or offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please write Affinity Group and the date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Kirsten Rudestam - TBD
Bio: Kirsten Rudestam is an environmental educator, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher. She has a PhD in Environmental Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz where she studied political ecology, sense of place, and environmental justice. Kirsten has fifteen years of experience teaching environmental field courses, nature-based meditation programs and guiding wilderness expeditions. She is trained as a vision fast guide through the School of Lost Borders and is a facilitator for Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects. Kirsten has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2001 and graduated from Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program in 2005.

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 our teacher - Thank you

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or 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!

Join us for a 35-minute meditation followed by peer-led discussion/sharing. We will be exploring various teachings of the Buddha and will provide handouts at each session as a reference.

We begin the evening with a period of sitting meditation followed by a dharma discussion led by long-time Mountain Stream practitioners, Mountain Stream community leaders. Meetings will be held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$15 (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!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday from 11:30 am to 1:15 pm.
This is a chance to enjoy sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together at the 12:30 Quiet Sit. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)
Please come check out this mindful open space at Mountain Stream. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen at Jenrose1961@gmail.com to get started ~
There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two. Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. We invite you onto this team! Much metta

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!

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) support our village temple (the Center) and all gifts are received with gratitude. Suggested donation $10 -$15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: RECOVERY DHARMA 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!

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.

TRAINING THE MIND AND DEEPENING COMPASSION
Co-facilitated by Ken Bradford and Vivian Andrews

Please note: We will break for April. Next class dates on Sundays: May 5, 12 & 26, June 2 & 9 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Please email vivianbandrews@gmail.com with any comments or questions

Where: In Person only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959. Drop-ins welcome.

Outline:
This peer-led Affinity/Study Group is a follow-up to the Bodhicitta teachings Ken gave in 2023. This group will further introduce and go deeper in understanding and applying the profound teachings of Mind Training (Lojong) and Tonglen meditation practice as taught by Chögyam Trungpa.  Each week we will focus on selected points and slogans from Trungpa’s book, Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness.

The practice of mindfulness meditation will deepen into the feelingfulness meditation of Tonglen: touching deeper in and letting go more deeply. Each session begins with a brief sit and introductory dharmette by Ken on the selected readings for the week, followed by discussion and questions, and selecting slogans to consider for the subsequent week.  Participants will have an opportunity to present slogans and share any concerns, glitches and questions that come up around them.  

Core text: Chögyam Trungpa’s Training of the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness. 
Highly recommended: Pema Chödrön’s Starting Where You Are. 

Registration:
Contact Vivian Andrews: vivianbandrews@gmail.com

Suggested Donation/Dana:
$10-$15 per class, no one turned away for lack of funds
All donations for this Affinity Group go 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.

To donate by credit card: Affinity Group Dana
Or offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please write Affinity Group and the date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Ken Bradford: Difficult Divine Messengers: Part 3 - Shame & Guilt

3-part series on Difficult Divine Messengers: Anxiety, Depression and Shame as troublesome wake-up calls. March 11, April 1, & May 13. 3-part series on Difficult Divine Messengers: Anxiety, Depression and Shame as troublesome wake-up calls. March 11, April 1, & May 13. Ending with a Daylong on May 19.

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

Description:
The Buddha spoke of sickness, old age & death as Divine Messengers that inspired him to seek a deeper awakening. These physical wake-up calls are joined by psychological sister emissaries of anxiety, despair & guilt. If we listen properly to what these existential messengers have to say, they have special power to open us to the essential nature of our mind.

But if we identify with these disturbing mindstates, thereby solidifyng a story of me, rather than awakening us, they entrap us in compulsive thinking and negative self-talk. When that happens, divine messengers can turn demonic, as lucid existential anxiety dulls into fear & worry, genuine remorse degrades into self-blame & shame, and the sadness of heartfelt despair devolves into heartless, self-criticizing depression.

3 evening talks & discussions – In-person and Virtual - address each messenger:
March 11, 6:00 to 7:30: Existential anxiety vs. Neurotic worry & fear
April 8, 6:00 to 7:30: Sadness & despair vs. Numbing depression
May 13, 6:00 to 7:30: Genuine guilt vs. Toxic shame

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

Teacher Support: All donations for this evening’s session will go Ken - 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!

Join us for a 35-minute meditation followed by peer-led discussion/sharing. We will be exploring various teachings of the Buddha and will provide handouts at each session as a reference.

We begin the evening with a period of sitting meditation followed by a dharma discussion led by long-time Mountain Stream practitioners, Mountain Stream community leaders. Meetings will be held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$15 (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!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday from 11:30 am to 1:15 pm.
This is a chance to enjoy sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together at the 12:30 Quiet Sit. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)
Please come check out this mindful open space at Mountain Stream. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen at Jenrose1961@gmail.com to get started ~
There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two. Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. We invite you onto this team! Much metta

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!

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) support our village temple (the Center) and all gifts are received with gratitude. Suggested donation $10 -$15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: RECOVERY DHARMA 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!

Ken Bradford - Difficult Divine Messengers: Befriending the wolfpack of anxiety, guilt & despair
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: Sliding Scale $60 - $90. No one turned away for lack of funds. Limited partial scholarships are available.
Where: In Person only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Registration required (Opens April 29):
To register, visit https://square.link/u/dHOeGfsI. Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
For questions email juanita@mtstream.org

Description:
The Buddha spoke of sickness, old age & death as Divine Messengers that inspired him to seek a deeper awakening. These physical wake-up calls are joined by psychological sister emissaries of anxiety, despair & guilt. If we listen properly to what these existential messengers have to say, they have special power to open us to the essential nature of our mind.

But if we identify with these disturbing mindstates, thereby solidifying a story of me, rather than awakening us, they entrap us in compulsive thinking and negative self-talk. When that happens, divine messengers can turn demonic, as lucid existential anxiety dulls into fear & worry, genuine remorse degrades into self-blame & shame, and the sadness of heartfelt despair devolves into heartless, self-criticizing depression.

Leading up to the daylong, there will be 3 evening talks & discussions – In-person and Virtual - addressing each messenger:
March 11, 6:00 to 7:30: Existential anxiety vs. Neurotic worry & fear
April 8, 6:00 to 7:30: Sadness & despair vs. Numbing depression
May 13, 6:00 to 7:30: Genuine guilt vs. Toxic shame

This daylong is devoted to more deeply opening to and befriending these difficult mindstates. Through self-inquiry, guided and open meditation and discussion, we will explore the difference between being opened by emotions versus being dominated by them. This is the difference between letting emotions flow in heightened wakeful awareness, versus grasping on and making yourself ill by identifying with them or trying to block them.

The daylong will consist of periods of sitting and walking meditation, lectures and discussion. There will be a 1 hour break midday for lunch. The daylong retreat will be held in silence except during discussion.

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

Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Ken 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. 

What to bring: Please bring a bag lunch.

Join this evening’s sit and dharma talk via Zoom ~ or join us in the Meditation Hall as we view the livestream of the remote teaching.

Dennis Warren - 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: MONDAY NIGHT 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!

Join us for a 35-minute meditation followed by peer-led discussion/sharing. We will be exploring various teachings of the Buddha and will provide handouts at each session as a reference.

We begin the evening with a period of sitting meditation followed by a dharma discussion led by long-time Mountain Stream practitioners, Mountain Stream community leaders. Meetings will be held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$15 (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!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday from 11:30 am to 1:15 pm.
This is a chance to enjoy sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together at the 12:30 Quiet Sit. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)
Please come check out this mindful open space at Mountain Stream. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen at Jenrose1961@gmail.com to get started ~
There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two. Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. We invite you onto this team! Much metta

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!

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) support our village temple (the Center) and all gifts are received with gratitude. Suggested donation $10 -$15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: RECOVERY DHARMA 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!

TRAINING THE MIND AND DEEPENING COMPASSION
Co-facilitated by Ken Bradford and Vivian Andrews

Please note: We will break for April. Next class dates on Sundays: May 5, 12 & 26, June 2 & 9 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Please email vivianbandrews@gmail.com with any comments or questions

Where: In Person only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959. Drop-ins welcome.

Outline:
This peer-led Affinity/Study Group is a follow-up to the Bodhicitta teachings Ken gave in 2023. This group will further introduce and go deeper in understanding and applying the profound teachings of Mind Training (Lojong) and Tonglen meditation practice as taught by Chögyam Trungpa.  Each week we will focus on selected points and slogans from Trungpa’s book, Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness.

The practice of mindfulness meditation will deepen into the feelingfulness meditation of Tonglen: touching deeper in and letting go more deeply. Each session begins with a brief sit and introductory dharmette by Ken on the selected readings for the week, followed by discussion and questions, and selecting slogans to consider for the subsequent week.  Participants will have an opportunity to present slogans and share any concerns, glitches and questions that come up around them.  

Core text: Chögyam Trungpa’s Training of the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness. 
Highly recommended: Pema Chödrön’s Starting Where You Are. 

Registration:
Contact Vivian Andrews: vivianbandrews@gmail.com

Suggested Donation/Dana:
$10-$15 per class, no one turned away for lack of funds
All donations for this Affinity Group go 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.

To donate by credit card: Affinity Group Dana
Or offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please write Affinity Group and the date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Spring Householder Evening Program with Adam Stonebraker
Five Consecutive Evenings
Monday through Friday, May 27 to May 31, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (PT)
Join us in person or via Zoom
No registration necessary for Householder - drop in throughout the week.

Our Monday through Friday evening Householder concludes with a daylong on Saturday, June 1. Registration for the Daylong is required: details coming soon

Householder Description - Each evening Adam will offer meditation instructions, inspirational teachings, and dharma discussions to energize and cultivate a deeper practice in the midst of everyday life. There will also be an opportunity for you to share your reflections on the evenings’ topics.
Householder - 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

Householder DONATION FOR THE NEVADA CITY INSIGHT CENTER
A suggested donation range for each evening is $10 - $20. Consider making a one-time donation for attending multiple evenings
Or to offer a donation by check and mail to:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959
In the memo line, please indicate Householder.

Householder ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Bio: Bio - Adam Stonebraker is Mountain Stream Meditation’s guiding teacher as of October 2023. He has been practicing and studying meditation in various schools since 1999, and began teaching meditation, mindfulness, and yoga in 2010. He is a core teacher and leadership council member with Sacred Mountain Sangha and leads teacher trainings, retreats, and workshops internationally, in yin yoga, meditation, and mindfulness.

Adam is a graduate of Sacred Mountain Sangha’s 2-year Dharmapala Training, is a mentee of Thanissara & Kittisaro, and is a graduate and endorsed teacher with the Insight Yoga Institute. In addition, Adam earned his MA in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University.

Adam is committed to an all-inclusive dharma, where no aspect of the human experience is left out. He has particular interest in the transformative power of the natural world, early-Buddhism, inter-faith dialogue, and the bodhisattva way of life. To learn more about Adam, please go to, www.mtstream.org/adam-stonebraker

Join us for a 35-minute meditation followed by peer-led discussion/sharing. We will be exploring various teachings of the Buddha and will provide handouts at each session as a reference.

We begin the evening with a period of sitting meditation followed by a dharma discussion led by long-time Mountain Stream practitioners, Mountain Stream community leaders. Meetings will be held on a drop-in basis and no meditation experience is necessary.

Donations (dana) to support our village temple (the Center) are gratefully and graciously accepted.
Suggested donation $10 -$15 (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!

Each Friday, Mountain Stream opens the doors for Open Temple Friday from 11:30 am to 1:15 pm.
This is a chance to enjoy sangha and tea, recharge with a new (or old) book from our library, and practice together at the 12:30 Quiet Sit. (On occasion, teachers offer pop-up Dharma discussions as well.)
Please come check out this mindful open space at Mountain Stream. If you align with this offering, we encourage you to become a volunteer co-host. Contact Jen at Jenrose1961@gmail.com to get started ~
There is a simple training involved and we work in teams of two. Open Temple Friday is possible because of the commitment and energy of our wonderful team of co-hosts. We invite you onto this team! Much metta

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!

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) support our village temple (the Center) and all gifts are received with gratitude. Suggested donation $10 -$15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

To donate by credit card: RECOVERY DHARMA 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!

TRAINING THE MIND AND DEEPENING COMPASSION
Co-facilitated by Ken Bradford and Vivian Andrews

Please note: We will break for April. Next class dates on Sundays: May 5, 12 & 26, June 2 & 9 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Please email vivianbandrews@gmail.com with any comments or questions

Where: In Person only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959. Drop-ins welcome.

Outline:
This peer-led Affinity/Study Group is a follow-up to the Bodhicitta teachings Ken gave in 2023. This group will further introduce and go deeper in understanding and applying the profound teachings of Mind Training (Lojong) and Tonglen meditation practice as taught by Chögyam Trungpa.  Each week we will focus on selected points and slogans from Trungpa’s book, Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness.

The practice of mindfulness meditation will deepen into the feelingfulness meditation of Tonglen: touching deeper in and letting go more deeply. Each session begins with a brief sit and introductory dharmette by Ken on the selected readings for the week, followed by discussion and questions, and selecting slogans to consider for the subsequent week.  Participants will have an opportunity to present slogans and share any concerns, glitches and questions that come up around them.  

Core text: Chögyam Trungpa’s Training of the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness. 
Highly recommended: Pema Chödrön’s Starting Where You Are. 

Registration:
Contact Vivian Andrews: vivianbandrews@gmail.com

Suggested Donation/Dana:
$10-$15 per class, no one turned away for lack of funds
All donations for this Affinity Group go 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.

To donate by credit card: Affinity Group Dana
Or offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please write Affinity Group and the date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

Kirsten Rudestam - TBD
Bio: Kirsten Rudestam is an environmental educator, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher. She has a PhD in Environmental Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz where she studied political ecology, sense of place, and environmental justice. Kirsten has fifteen years of experience teaching environmental field courses, nature-based meditation programs and guiding wilderness expeditions. She is trained as a vision fast guide through the School of Lost Borders and is a facilitator for Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects. Kirsten has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2001 and graduated from Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program in 2005.

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 our teacher - Thank you

To donate by credit card: MONDAY NIGHT DONATION (DANA)
Or 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!

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

A suggested Donation of $15 - $20 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.

TRAINING THE MIND AND DEEPENING COMPASSION
Co-facilitated by Ken Bradford and Vivian Andrews

Please note: We will break for April. Next class dates on Sundays: May 5, 12 & 26, June 2 & 9 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Please email vivianbandrews@gmail.com with any comments or questions

Where: In Person only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959. Drop-ins welcome.

Outline:
This peer-led Affinity/Study Group is a follow-up to the Bodhicitta teachings Ken gave in 2023. This group will further introduce and go deeper in understanding and applying the profound teachings of Mind Training (Lojong) and Tonglen meditation practice as taught by Chögyam Trungpa.  Each week we will focus on selected points and slogans from Trungpa’s book, Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness.

The practice of mindfulness meditation will deepen into the feelingfulness meditation of Tonglen: touching deeper in and letting go more deeply. Each session begins with a brief sit and introductory dharmette by Ken on the selected readings for the week, followed by discussion and questions, and selecting slogans to consider for the subsequent week.  Participants will have an opportunity to present slogans and share any concerns, glitches and questions that come up around them.  

Core text: Chögyam Trungpa’s Training of the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness. 
Highly recommended: Pema Chödrön’s Starting Where You Are. 

Registration:
Contact Vivian Andrews: vivianbandrews@gmail.com

Suggested Donation/Dana:
$10-$15 per class, no one turned away for lack of funds
All donations for this Affinity Group go 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.

To donate by credit card: Affinity Group Dana
Or offer a donation by check:
Mountain Stream Meditation
PO Box 2510
Nevada City, CA 95959

In the memo line, please write Affinity Group and the date.
Thank you for all the ways you participate and for your generosity!

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

A suggested Donation of $15 - $20 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.

Mountain Stream’s - Community Building Team (CBT) warmly invites you to our mid-summer backyard picnic! A time to gather, connect and socialize. Invite your friends & let the good times roll.

Please bring:
A dish of food to share
A serving utensil
Your own plate or bowl

Create a label for your dish:
Gluten free
Dairy free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Omnivore

MSM will provide:
Tables + Chairs
Glasses + Silverware
Beverages

Please note: For the month of August, we will meet on the 2nd Thursday, August 8, 2024

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

A suggested Donation of $15 - $20 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.

Mountain Stream’s - Community Building Team (CBT) warmly invites you to our mid-summer backyard picnic! A time to gather, connect and socialize. Invite your friends & let the good times roll.

Please bring:
A dish of food to share
A serving utensil
Your own plate or bowl

Create a label for your dish:
Gluten free
Dairy free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Omnivore

MSM will provide:
Tables + Chairs
Glasses + Silverware
Beverages

Please note: For the month of September, Sound Healing will not meet. Please join us when we return on Thursday, October 3rd.

Mountain Stream’s - Community Building Team (CBT) warmly invites you to our mid-summer backyard picnic! A time to gather, connect and socialize. Invite your friends & let the good times roll.

Please bring:
A dish of food to share
A serving utensil
Your own plate or bowl

Create a label for your dish:
Gluten free
Dairy free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Omnivore

MSM will provide:
Tables + Chairs
Glasses + Silverware
Beverages

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

A suggested Donation of $15 - $20 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.

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

A suggested Donation of $15 - $20 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.

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

A suggested Donation of $15 - $20 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.