Mountain Stream invites you to a Daylong Retreat
with Dawn Mauricio & Adam Stonebraker
Topic: Returning to Wholeness: Bowing, Breathing, and Belonging in Uncertain Times
Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm PT
Cost: Sliding Scale $60 - $90. Limited scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Pre-registration is required for both in-person and virtual participants. The Zoom meeting link will be provided to all participants once registered and paid in full.
To register, visit https://square.link/u/6Xo3GZe0
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
For questions or scholarship requests, email juanita@mtstream.org
What to bring: Please bring a bag lunch.
Daylong Description: In these times of uncertainty, collective grief, and deep overwhelm, many of us are discovering that sitting silently in meditation alone may not be enough. Fortunately, the Buddhist tradition offers a wide field of supportive practices—ways to reconnect with the body, soften the heart, and remember our belonging.
In this daylong retreat, Dawn Mauricio & Adam Stonebraker will guide you through a range of grounding and nourishing practices beyond formal meditation. Together we’ll explore somatic awareness, breath practices, chanting, and embodiment —all held within a container of Dharma reflections, community, and silence.
These accessible and heartful ways of practice serve as pathways to steadiness, connection, and refuge. Through shared presence and embodied wisdom, we remember: we don’t have to carry it all alone.
Open to all levels of experience. All practices are invitational and offered with care.
Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer financial donations to Dawn & 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.
DAWN MAURICIO DONAITON (DANA)
ADAM STONEBRAKER DONATION (DANA)
Dawn Mauricio graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center's 4-year Buddhadharma Retreat Teacher Training, has been a mentor in programs like Power of Awareness and the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, and appeared on apps such as Ten Percent Happier and Insight Timer. Dawn also co-founded the True North Insight BIPOC practice group. Learn more about Dawn
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