SAVE THE DATE

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

Cost: Our programs are offered on a sliding scale: Details coming soon

Pre-registration is encouraged by noon on Friday, January 30. The Zoom meeting link will be provided once registered and paid in full.
Registration link coming soon.
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.

Scholarships: 1-2 work/trade scholarship positions available. In exchange for free attendance, you will work directly with Adam for set-up and support.
Email Lauren for details. Lauren@mtsream.org
If you are in need of a full scholarship and are unable to offer service, no one will be turned away for lack of funds ~ please still come! Email Lauren for details.

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