Join Mountain Stream for Feeling Clearly, a 3-session series with Bruce Pardoe More Info

On Saturday, please join us for the final session, a Daylong Retreat with Bruce
Topic: Feeling Clearly: A Direct Path of Practice for Working With Intense Emotions
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below

Pre-registration is required. THE EVENT WILL BE CANCELLED IF LESS THAN 8 PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED BY 10:00 AM THE DAY BEFORE THE PROGRAM BEGINS.
To register, please visit https://square.link/u/1CI0Ud5G
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
The Zoom meeting link will be provided once registered and paid in full.

Sliding Scale Registration Fees:

• 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

  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.

  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.

Series Description: The intense sensations of emotional wounds can rule your life. To work with them in ways that support balance and confidence, you need to know what they are, how they operate, and how they heal. Feeling Clearly offers an accessible, embodied path for you to directly feel how your ordinary human experience already includes the capacity to work with emotional wounds as a path towards well-being. Nothing to get right or be worthy of — just learning how to feel clearly and thoroughly.

In this series you will learn:

• A simple way to understand, feel, and navigate your emotions

• How to monitor and tend to your level of emotional activation

• How emotional wounds can become a doorway to greater freedom

PLEASE NOTE BEFORE REGISTERING: The daylong retreat offers a contemplative, meditation-based approach to working with emotions. It is not a substitute for psychotherapy, counseling, or medical treatment. Bruce Pardoe is not a licensed therapist and does not diagnose or treat psychological issues. If you are currently in crisis, under psychiatric care, or working with an active trauma diagnosis, please check in with Bruce at bpardoe@heartfluency.com before registering to make sure this offering is a good fit. 

Dana: During the series, there is an opportunity to offer a financial donation to Bruce 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. BRUCE PARDOE DANA (DONATION)

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.