Dzogchen Circle, Afternoon with Ken Bradford

Dates: Sundays, September 20, 2026
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: In Person Only, Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959

Description: This Dzogchen Circle is a series of afternoon gatherings that will meet throughout 2026, focused on recognizing and more fully embodying the mind’s natural wakefulness. Designed as a follow-up to Dzogchen retreats, and for those drawn to the direct path of nondual presence, these circles will integrate a range of practices, including tonglen and shamatha–vipassana. Together, we will explore how conditioned mind states can open into their intrinsically lucid, already free nature.
The afternoon involves informal discussion (Q&A) and practice.

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

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