Meditation + Talk: Cultivating Belonging

August 17, 2023

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 22-minute meditation, a 47-minute talk, and a discussion about Cultivating Belonging.

Guest teacher Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith is a child clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma and issues of race. She is a senior fellow of Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and is both a professor and the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Wright Institute. She provides consultation and training to bay area non-profits and schools on how to support trauma-informed practices and cultural accountability.

I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – which are open to everyone!

Meditation: Cultivating Belonging

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Talk: Cultivating Belonging

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These teachings are offered freely, at no charge.

And if you like, you may wish to participate in the age-old tradition of generosity through making an offering yourself – called “dāna” – to support the teacher and the Wednesday Meditations.

Make an Offering

These teachings are offered freely, at no charge.

And if you like, you may wish to participate in the age-old tradition of generosity through making an offering yourself – called “dāna” – to support Rick and the Wednesday Meditations. Generosity itself is a beautiful practice that opens and gladdens the heart, relaxes the contraction of “self,” and ripples out into the world to touch many people – and perhaps, eventually, even oneself.