an inclusive community exploring mindfulness
Welcome to Pacific Northwest Meditation! We believe that practicing meditation and mindfulness together can help us connect more fully to a multitude of shared human experiences, and help us view ourselves and others in new ways. We welcome and learn from all races, ethnicities, cultures, physical/cognitive abilities, ages, genders and identities. PNWM endeavors to be an anti-racist and accessible community that removes barriers to engagement. Come to still the body and calm the mind.
Saturday Sangha
October 19 & 26
Nelly Kaufer is the founder and lead teacher at Pine Street Sangha. As a long-time lesbian, she understands the dominance of patriarchal influences in the way Buddhism is taught. She has created a more “feministic” approach utilized in her teaching style.
In 2023, she co-authored the book, “Reflective Meditation: cultivating kindness and curiosity in the Buddha's company.” Having witnessed a variety of meditative experiences, she teaches Reflective Meditation, an open, unstructured way of meditating that invites your life into your meditation. Starting gently, and staying near to your experience during meditation, you develop a friendlier, more intimate relationship to your experience within meditation and in your life. Nelly integrates Buddhist psychology into her psychotherapy practice and teaches workshops for mental health professionals
Come join us this Saturday. Click Here for more details.
Contribute to the collective healing and awakening.
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Trina Truong
Core Teacher
Trina brings a heartwarming approach to her teachings. Raised in a Buddhist family in Vietnam lends her a unique perspective on how to serve various communities; merging Eastern and Western approaches; she is skilled in guiding meditators towards the right way to practice. Her teachings are influenced by Thich Nhat Hanh, Bhante Guanaratana, and Master Sheng Yen. She has sat for over 100 days in retreat and is an MBSR instructor with Brown University.
Visit Trina’s website: wakeuptogether.org
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Candle Summers
Core Teacher
Candle has practiced meditation for over 20 years with her root teachers Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong. She completed Spirit Rock’s four year Dharma Leader program in 2001. Her Theravadan background includes the teachings of Anagarika Munidra, Sayadaws U Pandita and U Tejaniya, Gil Fronsdal, Mark Nunberg, and more. Candle has offers a monthly Insight Metta meditation on Mondays. Visit: www.givenfreely.com
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Alpesh Parikh
Guest Teacher
Alpesh first started his mindfulness practice in 1991 outside of Mumbai with S.N. Goenka in Vipassana meditation. Al has since done retreats and trainings in mindfulness meditation, including the 2 year Mindfulness Teacher training with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. To find out more about him visit Alpesh’s webpage: summitmindfulness.com.
