Online: Free Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Orientation
with Jon Aaron
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
In this free online MBSR session, we will explore mindfulness practices that are accessible to individuals of any background and experience level. It will also offer insight into reclaiming control over one’s well-being, cultivating resilience, and embracing a life of mindful presence.
In-Person: Tibetan Buddhist Art Class – Drawing the Mudras of Green Tara and White Tara
with Carmen Mensink
Thursday, June 11th, 2026
In this workshop you will learn how to draw the mudras—sacred hand gestures, each with their own meaning—of Green Tara and White Tara, according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of thangka (scroll paintings). This workshop is suitable for everyone, including beginners with no drawing experience. You’ll return home with a beautiful drawing and a wealth of new knowledge!
In-Person and Online: Queer Eye(s) on the Precepts – Class 5: What Is an Intoxicant?
with Leslie Booker, Jay Michaelson, and Jacoby Ballard
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Queer people have a wide variety of relationships (often fraught) toward substances. What might healthy relationships to substances look like? What forms of substance use block the heart from belonging to one other, and what might empower it? Other than substances, what intoxicants might we encounter in our lives (e.g. dating apps, social media)?