TAKING OUR SEAT
Dear All,
Happy Full Moon. There is bright moon over San Francisco tonight. The last note I sent was on the eve of the elections. Now I am writing to you amidst the devastation in Los Angeles, where I grew up. I know we wish we had the power to stop these fires, to cease all the fires. What can we do? What is needed in these times?
I find I keep returning to the work I am here to do. And to the small moments that feel sacred to me—making my children their meals, holding their bodies before they sleep, asking about their dreams. I call my friends often. I take hot baths. I hold my husband’s hand in the car. I feel the sunshine on my face. When I am awake at 4 am because of changing hormones, I sit on my meditation cushion beside my bed and I practice. All of this is my spiritual work. It grounds me in uncertain times.
No one knows the future. What I do know is the promise of bodhicitta, awakened mind. Because of the presence of bodhicitta in all of us, I see promise and potential when I look ahead. I can feel my backbone. I can feel my heart. I know well the wounding we carry and I still feel the promise of what is possible for us. We are more supported than we realize in the awakening of bodhicitta.
And so, we practice. We dedicate space to come together. We stop all the doing so we can simply be. In the process, we come to know our own minds, our own essence. To be in our bodies and rest. It feels like coming home.
So let’s do this together. Join me. We will commit to a daily practice as we start 2025. We begin on January 31st.
Here are the details:
Taking Our Seat: A Month of Practice
Four Friday Classes @ 11am PT - 60 minutes/class.
January 31st
February 7th
February 14th
February 28th.
The price is $150.
I will be sharing more in the weeks ahead. If you know you would like to join, you can save your spot by emailing me here. Or register here. Some of us will be able to attend all sessions live. But if you can’t join live and want to commit to practice, all classes will be recorded and available to you for one year. I still recommend joining. No prior meditation experience necessary. Come as you are.
Our main meditation will be Shamata from the Tibetan Buddhist lineage I study. In 2024, I taught 1500 women this practice. I truly wish I could give it to everyone I know! I have seen again and again how beautiful and powerful it is - it’s a joy to be able to share it.
I hope to see you in practice.
With love,
Jenny
Upcoming Teachings in 2025
In March, I will be teaching again on the matrifocal myth of Demeter and Persephone. If you’ve always been interested in this myth and want to explore the mother - daughter landscape, learn more here.
In May, I will be anchoring another round of Movement, Meditation, and the Female Body with Kimberly Ann Johnson.
And in October, I am so happy to be teaching with my dear friend Paramatma Siri Sadhana a retreat in Mexico: Awakening Woman, Awakening World. Join us! You can learn more here.