09/27/2025, Chikudo Catherine Spaeth, dharma talk at City Center.
Chikudo Catherine Spaeth teaches that zazen shows us what to care for, and leads the way in our request to study the precepts with a teacher. In this caring we become a good friend to our practice.

A Request for Jukai

10/05/2025, Tatsudo Nicole Baden Roshi, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Tatsudo Nicole Baden explores how Zen practice literally shifts the architecture of our experience — from a narrow, biographical “here” into a living, embodied field of contact.

A New Here: How Practice Opens Different Worlds

10/11/2025, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center.
Shosan Victoria Austin teaches that we can deepen our understanding of the causes and cures of dispute, and practice with a unifying value of kindness that has the power to transform our conflicts to occasions for mutual curiosity, intimacy, and growth.

The Power of Non-Retaliation

10/18/2025, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho, dharma talk at City Center.
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho teaches that when we remain in the mode of discovery we open to new portals to engage and activate in tending to today’s suffering.

Expanding How We See Things

10/19/2025, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler reflects on the “Finding Yourself” chapter of “Becoming Yourself,” in which Suzuki Roshi teaches that finding real freedom is not about overcoming the limitations of our life, but rather embracing them: “To find true joy under some limitation is the way to realize the whole universe."

Freedom in Limitation

10/25/2025, Dainin Marsha Angus, dharma talk at City Center. Dainin Marsha Angus teaches about cultivating and mental and physical capacity to settle into stillness.

Cultivating Stillness in Turbulent Times

11/01/2025, Zenshin Florence Caplow, dharma talk at City Center. Zenshin Florence Caplow offers stories and teachings from her life as both a Zen practitioner and person with chronic illness, and readings from her new book, “Tend to Your Spirit: Mindful Living With Chronic Illness.”

Tend to Your Spirit: Teachings from Illness

11/02/2025, Gyokuden Stephanie Blank, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Gyokuden Steph Blank honors the effort and awakening of our ancestors and calls on us—the living—to rise up in support of Decency, Dignity and Awakening.

Awakening Together is APT

10/26/2025, Sessei Meg Levie, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Sessei Meg Levie reflects on Suzuki Roshi’s dedication to zazen, his work with early students in San Francisco, and the creation of the San Francisco Zen Center.

Suzuki Roshi's Legacy and Our Path of Practice

11/16/2025, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho teaches that sometimes it is necessary to be for or against but there is a broader context in which this is not always necessary.

Arising in Unimaginable Awareness

This is a meditation and a writing exercise, so have writing materials nearby. In this guided imagery exercise, you will call into your mind a desire you have in your life, and “float” possible action steps toward making this desire a reality. You will then be guided to choose one that has the most flow and ease of energy, and that can be easily integrated into your life. You may be amazed at how helpful this is! 

Guided imagery is a powerful way to work with the subconscious mind and with any blocks to your healing and ideal future that might be present. Through the guidance of a facilitator's voice, you are led into the depths of the subconscious.

This exercise is adapted from one in the book Guided Imagery for Self-Healing by Dr. Martin Rossman.

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Music by Chris Kemp White (www.chriskempwhite.com).

Floating Action Steps: Guided Imagery Meditation

I am a seeker of truth, intuitive counselor, hypnotherapist, and homeschooling mother. I created this podcast to share with you guided meditations to help us quiet our minds and find the courage to access our true, inner selves for our expanded consciousness and collective healing. I also share some past interviews I've done with inspiring and brave people. I'm also the founder of Soulful Work Intuitive Consulting. I recently published a guidebook, called Tools for the Awakening Soul. Music is by my talented husband Chris Kemp White (https://chriskempwhite.com/). You can learn more about me at www.soulfulworkconsulting.com, for free handouts, meditations and the guidebook Tools for the Awakening Soul, to help you to release, expand and just feel better. I hope you enjoy.

Floating Action Steps: Guided Imagery Meditation

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