Gorgeous works of art by The Oak Group and NatureTrack Foundation is beneficiary for The Link Between Man and Nature now through Dec. 31.

Are you looking…
To develop a calm, stable and joyful mind?
For support to maintain your meditation practice?
For a spiritual home and community?
To learn what Buddhism teachings are all about?
The Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center offers a high quality curriculum of instruction in Buddhist meditation practice and philosophy. The Center was founded in 1997 at the direction of Shamar Rinpoche. Since then, hundreds of students have come to learn and practice in a modern, non-sectarian environment focused on authentic Buddhist teachings taught and practiced by authentic teachers. We are a diverse community of practitioners encompassing all ages and levels of practice. Dawa Tarchin Phillipsis the resident teacher, and we regularly host visiting teachers.
Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center offers …
•Weekly Dharma teachings
•Weekly meditation session led by sangha members
•Frequent "Introduction to Meditation" classes
•Weekend workshops on topics such as advanced practice, overcoming adversity, working with emotions, compassion and loving kindness, and Buddhist philosophy
•Biannual 5 day residential retreats
•Opportunities to take Refuge, Bodhisattva and Householder vows
Come join us. All are welcome.

For more information, click here.
Book Discussion Group
Dec 22, Tues 7 - 8:30 PM
“The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa: A New Translation” by Christopher Stagg
For more information: http://www.bodhipath.org/sb/

Staying Home for Christmas | Free Virtual Holiday Concert

Hosted by the Lobero Theatre and Opera SB. Available online at lobero.org on Dec 23 at 7:30pm (PT) through Dec 26 at midnight.

Join us for classic and surprise performances of holiday favorites and original songs by favorite artists from across Santa Barbara’s rich musical scene, hosted by Lobero Theatre Executive Director David Asbell and Opera Santa Barbara Artistic and General Director Kostis Protopapas.

Available online at lobero.org on Dec 23 at 7:30pm (PT) through Dec 26 at midnight.
https://www.lobero.org/events/staying-home-for-christmas/

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a comprehensive, online training that teaches educators, family members, and caregivers (18+ years old) to approach, assess, and assist a young person with a mental health challenge or substance use concern.
Just as CPR or First Aid helps you assist an individual in a medical crisis by following specific steps, YMHFA helps you assist a young person experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis using specific steps until appropriate help is received or until the crisis is resolved.

Are you looking…
To develop a calm, stable and joyful mind?
For support to maintain your meditation practice?
For a spiritual home and community?
To learn what Buddhism teachings are all about?
The Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center offers a high quality curriculum of instruction in Buddhist meditation practice and philosophy. The Center was founded in 1997 at the direction of Shamar Rinpoche. Since then, hundreds of students have come to learn and practice in a modern, non-sectarian environment focused on authentic Buddhist teachings taught and practiced by authentic teachers. We are a diverse community of practitioners encompassing all ages and levels of practice. Dawa Tarchin Phillipsis the resident teacher, and we regularly host visiting teachers.
Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center offers …
•Weekly Dharma teachings
•Weekly meditation session led by sangha members
•Frequent "Introduction to Meditation" classes
•Weekend workshops on topics such as advanced practice, overcoming adversity, working with emotions, compassion and loving kindness, and Buddhist philosophy
•Biannual 5 day residential retreats
•Opportunities to take Refuge, Bodhisattva and Householder vows
Come join us. All are welcome.

Start the New Year...DANCING! World Dance for Humanity invites you to their FREE dance parties on Zoom, NEW YEAR'S EVE and NEW YEAR'S DAY!

PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE ALUMNI RELATIONS AND PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE A NEW LIVESTREAM EVENT DURING 9TH ANNUAL GLOBAL “A TOAST HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD” DECEMBER 31, 2020

Free classical music concert from your local philharmonic!

Tuesday Evening Online Meditation. 6-7 PM

Engage in formal practice with your sangha! The three pillars of spiritual growth are to study, reflect, and meditate. Opportunities to meditate abound, but the support we give and receive when we come together as a community offers priceless and boundless multipliers to our meditation practice.

Start off the new year by creating loose, gestural drawings of Ganesha, the Hindu deity believed to be the remover of obstacles. Practice 2 to 5-minute sketches, drawing from a photo of SBMA’s 11th-century dancing Ganesha carved from sandstone.

View the inspiration image for this class on the Museum’s online collection here.

Required supplies

Prismacolor ebony pencil
Eraser
Pencil sharpener
Meet your instructor
Tina Villadolid has been a Teaching Artist for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for over 22 years. Connecting with the people in her community through art has brought her so much joy! Tina loves to paint with oils, sculpt with clay, create installation art, draw portraits with charcoal, and write songs. She is conversational in Spanish, has two grandchildren, is originally from New York City, and lives with her cat, Chappie James, Jr.

Ticket Cost:
Workshop via Zoom: FREE