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Mindful Heart Programs presents: “Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness” with Radhule Weininger, PhD, psychologist and meditation teacher

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindful Self-compassion with Anahita Holden and Hattie Bluestone

Free Livestream of Opera SB's 2018 production of The Barber of Seville. Tuesday, August 18 at 5PM on the OSB Facebook and Youtube pages.

Free Livestream of Opera SB's 2018 production of The Barber of Seville. Tuesday, August 18 at 5PM on the OSB Facebook and Youtube pages.

Tired of social distancing? Join a great group of folks at "The Urge to Act," at adult ed. Classes are Tuesday and Thursday evenings, online at 6pm

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Mindfulness in Recovery Meditation with Arno Jaffe, JD and meditation teacher.

Mindful Heart Programs presents: Morning Practice: The Foundations of Insight Meditation with Stacy Zumbroegel

Mindful Heart Programs presents: “Living Fully with Mindfulness and Compassion” with Radhule Weininger, PhD and Japanese Zen Master Souken Danjo

Socially-distanced parking with room to put chairs in front of your car. Filmgoers are asked to respect the safety of fellow attendees: Please wear masks and maintain a distance of six feet from others.

ONLINE: North America’s Galapagos The Historic Channel Islands Biological Survey
A Free Zoom Webinar Presentation by Corinne Heyning Laverty, research associate and fellow at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, and associate of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation.
Corinne Heyning Laverty will present a stunning slide show featuring beautiful color and historic photographs of California’s eight Channel Islands and the pre-WWII scientific expeditions that went out to them. Her discussion will highlight not only the beauty of the islands, but the unique animals and plants that live nowhere else on the planet.

Aug 6, 13, 20 Thurs 7 – 9 PM – “Reducing Harm” – teaching by Dawa Tarchin Phillips - The Buddha’s teachings on reducing harm and benefitting oneself and others are among the most precious, powerful, and practical guidelines for modern life and for times when discord, confusion, and violence pervade our culture.