Kozmique Light Meditations / Satyani McPherson, Mindfulness Mentor

02/08/2024

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In celebration of Black History Month, we find inspiration in the lives and practice of six remarkable Black Buddhists.

12/10/2023

Enjoyed our last Walking Meditation of 2023 @ The Georgetown Waterfront Labyrinth, Washington, DC. See you again in Spring 2024.

11/19/2023

BABA NATE MINES ! Blessings to our beloved ancestor. We love you. 💜🙏🏽
Dynamic Wellness THE BACKYARD WELLNESS POP-UP Heal Humanity

09/18/2023

Meditation with Sister Satyani,
Mon. 9/18/23, 7:30-8:15pm ET, Arlington, VA & On Zoom,
Registration link below:

01/30/2023

Awareness Practice Sessions with Sister Satyani on Zoom

INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS ~ 4-Week Series
Wednesdays, February 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 2023, 6:00-7:30pm ET
Exploring Awareness Practices:
o What is Mindfulness? Remembering Who We Truly Are.
o Creating a Personal Daily Practice
o Awareness of Breath, Body Sensations & Thoughts
o Being Fully Human: Working with Thoughts & Emotions
o The Wise Heart: Kindness & Compassion for Self & Others
o Daily Life as an Awareness Practice
Sessions Include:
o Guided Introspective Awareness Practices
o Guided Mindful Movement
o Wisdom Talks, Discussion, Q&A

THE WISE HEART ~ Daylong Retreat
TBD: Sat, February 25 OR Sun, February 26, 2023, 10:00am-4:00pm ET
Exploring Qualities of the Heart:
o Loving Friendliness/Kindness
o Compassion for Ourselves & Others
o Happiness & Joy
o Equanimity
Sessions Include:
o Guided Introspective Awareness Practices
o Guided Mindful Movement
o Wisdom Talks, Discussion, Q&A

SATYANI McPHERSON, Founder of Kozmique Light Meditations, is an Awareness Mentor who facilitates one-on-one and group self-care sessions and retreats. Satyani encourages self-empowerment to maximize our natural gifts, strengths, and wisdom through awareness in action.

REGISTRATION / CONTACT: [email protected]

Sessions offered by donation. No one turned away due to lack of funds. Generosity is a heart-opening awareness practice.

01/21/2023

BHANTE BUDDHARAKKHITA, Founder, Uganda Buddhist Centre - UBC, Ofosu Born Jones-Quartey & Satyani KarenLeigh McPherson SUN. 1/29/23, 11:00am-12:30pm ET (DC/NY) Online w/ Insight Meditation Community of Washington in an in-depth talk. Registration required.

Join us for this special event - a candid conversation with Bhante Buddharakkhita, founder of the Uganda Buddhist Centre.

12/21/2022

Sis🌟 Satyani McPherson is guiding a meditation during this virtual
Winter SiStar Soulstice Celebration
Wed. 12/21/22, 6:30-9:00pm ET
Zoom Meeting ID: 826 1563 7595
Passcode: WSoulstice (case sensitive)

02/27/2022

The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness.
~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

09/28/2021

KOZMIQUE LIGHT MEDITATIONS
Awaring Presence & Mindful Wellbeing Mentor
[email protected] / 202-596-7580

MINDFUL SELF-CARE SESSIONS: OCTOBER 2021 SCHEDULE
Online with Sister Satyani

Fridays, 1:00-2:00 pm ET / 10:00-11:00 am PT
INSIGHT COMMUNITY OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY
Guided Mindfulness Practices & Spiritual Discourse
For Black & Brown & Beige & Indigenous People of Color
*REGISTRATION: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86593664077?pwd=ZmJCbmFOTFh3YWhVcDk3emJCY0YwQT09

Tuesday, 10/5/21, 7:00-8:30 pm ET - First Tuesdays
Baltimore Sangha
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC (IMCW)
ZOOM: https://events.imcw.org/event/?eventId=729&startDate=2021-09-07T23:00:00.000Z

Sundays, 10/17/21 – 11/21/21, 10:00-11:30 am ET
FREEDOM IN AN UNFREE WORLD
Facilitators: Satyani McPherson & Em Morrison
5-class weekly series (no class 10/31/21)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW)
REGISTRATION: https://events.imcw.org/event/?eventId=803
How do we dance in the midst of the fires that rage both inside us and around us? How do we hold these dualities of life in awareness so that we can touch our true nature? We will cultivate awareness and balance in our racialized bodies by exploring antidotes to the three poisons of our world: greed, hatred, and ignorance. Together we will hold a space where we each can bring all of ourselves - no part left out - and explore creative teachings and movement practices that nourish, inspire, and ground.

Saturday, 10/23/21, 4:00-6:00 pm ET
BIPOC Sangha (Third Saturdays)
Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW)
ZOOM: https://events.imcw.org/event/?eventId=739&startDate=2021-10-23T20:00:00.000Z

Coming Home: Nourishing Ourselves
Guided Mindfulness Practice & Spiritual Discourse
Facilitator: Satyani McPherson
Presenters: Dr. Ayo Yetunde & Mama D Ujuaje
Moderator: Rehena Harilall, Buddhists Across Traditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gZzr5PQLB0&feature=emb_err_woyt

Satyani McPherson, Kozmique Light Meditations Founder,
is an Awaring Presence Mentor who facilitates one on-one and group mindful self-care practices, trainings, and retreats.
Satyani encourages self-empowerment to maximize our natural gifts, strengths, and wisdom through AWARENESS IN ACTION.

02/12/2021

Aw this baby is so cute. Now back to meditation:
"Just be an observer of your thoughts.
You are the one who observes, not what is observed."
~ Buddha

01/29/2021

Larry Yang's talk, entitled "Multicultural History of Dharma and Diversity: Focus on US and Insight Meditation communities," aims to realign and reconsider t...

10/06/2020

SATYANI McPHERSON, Mindfulness Mentor
Founder, Kozmique Light Meditations
For Info Contact: [email protected]

MINDFULNESS CALENDAR
All sessions offered Online via Zoom or Dial-in

WEEKLY ONGOING

Mondays 7:00-8:00pm
MINDFUL PARENT COMMUNITY
Family Wellbeing Program
For Parents in the Washington, DC Metro Area (DMV)
FREE: Sponsored by Early Childhood Innovation Network (ECIN) & Georgetown MedStar

Tuesdays 12:00-1:00pm
BIPOC INSIGHT COMMUNITY
For Black & Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC)
Registration Required / Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86593664077…

Wednesdays 1:00-2:00pm
IMCW ~ MIDDAY MEDITATION
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC (IMCW)
Drop-In / Open to All
https://imcw.org/…/37…/e/midday-meditation-online-7-oct-2020

ADDITIONAL MINDFULNESS SESSIONS
October 2020

Tuesday 10/6/20 7:00-8:30pm
IMCW ~ BALTIMORE COMMUNITY
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
Drop-in / Open to All
https://imcw.org/…/E…/3590/e/drop-in-class-online-6-oct-2020

Sunday 10/11/20 3:00-4:00pm
WELLESLEY COLLEGE ALUMNAE
(Private Session)

Sunday 10/18/20, 2:00-3:30pm ~ Open to All
COMING HOME: NOURISHING OURSELVES
UK Black History Month, October 2020
Spiritual Discourse and Q&A with Panel:
Satyani McPherson, Dr. Ayo Yetunde, Mama D Ujuaje
Mindfulness Practice guided by Sister Satyani
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-history-coming-home-no…

Satyani McPherson, Founder of Kozmique Light Meditations,
is a Mindfulness Mentor who facilitates self-care practices, trainings, and retreats.
Sister Satyani encourages self-empowerment to maximize our natural gifts, strengths, and wisdom through awareness in action.
For more info contact: [email protected]

These Mindfulness Sessions are offered freely.
Your generous donations are gratefully received.

04/08/2020

"MEDITATE TOGETHER" with SISTER SATYANI
Wed. 4/8/20, 6:00am EDT - Live on Zoom
Free Registration: https://www.mindfulleader.org/meditate-together

11/15/2019

Traditionally when children act up in school, they would get detention or they get suspended. An Elementary School in Baltimore has a

09/16/2019

Little monks meditating on "recycled" meditation cushions.

08/12/2019

“Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky.”--The Buddha, the Majjhima Nikaya.

07/04/2019

This Independence Day, Freedom & Liberation through Meditation!

A remarkable gathering when more than 5,000 schools came together boasting approximately 1 million children meditating for world peace at the Phra

06/16/2019

MINDFUL TWEENS CLASS, Sun. 6/16/19, 3:30-4:30pm
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC - IMCW
4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA (UUCA),
3rd Sundays, Donations gratefully received

02/28/2019

If you want to become full, Let yourself be empty.
If you want to be reborn, Let yourself die.
If you want to be given everything, Give everything up.
~ Lao Tzu https://www.facebook.com/Nondualism/photos/a.235663936524339/575780052512724/?type=3&theater

If you want to become full,
Let yourself be empty.

If you want to be reborn,
Let yourself die.

If you want to be given everything,
Give everything up.

~ Lao Tzu

02/20/2019

Wisdom is within us and always available. Mindful pauses help us to access this, our innate essence. Be still and know . . .
https://www.facebook.com/badgirlmystic/photos/a.249930155210603/1074062329464044/?type=3&theater

01/24/2019

https://www.facebook.com/114849565241585/photos/a.188317257894815/666725413387328/?type=3&theater

01/09/2019

Babies meditating (or not...) 💜
https://www.facebook.com/ascendpodcast/videos/vb.492666930890850/965255853673711/?type=2&theater

01/08/2019

"Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence, we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing." ~ Rachel Naomi Remen
From Rosamonde Ikshvàku Miller on the Gnostic Sanctuary Page
(Thank you Iya Oshun)

12/21/2018

"As we drop towards this winter solstice dark deep turning of the great natural wheel, I asked for a re-seeing of the common greeting coming up these next days… and I got “may we christ mas” (spanish for MORE)... “christ” referring to a consecrated anointed state of consciousness that manifests justice peace equanimity fairness for all peoples.
May the christ-mess created by ... dysfunction be transformed into manifesting the power of teshuvah (return, reseeing, repenting, restoring, rebooting).
May the power of the present moment to birth life from the immaculate conceiving capacity of Reality be celebrated!" ~Rahmaneh Meyers

12/20/2018