Mark your calendar — our first meditation gathering happens February 22 ✨ You’re invited into a gentle, heart-centered space to slow down, breathe, and come home to yourself.Each month we gather for a 45-minute guided meditation aligned with the Moon and the natural rhythms of life — a space to release, reset, and reconnect in community. This is for sensitive souls, busy mothers, healers, and anyone longing for stillness, clarity, and emotional grounding. ✨ Live on Zoom✨ Replay available✨ Free for members of the Awakening Playground Come exactly as you are and make this a monthly ritual of rest and remembrance. Christine Dolahan is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Sacred Sundays Meditation Time: Feb 22, 2026 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every month on the 10 of the month, 37 occurrence(s) Changed occurrence(s): Feb 22, 2026 06:30 PM (updated) Feb 22, 2026 06:30 PM (updated) Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/tZwpdeqgrDgoHNVPe_ULfks91uhbEweNWXtI/ics?icsToken=DKmNzMsRGgdm2Gya7wAALAAAAJAcoLIWPFKrgJQEOMVWm1ptIoFgzp4z14NHnyuoaShbzbzKR7zlGNpIK-ZiHB38d1dIGpETQ3c_a6xHCzAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=wV0ryKUKRSyWtd6YiQhxOw Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88423823261?pwd=pAEZw9x5mYcnVo6dl85Rva9iJpZeVH.1 Meeting ID: 884 2382 3261 Passcode: 622083 --- One tap mobile +13052241968,,88423823261#,,,,*622083# US +13092053325,,88423823261#,,,,*622083# US Join instructions https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/88423823261/invitations?signature=6vOS4k4FNWEF5HL0InGlDv70eyezB2MV3cNzQKPCrXU

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Hi group, here are a couple links to what I was talking about in Saturday's morning chat. This link is one of many, many studies done on what they call "blue zones," places in the world with an extraordinary amount of people that live to be 100. A common theme of longevity is a strong community bond. What Blue Zones Teach Us About Strong Connections and Healthy Living - KVC Health Systems Also, the America's Got Talent video from 2021, the audition for Jane (also known as Nightbirde) who sang a very moving original song that at the time, was what this world needed through the ugliness of the pandemic, and her message is powerful. Here is the link: America's Got Talent - Nightbirde "It's OK" Golden Buzzer Performance I believe the walk for peace happening with the Buddhist monks right now is like Jane's song, it is a ray of light coming into the world when we need it the most in these dark times. Also the "3rd place" theory I spoke of, coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg, is the concept that as humans we live our lives in three main places. First is the home, second is work, and third historically was our places of refuge like churches, cafes, bars, clubs, libraries, gyms, bookstores, stoops, parks, home garage and theatres. It is a theory that states in our modern times, these places have largely been replaced by our phones and constant interaction with the digital world, and that is the cause of much suffering in our lives. Here is a link to that: Third place - Wikipedia I will also leave a chapter from Enchiridion by Epictetus, written in the 2nd century ce. This passage stood out to me. Ch 51: "How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself and in no instance bypass the discriminations of reason? You have been given the principles that you ought to endorse, and you have endorsed them. What kind of teacher, then, are you still waiting for in order to refer your self-improvement to him? You are no longer a boy, but a full-grown man. If you are careless and lazy now and keep putting things off and always deferring the day after which you will attend to yourself, you will not notice that you are making no progress, but you will live and die as someone quite ordinary.

Our weekly Coffee Hour begins this Sunday, January 10th, 2026 at 11am - 12pm. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jan 10, 2026 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/d3csbWc7QIaP-Ame-5D6Wg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Can you make it? Comment below! Do you ever feel like you’re doing your inner work alone? Like you’ve outgrown certain conversations, but haven’t yet found people who truly get you? This space is for those moments. Our Weekly Coffee Hour is a relaxed, heart-centered gathering to connect with like-minded people who are curious, reflective, and walking their own conscious path. No fixing. No performing. Just real conversation, presence, and community. ✨ Come if you’re longing for:– Genuine connection– Conversations that go a little deeper– A sense of belonging without pressure– A place where you can show up exactly as you are