Dharma Homies Presents Relational Mindfulness: Foundations of Connect, A 4-Week In-Person Practice.
Dharma Homies Presents
Relational Mindfulness: Foundations of Connection
A 4-week in-person practice series (Wednesdays from 7-8:30 PM, July 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th)
We're wired for connection; it's biological. But that doesn't mean it's easy. If you're anything like me, it can still be really hard, and I teach this stuff. This space is designed to facilitate connection and offer practices and games that make it feel safe enough to lean in.
For four weeks, we'll practice leaning into connection. Each class, we'll start at home, connecting to our own direct experience, then we'll begin to lean out and practice with each other.
And because we don't want the practice to live only in these curated spaces, we give you the meta lens: the how and the why beneath it all. You leave with the practice and the lens, ready to bring more presence and a deeper listening into your own relationships, community, and work; not as a credential to lead groups, but as a way of showing up more fully wherever you already are.
This space is intentionally limited to 12 participants to keep the group small enough for real connection, depth, and safety.
This is a closed group - we journey with the same people all four weeks, because trust is part of what we're building. Please plan to attend all four sessions; each week builds on the last.
Can only make one? Come to the first session (July 8). Week one is open to visitors. I,t's where we arrive and land together. After that, the circle closes and we go deeper with whoever's in the room.
Missing one session along the way is workable, just let us know. Questions? Please reach out.
Our Intention for These Four Weeks
Over these four weeks, we hope that you'll:
Delight in a sense of belonging, connection, silliness, and depth
Drop into present-moment awareness while staying in connection with others
Develop the tools to bring these practices with you wherever you go
Your facilitators: Dharma Homie Enrique Collazo & Guest Teacher Amelia Ravitz-Dworkin, with special appearances from other folks from the Dharma Homies crew.
Amelia Ravitz-Dworkin entered mindfulness spaces at 16 through the doorway of chronic illness. Her training includes 14+ years of concentration and cultivation practices across secular settings, Theravada, Vajrayana, Mahayana lineages, and Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village Tradition. Amelia has led groups with East Bay Meditation Center, mentors teenagers with Inward Bound Meditation, and facilitates a Young Adult sangha in Oakland. She is a guest teacher at Dharma Homies and looks forward to connecting and practicing the reduction of internal and external violence for the benefit of all beings.
Enrique Collazo has spent 20+ years bringing mindfulness and real conversation to jails, recovery centers, schools, and retreat halls across the country. He's taught with Inward Bound Mindfulness, Challenge Day, and Spirit Rock. His home lane is relational mindfulness. He teaches with Dharma Homies and lives in Oakland, where he's raising his son and slowly becoming a DJ.
We show up with these baseline agreements:
What's shared here stays here
Welcome All Conditions
Cultivate Beginner's Mind
Take Responsibility for Your Experience
Practice Vulnerability
Honor Connection and Boundaries
20+ years of facilitation experience between teachers
Conducted with an awareness of sensitive nervous systems and trauma.
*Full flight of stairs to the home where we will be holding this series. 24 steps up to main floor from entryway, 3 steps up to the entrywayIt's
We want this offering to be accessible while also honoring the time, care, and labor that goes into holding this space.
Please choose the highest rate you can offer without causing financial stress or hardship. If cost is a barrier, please reach out—no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
10% of all fees support a BIPOC scholarship fund, directly expanding access to this work.
HIGH SUPPORTIVE RATE: $240–$320 (for the 4-week series)
SUSTAINING RATE: $160–$220 (for the 4-week series)
ACCESS RATE: $100–$140 (for the 4-week series)
FIRST-SESSION VISITOR (July 8th only): sliding scale $25–$80, if the night lands and a seat remains, what you paid counts toward the full series.
If none of these tiers are accessible, please reach out so we can find a way for you to participate.
For more details on each tier see: Registration Form
If none of these tiers are accessible, please reach out so we can find a way for you to participate.
For more details on each tier see: Registration Form