As a supportive learning circle, Yogis Unbounding welcomes yoga teachers and practitioners from different contemplative traditions. We respect and honor each individual’s existing path, practice, worldviews, and commitments. Participation is voluntary, and yogis are invited—not required—to remain open to new approaches to cultivation.
We will explore the foundations of Buddhist mindfulness, ethics, and mental cultivation through early discourses on satipatthana and anapanasati, alongside selected public Chan teachings on direct awareness, clarity and brightness of mind. We approach these as complementary expressions within the broad Buddhist tradition, honoring both their shared foundations and their distinctive language and methods.
Exploring Buddhist Meditation & Lifestyle
This program is a transparent and voluntary learning space in which teachers, practitioners, and groups from diverse contemplative traditions may study available Buddhist meditation practices in their historical and Buddhist context. Participants may consider whether and how these practices can appropriately inform their own teaching methods, while honoring their existing beliefs, vows, and lineages. The program does not seek covert conversion or to treat different traditions as interchangeable.
This program seeks to offer a respectful space for study, practice, dialogue, and discerning what, if anything, may be integrated responsibly into one’s life and profession.
Modes of Participation
INQUIRY & INSIGHT:
A casual circle where practitioners share their backgrounds and their intentions for exploring new approaches to cultivation. A brief framework of Buddhist cultivation will be presented during this time. Practitioners could discern whether to continue to study and exploration or to simply join the casual circle sessions. Activities include exploration Buddhist practice & ritual, guided sitting meditation and group sharing.
STUDY & EXPLORATION:
A weekly gathering to study and explore Buddhist cultivation. Meditation sessions will be guided and discussions will be led by our facilitators. Activities include exploration of Buddhist practice & ritual, guided sitting and walking meditation, study of texts, application of the foundations of Buddhist mindfulness to modern yoga poses, group sharing, and suggested practical application in daily life.
Co-facilitators
She chose the Buddhist path for its transformative and liberating refuge. The path equipped her to take care of the heart-mind and inspired her to offer conditions for others. She has been in the teaching field for almost two decades. Her academia credentials include the following: Master of Philosophical Research (Manila), Master Certificate in Mindfulness (Thailand), Basic Therapist Certificate in Mindfulness-based Therapy & Counseling (Thailand), MA in Buddhist Counseling (Sri Lanka).
Co-facilitator: Terrie Martinez
Co-facilitators
She lived as a Buddhist monastic teacher for over two decades. She is intent on following the Bodhisattva Path and seeks to inspire a mindful and compassionate living for the Filipino society. She continues to teach and practice as a co-founding member of the Kalyana Mitta Meditation Center.
Co-facilitator: Jlee
“Well then, friend, I will make up a simile for you, for some intelligent people here understand the meaning of a statement by means of a simile. Just as two sheaves of reeds might stand leaning against each other, so too, with name-and-form as condition, consciousness comes to be; with consciousness as condition, name-and-form comes to be. With name-and-form as condition, the six sense bases come to be; with the six sense bases as condition, contact…. Such is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.
“If, friend, one were to remove one of those sheaves of reeds, the other would fall, and if one were to remove the other sheaf, the first would fall. So too, with the cessation of name-and-form comes cessation of consciousness; with the cessation of consciousness comes cessation of name-and-form. With the cessation of name-and-form comes cessation of the six sense bases; with the cessation of the six sense bases, cessation of contact…. Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.”
— The Sheaves of Reeds | SN 12.67 —