Days of Mindfulness
We will hold Days of Mindfulness (DOM) on the 3rd weekend of each month and will alternate Sundays and Saturdays each month throughout the year. The program is held at Dharma Gate from 8:45 am to 4 pm. You can join in-person at 1910 24th Ave S, Seattle 98144 or connect by Zoom
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RSVP if you will attend virtually or in-person to a Day of Mindfulness by sending an email to dom@mindfulnesspugetsound.org .
Themes for Days of Mindfulness in 2026 are being developed for monthly offerings on the third weekend of each month. The Day of Mindfulness Committee welcomes your ideas and hopes to offer themes and practices developed from MCPS Affinity groups in 2026. Contact us with your suggestions at dom@mindfulnesspugetsound.org. Themes in 2026 are:
Sunday, July 19 – The MCPS BIPOC Sangha will offer a Day of Mindfulness on the theme of “Friends on the Path: The Practice of Witnessing”. It is open to all but is an in person only event without a virtual (Zoom) offering. The Dharma Talks and practices will be inspired by the practices of the BIPOC Sangha and the wisdom of Kate Johnson, the author of Radical Friendship. https://www.katejohnson.com/book-radical-friendship. Participants are requested to bring an object representing their Ancestors and are requested to commit to joining in the morning and staying for at least half the day if not the entire day.
Saturday, August 15 –MCPS elders in the Five Remembrances Book Study group will offer a hybrid Day of Mindfulness on “Impermanence and the Five Remembrances”. From 2:30 to 3:45 there will be a ceremony to place a stone in the Dharma Gate Commemorative Area for John Flynn, a long time member of MCPS, who passed away June 9, 2026.
Sunday, September 20 – The Order of Interbeing and Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings offered by local members and aspirants of the Order of Interbeing in collaboration with the Tacoma Sangha. To see video reciting the 14 Mindfulness Trainings go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY9rb-RfUjc&t=1230s
Weekend of October 17 and 18th will be a non-residential retreat (NRR) honoring Thich Nhat Hanh (TNH) and Our Indigenous Relatives. October is the 100th birthday of TNH (October 11, 1926) and is also Indigenous Peoples Month. This NRR will offer a focus on the relationship between the teachings of TNH and indigenous peoples of the Americas as well as guest teachers. Details of this event are being developed. Stay tuned!
Sunday, November 15 – “Challenges and Practices Helpful for Young Adults” in today’s world will be the focus of this DOM offered in collaboration with the Wake-Up Cherry Blossom Sangha
Saturday, December 19 – “Solstice Celebration” with Three Treasures Sangha co-owners with MCPS of the Dharma Gate property. This early morning (starts at 6:15am & ends at 10am) event includes sitting in darkness that gradually becomes light. Participants share poems or readings that relate to Solstice and share a breakfast meal together.
Activities offered will include sitting and walking meditation, a dharma talk and discussion, a mindful noon meal, songs and deep relaxation or gentle movement activities, a mindfulness practice related to the theme, and recitation of the 5 Mindfulness Trainings. If you come to the in-person DOM, bring a vegan food item to share.
Resources for the DOMs, including the dharma talk can be found here. (link to Resources for DOMs).
Roles that help make a DOM: Contact us at dom@mindfulnesspugetsound.org if you would like to help with any of the following for DOMs in 2026:
- Facilitate a DOM, Coordinate practice activities such as facilitating the formal meal, deep relaxation or other gentle movement activities, songs and other mindfulness practices or activities.
- Set up Zendo, and make coffee and Tea: Arrive at 8 am
- Greeter to welcome everyone: Arrive at 8 am
- Set up the lunch offerings around 12:30pm
- Kitchen Clean Up & post Lunch work activities at 1:30 pm
- End of Day Clean Up at 4 pm
Parking is available in the diagonal slots on 25th Ave. at the Light House for the Blind on the corner of Plum and 25th street.
Dana: There is no fee to attend the Day of Mindfulness, but you are welcome to offer a donation in the range of $10-20 to help cover the costs of supplies and facility. Dana can be made in person at the DOM or on the MCPS website: https://mindfulnesspugetsound.org/dana/
Other Considerations: Please bring rain gear (gore tex, umbrella) for walking outdoors in the rain if there is rain in the forecast and please bring a sun hat, sunscreen and sunglasses if sunshine is in the forecast. Wearing of face masks is highly recommended and some are available on site. Please don’t attend in person if you have symptoms of an illness that could be contagious. Just join the DOM virtually at the link above.
Your Ideas and Suggestions for DOM themes, speakers, videos for dharma talks or guided meditations and practice activities are welcomed by the Day of Mindfulness Committee and please send them by email to that address above. We are also interested in having a family program so let us know if you have children or youth who would like to attend and their ages.
Functions and Responsibilities of Affinity Groups leading a DOM in 2026: Link to Document
The Role of the DOM Committee: Our role is to facilitate monthly Days of Mindfulness for MCPS that are inclusive of all our members and support them with teachings, practices, rest, and community connection that meet their needs and give them more agency to effect positive change in their lives and the world. Members of DOM Committee as of 11/25: Josh Treybig, Cristina Mullen, Elaine Waller-Rose, Ellie Graham, and Vera Garibaldi.
Past DOM Resources
2025 – present
Link to Resources for Days Of Mindfulness
2024
Resources for Day of Mindfulness Nov 16, 2024: Practices to Lessen Negative Habit Energy.
Resources for Day of Mindfulness Oct 19, 2024: Building Harmonious Communities.
Resources for Day of Mindfulness Sep 21, 2024: Learning from Earth & All Our Ancestors.
Resources for Day of Mindfulness Mar 16, 2024: A New Way of Being Together. Building Agency and Community.
Resources for Day of Mindfulness Feb 17, 2024: Deep Listening and Conflict Resolution.
Resources for Day of Mindfulness Jan 20, 2024: Interbeing and Changing Yourself.
Topic: Days of Mindfulness
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