an inclusive community exploring mindfulness
Welcome to Pacific Northwest Meditation! We believe that practicing meditation and mindfulness together can help us connect more fully to a multitude of shared human experiences, and help us view ourselves and others in new ways. We welcome and learn from all races, ethnicities, cultures, physical/cognitive abilities, ages, genders and identities. PNWM endeavors to be an anti-racist and accessible community that removes barriers to engagement. Come to still the body and calm the mind.
Saturday Sangha
October 19 & 26
Nelly Kaufer is the founder and lead teacher at Pine Street Sangha. As a long-time lesbian, she understands the dominance of patriarchal influences in the way Buddhism is taught. She has created a more “feministic” approach utilized in her teaching style.
Ofosu Jones-Quartey, also known as Born I, is a mindfulness teacher, author, and hip-hop artist whose work lives at the intersection of music and meditation. He is the author of Lyrical Dharma: Hip-Hop as Mindfulness and the creator of immersive Hip-Hop Soundbath experiences that blend contemplative practice with live performance. Through his teachings, writing, and music, he invites audiences into presence, self-compassion, and creative awakening, offering accessible pathways toward healing and inner freedom.
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Contribute to the collective healing and awakening.
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Trina Truong
Core Teacher
Trina brings a heartwarming approach to her teachings. Raised in a Buddhist family in Vietnam lends her a unique perspective on how to serve various communities; merging Eastern and Western approaches; she is skilled in guiding meditators towards the right way to practice. Her teachings are influenced by Thich Nhat Hanh, Bhante Guanaratana, and Master Sheng Yen. She has sat for over 100 days in retreat and is an MBSR instructor with Brown University.
Visit Trina’s website: wakeuptogether.org
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Candle Summers
Core Teacher
Candle has practiced meditation for over 20 years with her root teachers Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong. She completed Spirit Rock’s four year Dharma Leader program in 2001. Her Theravadan background includes the teachings of Anagarika Munidra, Sayadaws U Pandita and U Tejaniya, Gil Fronsdal, Mark Nunberg, and more. Candle has offers a monthly Insight Metta meditation on Mondays. Visit: www.givenfreely.com
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Venerable Tejassī
Core Teacher
Venerable Tejassī has been a monastic for ten years, starting with a six-year apprenticeship in the Ajahn Chah tradition. Moving forward to join a heart-centered monastic community, he spent four years under the close guidance of his spiritual teacher in this life. Today, he serves as the spiritual guide of Heart-Path and is the co-founder of La Gracia Retreat Center.
Join PNWM for mindfulness meditation and the teachings of the Buddha, dedicated to well-being and freedom from suffering for all in a diverse, inclusive community devoted to the liberation of all beings.
Our Leadership Sangha welcomes you.
