Kennewick Sangha

03/25/2026

We welcome you to join us tonight at 7:30pm as we continue to explore second arrows. Hope to see you there!

03/18/2026

We are ONLINE ONLY tonight. Due to the New Moon Gathering at Lifted Lotus, we will not be meeting in person.

If you'd like to attend, please email rdkennewick@yahoo.com for a link.

Tonight, we'll explore the ancient Buddhist teaching on the first and second arrows as it relates to the journey of recovery. The first arrow represents the discomfort, pain, loss, or disappointment that's part of being human, while the second arrow is the suffering we inflict on ourselves, often through unskillful thoughts and actions.

You're welcome to join us, whether you're a friend, family member, professional, ally, or person in recovery, as we learn to navigate the first arrows without firing the second.

03/11/2026

While many people find our sangha as part of their recovery journeys, others come as a friend, family member, ally, or even as professionals working in the mental health field. We all struggle with harmful habits at times—whether that’s the misuse of substances or compulsive behaviors.

Substances can include things like the food we eat—or the reasons we turn to them. Compulsive behaviors might show up as constantly checking the news, scrolling social media, or other habits we use to cope with discomfort.

While our practice is rooted in Recovery Dharma, we also incorporate the 16 Mindfulness Practices of SatiSeva, which we’ve found especially supportive given the diversity of our sangha. https://www.soulscenter.com/satiseva.html

However you arrive, and whatever habit energy you may be working with, you are welcome as part of our sangha. We hope you’ll check us out tonight at 7:30pm.

The Mindfulness Practices of SatiSeva for recovery and support meets four time a month in person and online

03/05/2026

We welcome you to join our practice tonight. We hope to see you there! 7:30pm at Lifted Lotus Yoga.

02/26/2026

Reminder about our practice tonight. We hope to see you there!

02/18/2026

We’d love for you to join us tonight as we continue to practice skillful living amidst the challenges of life. 7:30 pm at Lifted Lotus ☮️

02/11/2026

We welcome you to join us tonight as we explore the nature of space and wise boundaries. How can we hold both our interconnectedness and our separateness? Thich Nhat Hanh invites us to awaken from the illusion of separateness. This is true—and not the whole truth. Sometimes we step into the space of others, or allow them into ours, in ways that cause harm.

A great evening to check us out. Hope to see you at 7:30!

02/04/2026

Join us tonight as we continue to explore the ways in which we increase our suffering and the suffering of others, as well as the ways we can cultivate ease and even joy. It’s a beautiful Practice—building our capacity to hold things lightly, speaking kindly (including the words we speak silently to ourselves), and letting go of the things that once served but no longer do. Hope to see you there!

01/29/2026

If you’re free tonight and have been thinking about checking us out—or coming back—we’d love to have you join us as we continue exploring what wisdom looks like amid unskillfulness, both within ourselves and in the world around us.

7:30 pm tonight at Lifted Lotus Yoga. We hope to see you there.

01/14/2026

We welcome you to join us tonight as we continue practicing skillful living in the face of life’s challenges. How do we stay present during hard times? How do we avoid overlaying the past onto the present, or getting caught in future-tripping? We’ll explore these and other questions together as we learn, practice, and reflect as a group. You are not alone. Hope to see you at 7:30!

01/07/2026

Join us tonight at 7:30 as we resume our in-person group practice at Lifted Lotus.

Together, we explore ways of meeting discomfort that support healing and reconciliation—rather than responses that end up harming ourselves or others. While much of life is outside our control, we do have access to wise, skillful responses. These often get overlooked, or we misjudge our capacity to respond—especially when trauma, addiction, or compulsive patterns are present.

If you’re curious about practicing a more compassionate and grounded way of responding to what’s hard—whether in your own life or in the life of someone you care about—you’re warmly welcome.

We hope to see you tonight.

01/01/2026

Reminder: The Kennewick Sangha is NOT Practicing tonight.

We welcome you to explore virtual offerings with links listed in the previous post and wish you happiness and skillfulness closing out 2025 and welcoming in the New Year.