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A geometric pattern where every part, regardless of size, represents the whole and expands infinitely in multiple directions. See seashells, sunflowers, fiddleheads, and galaxies. adjective. In the context of social justice work, the ripple effect of small collaborations spiraling outwards infinitely into a network of interconnected efforts creating systemic, meaningful, and large-scale change. https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/liberatory-collaboration daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724096424620-EJWQLECVURV1MVFQAO7D/unsplash-image-EEht2lJ6NPI.jpg Liberatory Collaboration https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/connect daily 0.75 2024-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724091901674-QGZAGZO9KL4BW4GT0DW2/unsplash-image-7w4lNt7lJb4.jpg Connect https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/give daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724095872798-AA91IW4QILI2CD26KGIB/unsplash-image-3oWop6MFYfc.jpg Give https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/mission daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724095165145-YEKFCVV23VJ2E2XKHID7/unsplash-image-FTUJ3RqFLo0.jpg Mission https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/home-alt daily 0.75 2014-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500612440-PGQSIY8KL9F7T5VIXQLO/chambers-2.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Contact Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500503574-5BAPXZO9U06UV61P49UO/chambers1.jpg Home Alt Sustainability Starts with you Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500933384-LII4SRIPHFYOUFX0UCXC/chambers-4.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390504287124-HQ8GNX1JCE22V047MSQ9/chambers-8.jpg Home Alt Preserve Nature Join Us https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/school-based-work daily 0.75 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724129651823-ULYJS1GD83Q0YYPSBECY/unsplash-image-ikbUSIen3_k.jpg School-Based Work https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/green-gulch-farm daily 0.75 2018-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1516515801474-ULMEMVP6RAKLE4LHS05K/IMG_1232_2400_v2.jpg Green Gulch Farm https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/stone-creek-zen-center daily 0.75 2018-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1516512169093-59KPBD9NQBINKTQ972OC/IMG_2036_1800.jpg Stone Creek Zen Center https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/sebastopol-sangha daily 0.75 2018-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1516513350138-IV248ULVWLE2TG0D6JWV/IMG_0619_2400.jpg Sebastopol Sangha https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/page-not-found daily 0.75 2021-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1620852131309-S68KERPGDCVGGV8J6Y0C/rainbow%2Brock.jpg Page Not Found https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/community-partners daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724111487220-BV3W0NL17FVFBX6BLRDQ/unsplash-image-jpgRztEuaV4.jpg Community Partners https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/racial-justice daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724096758198-HOGX8U8JFXWBQZXYVTDH/unsplash-image-ScE5gvT5WzA.jpg Racial Justice https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/lgbtq-justice daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724096848411-D1E0001GWWIHI4FD426E/unsplash-image-FXl1-JsItss.jpg LGBTQ+ Justice https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/liberatory-psychotherapy daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1745952715176-9YO039SG37H5CC6BLGOB/unsplash-image-k_AXt3VPSrw.jpg Liberatory Psychotherapy https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/how-we-work daily 0.75 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724099672169-OYZ72K3UP5YMGWVPSV5S/unsplash-image-XGNkXDdJcyc.jpg How We Work https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/collaborators-wisdom-keepers daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1724128833591-TAJZVCXOYBPUAUL99OBG/unsplash-image-W7G8IPX23_0.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/6734982b-ad4b-4ac4-97f1-21c3296961c7/samara.jpeg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers - Samara Alima Samara Alima (she/her) is a previous JMP Co-Executive Director and current Board Member, supporting JMP’s mission of bringing ease and equity, joy and justice into the world. She’s a Bay Area photographer, a mother, and, for the last decade, she has been a dedicated team member with the San Francisco Zen Center Family Sangha. On the weekends you might her find investing in Indigenous farming methods or participating in communities dedicated to compassionate action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/162d1085-6049-4e27-8352-a7985ef6a4c2/karyl+bio+photo+2.jpeg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers - Karyl Averill Karyl Averill (she/her) is dedicated to helping community heal from late stage capitalism and determined to bring a gift economy forward so that inequity and injustice might yield to abundance. Karyl helped initiate JMP’s classification as a nonprofit 501c3 in 2016. As a community organizer and systems thinker, Karyl worked at the ground level of Occupy Wall Street where she honed skills for utilizing non-hierarchical organizational structures that foster equity from the inside out. As a JMP Key Collaborator and previous CFO, Karyl’s vision of a world beyond scarcity is a guiding light. On the weekends, you might find Karyl making soup for a friend or advocating for transgender rights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/7eb253be-b5f7-4ef4-a0d4-a600568ce911/shelly+bio+pic.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers Shelly Hughes (she/her) is an artist, herbalist, gardener, and a mother, and possesses a fierce love for native and medicinal plants. She brings a decade of experience as an Environmental Educator to her work and has been a JMP Collaborator since 2018, weaving nature-based practices into all of our programs. Shelly is lay-ordained in the Soto Zen lineage of Suzuki Roshi and serves as a core member of the Family Program at San Francisco Zen Center, sharing her passion for the inter-related worlds of nature and Zen Buddhist practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/b13107c6-bbad-4c75-a914-3224ae8e647d/Jylani+Maat+Brown.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers Jylani Ma’at Brown, founder of the Practice Peace Project. As an early JMP Collaborator, Jylani served as a thought-partner for our project at Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy. As a woman, mother and teacher of African descent, Jylani takes pride in creating space for both her cultural heritage and expression to be an integral part of her mindfulness practice. Jylani facilitates programs that offer every participant the opportunity to fully see themselves in the moment and to honor their culture in their practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1517723536235-47D57Q2BX7WMOQ1I7TYF/Stonearrow.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers - Make it stand out Steve Stonearrow, spiritual leader within the Lakota ceremonial tradition, is an example of what it means to walk in a sacred way within our society, carrying forward the cultural teachings and spiritual wisdom of the Lakota way of life. With his deep knowledge of healing and herbal medicine, Steve travels the country leading ceremonies and speaking about indigenous history, lifestyle and spirituality. As an original JMP Collaborator, Steve shared his gift of storytelling and vision for health and wholeness with families in our early programs. We are honored to have received Steve’s bright presence and the power of his medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/10ea8e4e-2eb6-4962-817a-422bdf91f1f9/tara+headshot+2022.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers Tara Stafford, MSW, LCSW #29674 (she/her) spent five years teaching at California State University East Bay's School of Social Work and has over seventeen years of clinical experience, directing social services, program development, nonprofit work, education, training and development of students, interns and staff. Tara currently offers tele-health and in person services in Sonoma County through her organization HEAL. As a JMP Collaborator, Tara provided clinical supervision and helped develop structures and policies that support the growth of the organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/919acfa5-daa8-4b2a-afa0-2015d2df9477/IMG_7392.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers Morgan Hewitt, MA has been practicing in the Soto Zen lineage of Suzuki Roshi for more than twenty years and serves on the JMP Board of Directors. She was an educator for twenty-five years, a guidance counselor for ten years, and worked as a Certified Health Navigator at Sonoma Valley Hospital in the Cancer Support Clinic, providing complimentary therapies including mindfulness to people going through cancer treatments and those in remission from cancer. As an experienced educator and a seasoned student of Zen Buddhism, Morgan’s experience supports the efficacy of all JMP programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/e977b7b4-4b93-4cf0-a976-d7183ed147f0/Susi+Brennan+photo.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers Susi Brennan, MA, is a Mindful Schools Certified Mindfulness Instructor and taught in public schools for over twenty years. Her work in schools has fed a passion for social justice — and she believes strongly that teachers and staff who embody mindfulness and compassion have the greatest impact on the well-being of the whole school community. Susi supported JMP’s Mindful Educators Alliance, shared mindfulness in our after school programs, and served as a thought-partner for JMP’s project at Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/c4ae4aeb-0ef2-4206-a07d-5c4bfe9c2252/Judy+F.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers - Make it stand out Judy Fleischman, MA, holds a Master’s Degree in Astronomy from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s in Physics from MIT, and is a Soto Zen priest. She returned to her hometown NYC after 9/11 and practiced at Village Zendo where she received priest ordination from Enkyo O’Hara in 2005 and served as shuso (head student) in 2011. Judy is a practice leader with Everyday Zen whose guiding teacher is Norman Fischer. Following many years working as a chaplain, she now serves as a mindfulness educator at a private high school in San Francisco. Judy supported JMP’s early work, facilitating mindfulness programs on a biodynamic farm in Sebastopol, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/5fc7ab18-f5a9-4156-a861-c2fa9e7c3dc1/mark+stefanski.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers Mark Stefanski, MS, CMI is a Mindful Schools Certified Mindfulness Instructor and serves on the JMP Board of Directors. He taught high school science for more than thirty years, serving on the faculty of Marin Academy in San Rafael. Mark has held positions as Marin Academy’s Dean of Freshmen, its inaugural H.D. Thoreau Faculty Chair for promoting education for environmental sustainability, and as the leader for the Senior Vision Quest Program. Embracing a model centered on peer education, Mark leads teen mindfulness circles in San Rafael, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1521160622324-N3X2B6RQQNT6O9ZY50LS/Pam-Walton.jpg Collaborators & Wisdom Keepers - Make it stand out Pam Walton, MA, LMFT, CMI is Mindful Schools Certified Mindfulness Instructor and Mental Health Clinician for the Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD). Pam has been practicing mindfulness for over thirty years, including several years in intensive retreat settings. She currently leads trainings on mindfulness, mental health and trauma. Pam co-led an early JMP initiative, the Mindful Educators Alliance, that brought a series of retreats and trainings to the Northern San Francisco Bay Area. She has a small private psychotherapy practice in Napa, CA. https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/compassion-group daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/064348f6-95de-4452-bb7a-ffbb48b976c3/Photo+Credit+Samara+Alima+.jpg Compassion Group - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Samara Alima https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/sfzc-family-sangha daily 0.75 2026-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/58e80770-6581-4c99-a992-e7d945a7b657/GG+Large+Group.jpeg SFZC Family Sangha SFZC Family Sangha. Sunday Morning Welcome Circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/7786f012-9b23-4ee4-8f1e-6feb28f08e6b/Ancestors+2025+2+photo+by+samara+alima.jpg SFZC Family Sangha Ancestors Ritual. Making offerings at the Jizo altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/f8bfc2e7-ebd3-4831-81e4-e53a17df2466/photo+credit%3A+samara+alima.jpeg SFZC Family Sangha Daylong Family Retreat. Gathering at the farm altar. https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/neurodiversity-affirming daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1792613475062-U0NMRC14E2LSIRSLBVQ9/unsplash-image-Z-K5mGjC53I.jpg Neurodiversity Affirming https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/zen-practice-discussion daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1ef79a1e-9f6a-449e-8e5e-0335c04809cc/unsplash-image-cVaDxt6IvOs.jpg Zen Practice Discussion https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/meikyo-chelsea-true daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1792619225288-I7F6026MQGYO7SKC9008/unsplash-image-_h-4uhiGpVc.jpg Meikyo Chelsea True https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/459e1ab2-a0a0-4dd6-87ee-91879c0c655d/Meikyo+at+GG.jpg Meikyo Chelsea True - Meet Meikyo Joyful Mind Project founder, Meikyo Chelsea True, is a licensed psychotherapist, educator, and lay-entrusted Zen teacher whose work reaches across many disciplines. Her practice is supported by Dharma Heart Zen (DHZ), a Branching Streams sangha in Sebastopol, California, under the guidance of founder and senior Dharma teacher Hoka Chris Fortin. Meikyo served as DHZ’s shuso (head monk) in 2018 and received lay-entrustment in 2025, authorizing her as a lay teacher in the Soto Zen Lineage of Suzuki Roshi and allowing her to begin supporting Zen students. https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/liberatory-values daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1792640765650-MGQB54RPDSOH5O9D59UU/unsplash-image-4a3q57L8idg.jpg Liberatory Values https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/disability-justice daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1792642191677-CLKP4Z58BROT1ZXEKIVQ/unsplash-image-cVVO9DflkRM.jpg Disability Justice https://www.joyfulmindproject.org/resources-writing-talks daily 0.75 2026-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/1792693951011-1CFCBRXTJ340G2IQHQ4C/unsplash-image-vYc1k5x_f7I.jpg Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d549eba9db09a7acf5d37a/933683d9-3a3d-4275-a63b-c2068e2b0636/GG+Path.jpg Resources - Illuminating the Path of Family Practice at San Francisco Zen Center Meikyo Chelsea True reflects on a nearly 20-year journey with the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) and the evolution of its family practice programs. 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