Earth Day/Month: Honoring and Celebrating the Earth
April, 2026
To mark Earth Day, TNI teachers and community leaders will be offering practices. We invite everyone to come together in shared practice, supported by the Dhamma, to honour and express our love for our awe-inspiring planet.
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Sunday, April 12 11 am - 12:30 pm EDT Studio Meta 1111 |
Sunday Sangha, with Bibiana Vera |
Drop-in group. |
Meditation practice & Dharma sharing. |
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Tuesday, April 14 7 - 8:15 pm EDT Sangha francophone: |
Celebrating our Earth through a new perspective, with Pascal Auclair (in French) |
Drop-in group. Register here for zoom invite: |
Meditation practice & Dharma sharing. |
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Monday, April 20 4:15pm PST, 7:15pm EDT Online. On Zoom. With BIPOC Sangha |
Deep listening to the wisdom of nature, with Arti Mehta |
Drop-in group. Register to the list to get Zoom link: |
We will practice open receptive awareness as a way to listen deeply to the wisdom of nature. We will share Dharma lessons from nature and find joy in the beauty of the earth. |
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Tuesday, April 21 7 - 8:15 pm EDT Sangha francophone: |
Sangha francophone, with Muriel Jaouich (in French) |
Drop-in group. Register here for zoom invite: |
Meditation practice & Dharma sharing. |
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Wednesday, April 22 7 - 8pm EDT Online. On Zoom. |
Wedneday Evening Meditation, with Jill Davey |
Drop-in group. Register to get Zoom link: |
Earth Day Meditation & Dharma Sharing |
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Friday, April 24 6 pm EDT Online. On Zoom |
Returning to Earth: A Guided Meditation & Reflective Writing, with Tatiana Castellanos |
Sign up to receive the Zoom link |
This session offers a gentle, accessible space to reconnect with the Earth as a source of support, belonging, and relationship. We’ll begin with a guided somatic meditation to help settle the nervous system and attune to the body as part of the living Earth. From this place, participants will be invited into a simple, reflective writing practice: a love letter to the Earth. No prior meditation or writing experience is needed. This is an invitation to listen, feel, and express in your own way. |
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Saturday, April 25 1:00 to 2:00 pm EDT St. Brigid's, St. Ignatius Jesuit Centre, Guelph |
Earth Day Walking Meditation, with Elisabeth Schramm & Jill Davey |
Please reach out to Elisabeth or Jill to register, and with any questions. elisaschramm @ gmail.com |
We'll meet at St. Brigid's Villa. After a grounding introduction and intention setting, we will share some brief walking meditation instructions, Please dress appropriately for outdoor practice and slow, mindful walking. |
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Sunday, April 26 11 to 12:30 pm EDT Sunday Sangha: Studio Meta 1111 |
The Earth is my Body, with Daryl Lynn Ross |
Drop-in group. Register here for zoom invite: |
Meditation practice & Dharma sharing. |
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Tuesday, April 28th 7-8:30pm EDT |
Earth as a Beloved: The contemplative practice on sickness, aging and death, with Parneet Chohan |
Drop-in Event. |
Join Kșānti/Parneet Chohan in a collective contemplative practice on loving and preparing to return to earth; a sacred beloved whose capacity can hold not only our physical bodies but our energy bodies through the trials and tribulations of our shared human suffering. Learn why building relations with earth while we are alive serves not only earth through mindful ecology, but serves humanity individually and collectively by supporting us in accepting sickness, aging and death, as part of the law of impermanence. |
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Thursday, April 30 April 7pm - 8:30pm EDT 243 Wallace Ave |
Mindful Earth Refuge, with Rose Mina Munjee and Simona Irwin |
The session includes guided sitting or lying meditation, gentle mindful movement, readings, musings, and poetry, and moments of shared reflection. Together, we create a field where rest, grief, resilience, uncertainty, and hope are all welcome. |