Sit.Feel.Heal.
Meditation Center
A space to pause, connect, and grow.
Community Calendar
View our full calendar of workshops, drop-ins, and retreats.
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Weekly drop-in groups
Suggested Donation: $20
No one is turned away for lack of funds.
Your contribution helps support the space, the teachers, and future offerings, keeping this community resource alive and thriving.
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Sunday Morning Sit: Sundays | 10:00–10:45 AM
A peer-led gathering with a short reading, 30 minutes of silent meditation, and space for optional reflection.Come as you are.
Start your Sunday in stillness and connection.
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Every Tuesday | 12:00–1:15 PM
Doors Open: 12:00 PM
Guided Meditation: 12:15–12:45 PM
Optional Reflection & Connection: 12:45–1:15 PMLife doesn’t always give us an hour to slow down, but sometimes thirty minutes is enough to help us remember ourselves.
Join us for Connect + Reset, a midday practice space to pause, reconnect, and return to the rest of your day with greater presence. Bring your lunch, settle in, and enjoy a guided mindfulness meditation followed by a few moments for reflection and connection.
Whether you’re coming from work, home, school, or simply passing by, this is an invitation to step out of the busyness for a little while—and practice returning to your life with a little more curiosity, compassion, and intention.
Come when you can. Leave when you need to. This offering is designed to fit into the rhythms of everyday life.
Donation-Based | Everyone Welcome | No Experience Necessary -
Wednesdays | 7:00PM - 8:15PM
We’re honored to now offer affinity groups on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesday nights at the SFH Meditation Center.
Monthly identity-based circles that offer space for deeper connection, healing, and community.
Practice through the lens of shared experience.
1st Wednesdays – BIPOC Group (Coming Soon)
2nd Wednesdays – Women’s Mindfulness Circle
3rd Wednesdays – Q Circle: A Queer Sangha
4th Wednesdays – Sensitive Bros: Redefining Masculinity Through Presence
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Thursdays | 7:00–8:30 PM
A long-standing weekly tradition in Santa Cruz. Each gathering includes a guided or silent meditation, a Dharma talk or guest teacher, and time for community reflection. Open to all levels; come as you are.
Special Events and Mindfulness retreats
Wednesday Night Affinity Groups
Each Wednesday night offers a rotating space for affinity-based mindfulness practice and reflection; grounded in community, care, and self-awareness.
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Sit.Feel.Heal. Meditation Center
📍 907 River Street, Santa Cruz
🕖 7:00pm-8:15pm
💸 $10–$20 sliding scale
No one turned away for lack of fundsEach Wednesday night offers a rotating space for affinity-based mindfulness practice and reflection; grounded in community, care, and self-awareness.
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Women’s Mindfulness Circle
A space for women and FEM-identified folks to reconnect with themselves, each other, and a spiritual path rooted in presence and authenticity.We explore themes like intuition, self-compassion, boundaries, and personal power through reflection and shared conversation.
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Q Circle: LGBTQIA+ Meditation Group
A monthly group for queer-identified folks to gather for meditation, dharma sharing, and caring community.Together we reflect on how to stay open-hearted and rooted in our truth, even in a world that doesn’t always reflect our beauty and strength.
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Sensitive Bros: Redefining Masculinity Through Presence
A heartfelt space for men to slow down, check in, and connect. Each gathering includes mindfulness, reflection, and peer support; exploring emotional awareness, relationships, and the journey of unlearning cultural conditioning around masculinity.
7:00–8:00pm meditation + circle
8:00–8:30pm optional hangout
pay it forward
If this space has held you - if this mission resonates with you; we invite you to give what you can.
Every dollar helps. Your generosity not only supports the growth of the Center, it helps someone else attend a class, workshop, or retreat who otherwise couldn’t afford to.
your donation is tax deductible 501(c)3 41-3210103
Life doesn’t always give us an hour to slow down, but sometimes thirty minutes is enough to help us remember ourselves.
Join us for Connect + Reset, a midday practice space to pause,
reconnect, and return to the rest of your day with greater presence. Bring your lunch, settle in, and enjoy a guided mindfulness meditation followed by a few moments for reflection and connection.
Whether you’re coming from work, home, school, or simply passing by, this is an invitation to step out of the busyness for a little while—and practice returning to your life with a little more
curiosity, compassion, and intention.
Every Tuesday | 12:00–1:15 PM
Doors Open: 12:00 PM
Guided Meditation: 12:15–12:45 PM (also available live on Zoom)
Optional Reflection & Connection: 12:45–1:15 PM
Come when you can. Leave when you need to. This offering is designed to fit into the rhythms of everyday life.
Donation-Based • Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary