Spiritual Friends Sangha invites you to our monthly recitation of the Buddhist Precepts for Ethical Living, aka the [Five Mindfulness Trainings](https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings). After a period of settling in, we will cultivate awareness together in silence for 20 to 30 minutes - sitting, walking, standing, reclining, rolling meditation all welcome. This will be followed by a communal recitation of this Global Spiritual Ethic, a modern adaptation of the original Buddhist Precepts, developed by Zen Monk, Poet and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. The evening will culminate with time for you to offer questions and reflections about the precepts or your practice. Augusta will offer reflections and responses on living and practicing with these ethical precepts. See you at the Collective! **Join us in person at 2929 24th street** \*\*OR online via Zoom: \*\*[https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma](https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma) (password: **108108**) **Augusta Hopkins** offers “Zen with an edge.” Drawing on her Quaker roots; deep practice and training in the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism, Insight Meditation, Theravada Buddhism; and the spiritual healing journey of the Twelve Steps of Al-Anon. Augusta (she/her, white, cisgender) brings a depth of experience from teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to almost 1,000 students and mentoring 100 plus meditation teachers-to-be in Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s Meditation Teacher Training program. Augusta welcomes all. She received lay ordination from Thich Nhat Hanh and the names True Ocean of Strength and Peaceful Fulfillment of the Heart which she embodies. She is authorized by Spirit Rock to share the Dharma and teach meditation. Augusta also holds an MBA in Sustainable Business and a third degree Black Belt in the Korean Martial Art of Tang Soo Do. When she isn’t meditating or teaching meditation she can be found swimming in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay. **[https://mindfulness4stressreduction.com/meditation-teacher-augusta-hopkins/](https://mindfulness4stressreduction.com/meditation-teacher-augusta-hopkins/)**
