Let's Practice Together with Mushim Patricia Ikeda on September 20, 2026
Description
Let’s Practice Together
Grounding AND Groundlessness: Rooting AND Letting Go Practice
with Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Sunday, September 20th from 10:00 - 11:30 am PT (Pacific Time)
Online via Zoom
About the Session:
In order to meet the chaos and suffering of our times, we need contemplative practices that braid together rooting in the earth of community and collective wisdom, planting seeds of wisdom and compassion through our thoughts, words, and actions, then becoming water in order to flow formlessly into what is becoming.
About the Series:
These times call for us to expand our individual and collective capacity to navigate uncertainty, instability, and complexity. By practicing deeply together, we strengthen our ability to meet these challenges with resilience and presence.
Throughout the year, we will gather one Sunday a month online as a community of curious practitioners to explore the timeless wisdom of the Buddhadharma and mindfulness/Insight meditation. In each session, we will cultivate presence, deepen our meditation practice, and engage in shared reflections and inquiry. Together, we cultivate a collective heart-mind-body—a living, interconnected field—spacious enough to hold and transform whatever life brings our way.
Let's Practice Together offers a space for meaningful dialogue—an opportunity to ask questions, explore personal and collective experiences, and learn from one another. We welcome sincere and committed practitioners of all levels and backgrounds to join us on this collective path of discovery and connection.
Sessions will be recorded and shared with all registrants. During the session, practitioners who don't wish to be recorded may offer their questions and reflections in the chat.
Dates and Guest Teachers for 2026:
Sundays from 10:00 - 11:30 am PT
July 12 - Kimber Simpkins-Nuccio
August 9 - Jonathan Relucio
September 20 - Mushim Patricia Ikeda
October 11 - TBD
November 15 - Janet E. Roos
December 13 - Nimali Jayasinghe
Reciprocity Contribution:
We gratefully welcome donations of any amount that feels meaningful to you. Your donation at registration directly supports Braided Wisdom's ability to continue cultivating spaces of healing, learning, and collective care. Everyone is welcome, regardless of ability to contribute.
Additionally, we invite you to engage in sacred reciprocity with our dear teacher Mushim by offering dana, a gift of heartfelt generosity in gratitude for her wisdom, which supports her continued sustainability and helps keep these ancient, liberatory teachings alive.
You're welcome to donate directly to Mushim in the following way:
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Venmo: @MushimPatricia-Ikeda [4234 last 4 digits of mobile phone]
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PayPal: info@mushimikeda.com
Setting the Container:
We request participants attend the whole program to respect the group and the teacher, and ask for your support with creating a sacred container by arriving to the session on time as the zoom room will close at 10:15 am PT.
At Braided Wisdom, we strive to cultivate an online space that supports connection, presence, and collective care. While we invite participants to have their cameras on to help nurture a sense of community, we wholeheartedly honor that there are many reasons someone may choose otherwise. We encourage you to meet yourself where you are, and if any needs arise around this, you’re warmly invited to reach out to us at info@braidedwisdom.org.
Please note, there is a possibility the session may go over 15 minutes. It would be great if you can stay, and we understand if you need leave at 11:30 am PT.
About Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Guest Teacher
Mushim Patricia Ikeda is a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC), and an internationally known Buddhist and secular mindfulness meditation teacher, justice activist, and writer. She primarily serves BIPOC, low-income, and disability communities. Mushim is also a former Zen Buddhist monastic practitioner, and a mother with 11 years of experience volunteering in the Oakland Unified School District. www.mushimikeda.com
Danny T. Duong
Moderator
Danny (she/her) serves as Director of Organizational Stewardship for Braided Wisdom. As a certified Integral Coach and mindfulness facilitator, Danny blends curiosity, insight, and use of meditation and somatic tools to support the facilitation of positive and sustainable change for individuals, teams, organizations, and communities. Her work is grounded in contemplative practice and earth-based spirituality. In 2019, she made a humbling vow to walk the path of an aspiring Bodhisattva which informs her intention to help in the relief of suffering for all living beings. Danny holds Master’s degrees in Public Health and Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley. Her professional and leadership experiences span across non-profit development, healthcare consulting, politics, public policy, and government affairs. She is currently a participant in the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is a graduate of the Braided Wisdom Leadership Training Program and East Bay Meditation Center Practice in Transformative Action, and co-hosts the Asian Heart Mind Body Collective Podcast.
Zoom Link:
An email with the Zoom Link will be sent out the afternoon before at 1:37 pm PT, and the morning of at 8:00 am and 9:55 am PT. Please search for info@braidedwisdom.org and check your spam folder if you do not see our email with the Zoom Link.
You will need to sign-in to your Zoom account before clicking the zoom link, and be sure the name you will be joining with is the same one you used to register for the program. If you do not have a zoom account, follow the instructions here, and be sure to use the name you registered with as your Display Name. We cannot admit anyone unless they are on our attendance list. Thank you for your understanding and support with helping to create a safe container for all.
This program registration is for the Let's Practice Together: Grounding AND Groundlessness: Rooting AND Letting Go Practice with Mushim Patricia Ikeda, Sunday, September 20 from 10:00 - 11:30 am PT.
If you have any questions, please email info@braidedwisdom.org.