Practice

Practice integrates the intellectual understanding of the dharma into our bodies. Heart Sangha exists with the aspiration to bridge this gap. When we sit together, we’re bringing the medicine of the dharma through our past, into our bodies, digesting it so that our intention and what comes out in action are aligned with our values. 

Practice ignites lasting change. 

Saturday Sangha

Join us in-person and on Zoom for Saturday Sangha. We sit for a guided 45-minute meditation. There’s a 15-minute tea break when sangha can get to know each other, then Sunisa gives a 45-minute dharma talk.

Saturdays are open to everyone regardless of background or experience. See the FAQ for more information. 

Plan to settle in before 10am. There are cushions and chairs, and liturgy booklets are provided. 

  • 10 am - noon

  • Location coming soon

  • Cash and Venmo donations gratefully accepted

  • Join us on Zoom

  • Saturday Sangha dates can be found on the Calendar.

  • Please sign up to be a volunteer on Saturday.


To access recordings of Saturday dharma talks, please consider becoming a member of Heart Sangha, for $25/ month. Members can access recorded talks and take part in the Practice Groups. 

Practice Groups

Learn to meditate with Heart Sangha

New Practice is for people who’ve always wanted to learn to use the vehicle of the breath to settle the mind and the body. The benefits of meditation are myriad, yet as with any habit it’s hard to install it on your own. Sit with people in the same stage as you, with the same aspiration. 

We’ll start with posture, and build our understanding of how to rest the attention on the breath. Then we’ll move to a second type of meditation where we watch the current of our thoughts flow by. This is shamata and vipassana meditation.

Sessions are four weeks long. If you have signed up, please commit to a full session and come. Participants must be members of Heart Sangha to be in New Practice. 

New Practice is led by Olga Liu, one of Heart Sangha’s core members. Our guiding teacher, Sunisa Manning, leads at least one New Practice meeting in every session.

  • New Practice meets on Tuesdays, from 7-8 PM

  • 2025 October Practice: October 7 through October 28

  • 2025 November Practice: November 11 through December 2

  • To sign up, please email Olga

Move from daily solo practice into a deeper relationship with the dharma

This group is for dedicated practitioners who want to use the container of these times to fall into a deeper practice and engagement with the dharma. This group will sit with more silence. We pre-suppose that posture, resting the concentration on the breath, and working with your thoughts is familiar to you. The group is currently engaging with the wisdom of emptiness in the Heart Sutra. 

Deep Practice meets in a fall session and a spring session. You must be a member of Heart Sangha to participate. We ask that if you join, please make a firm commitment to come to that season’s session.

Deep Practice is led by Brian Miller, one of Heart Sangha’s core members. Our guiding teacher, Sunisa Manning, leads at least one Deep Practice meeting every month.

  • Deep Practice meets on Mondays, from 7-8 PM

  • 2025 Fall Session: October 6 through December 8, 2025

  • To sign up, please email Brian