Classes,Workshops, & Practice Groups
Gather & Ground
Hold More/Carry Less
Have you found it difficult to stay resilient and internally led in a world that feels like it’s on fire? Are you longing to experience greater ground, meaning, and connection to yourself others, and to community? This 7 session program held bi-weekly over 3 months is the third in a series exploring grief, grace, gratitude, and ground. Focused on The Sorrows of The World & Ancestral Grief, we recognize that grief is not pathology, but a necessary initiatory process that reconnects us to community, vitality, and belonging.
Cost: $299
Dates: 3/17, 3/31, 4/14, 4/28, 5/12, 5/26, 6/9
Time: 9:30 to noon
The Art of Aging Awake
Explore aging, illness, change, and loss in ways that cultivate grace, ease, and finding meaning and joy in the face of the natural seasons and cycles of life.
If you have been challenged by all of the “letting go” and recalibrating that getting older or dealing with degenerative or chronic conditions requires, this 6-session program that meets bi-weekly from 4/7 to 6/17 may be just what you need. Join us in spring as we reimagine what a rich life can be within the parameters of growing older or slowing down in bodies that are aging or acclimating.
Dates: 4/7, 4/21, 5/5, 5/19, 6/2, 6/16
Time: 9:30-11:30, The Cardroom of The Clubhouse @Charbonneau
Cost: $189
Practicing Presence
Explore how you can meet life with greater capacity and resilience (rather than trying to escape discomfort and force calm).
Most people give up on meditating because they don't receive pragmatic and authentic instruction that supports self-sustaining practice and embodied spiritual insight. In a world of commoditized "McMindfulness", the value is often lost, misapplied, and misunderstood. Taught as a half-day workshop or 8-session class, you will learn and experience the foundational principles and practices of meditation, mindfulness, and somatics.
In 2026, the half-day workshop format is offered in-person on 5/19, and 9/19 (in Wilsonville).
CHARMMS (Charbonneau Meditation, Mindfulness, & Somatics Society)
WEEKLY DROP-IN PRACTICE GROUP
QUARTERLY DAY-LONG PRACTICE RETREATS
CHARMMS (Charbonneau Meditation, Mindfulness, & Somatics Society) is a spiritual practice and community group within the Charbonneau District of Wilsonville, OR. CHARMMS provides teaching, instruction, and practice opportunities for Buddhist meditation and mindfulness; as well as somatic practice. It seeks to foster community resilience and connection.
This website currently hosts events associated with CHARMMS. While in-person offerings are prioritized for Charbonneau residents, they are open to everyone.
To attend weekly drop-in practice groups and quarterly retreats (online or in-person), participants must first attend a Practicing Presence workshop/class, ORhave prior meaningful Buddhist meditation experience and practice.
Drop-in practice is held weekly (except on Holidays), Thursdays, 5-6pm, in The Clark Room at The Activity Center @ Charbonneau. No registration needed.
2026 quarterly retreats are offered: 5/23, and 10/24. Retreats are offered on a “dana” or donation basis.
Why Learn, Develop, & Practice Together?
Sometimes the deepest growth happens in the presence of others. Developing skills and capabilities collectively can magnify insight, energy, and ideas. Peer support and learning creates community, deepens insight, and enhances our sense of connection with something greater than ourselves.
These options can be more cost-effective than 1:1 work, can be accessed either online or in-person, and may offer both live and asynchronous learning- making them flexible, accessible, and more schedule-friendly.
Programs can be designed to include peer collaborative learning outside of the group experiences, enhancing value on multiple levels.
Whether it’s a practice group, a class, a workshop, or a program, developing in a group can be powerful.
What SomaSolidarity Offers
Types of offerings change, but may include any of the following:
Recurring guided drop-in practice groups
Classes or courses
One-time workshops or events
Facilitated peer support and practice circles
Cohort-based programs
Retreats
Offerings may be geared toward personal development or leadership development, may be focused on a particular topic or theme, or may be geared toward a specific audience (for instance- leaders in the public service sector or parents of children with special needs ). Some offers are donation-based, and most have specific fees associated.
Where Group Development Happens
Group Development is offered in a variety of settings- online, in-person, or in a hybrid format. They are also offered at workplaces and community-based organizations.
Residential retreats are offered at special venues such as the private Ponderosa Trails Ranch in Goldendale, Washington.
Workshops, classes, practice groups, and events are often offered at The Activity Center or The Clubhouse @ Charbonneau.
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“Divisive rhetoric is especially prevalent at this time in our nation. However, Dana serves as an antidote. No matter what the gathering, her skilled facilitation creates a safe place for all to feel value and belonging. In other words, group work becomes community”
~ Sharon, Retired Ecumenical Spiritual Chaplain
