MEMBERSHIP

As a member of this learning community:

I come to learn and unlearn.
I remain open to new ideas, experiences, and perspectives.

I participate to connect and contribute.
I share what I know, receive what others offer, and help create meaningful conversation.

I practice awareness.
I notice my assumptions, explore my edges, and remain curious about my impact on the whole.

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

This is a community of learning and practice, grounded in dignity, curiosity, and mutual respect.

Stay connected to the conversation.
Use Slack threads and keep posts aligned with the topic. When the conversation shifts, begin a new thread.

Participate generously.
Share questions, insights, experiences, and resources. Edit or revise your posts as needed. Remember that tone can be difficult to read online; communicate with care and seek clarification when needed.

Honor dignity and difference.
Bring your whole self and make room for others to do the same. Avoid derisive or divisive remarks. Discomfort can be part of learning; disrespect need not be.

Protect privacy and trust.
Do not share another person’s private messages or contact information without permission. Recording or the use of external AI note-takers—including tools that automatically join meetings—is not permitted in our practice spaces.

Keep commerce in its proper place.
This is a learning community, not a business networking or promotional space. Please refrain from marketing or solicitation. Offers that genuinely serve the community may be appropriate; when in doubt, check with a member of Bhavana Learning Group before sharing. Commercial contact information may be included in your signature.

Practice responsibility for the whole.
Our impact is not always visible to us. Be encouraging, stay curious, and use moments of difference or discomfort as opportunities for learning. If something feels incomplete, confusing, or concerning, reach out to a member of Bhavana Learning Group.

 AGREEMENTS

The Practice Field is a space for learning, inquiry, and practice. These agreements help us create and tend that space together.

1. ARRIVE GENTLY. BE WITH EACH OTHER.

Arrive with enough time to settle and become present. Welcome others as they enter the Field, and bring openness and generosity to your participation—whether this is your first time or your fiftieth.

2. TRY IT ON.

Meet unfamiliar ideas, practices, and inquiries with curiosity. You do not have to agree or even prefer what is offered. Simply be willing to try it on and notice what arises.

3. HONOR INTIMACY AND PRIVACY.

What arises in the Field stays in the Field. Honor the vulnerability of others and take responsibility for your own intentions, words, and actions.

Use the Zoom chat in service of the practice and our shared learning. Please refrain from side conversations or other distractions.

4. ASSUME NOTHING. BE ONE.

Notice your assumptions, interpretations, and projections rather than taking them as truth.

Practice compassion and understanding—for yourself and for those practicing alongside you. We are in this together.

5. LISTEN WITH YOUR WHOLE SELF.

Listen without preparing what you will say next. Allow yourself to be surprised.

Listen for what is being said—and for what may emerge in the silence.

6. PRACTICE WITH INTENTION.

We will offer a view and posture for each practice. Bring intention to your attention, effort, and speech.

Hold what arises with gentleness and precision. Let the Field—and what emerges within it—be part of the teaching.