Wheel of the Year Sangha
Who we are
We are a community of spiritual practitioners committed to internal and external liberation founded in 2020. We draw from the strength and support of our ancestors while reckoning with the legacies of harm we’ve inherited. We believe this needs to happen simultaneously to transform ourselves and our world.
We work with ancestors of
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Land lines of past and present places of inhabitation.
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Blood lines of family and community.
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Song lines as liberative traditions that inspire practices of justice and compassion.
*This framework comes from Elaine Enns & Ched Myers in their book Healing Haunted Histories.
What we do
We practice with the liberatory lineages of Buddhism and Earth Based Celtic Wisdom in community – on retreats, in-depth programs, short ritual gatherings and a morning sitting group. Our intention is to create sacred spaces together to access innate wisdom, care and connection to the more than human world.
Co-Stewards
Working in Distributive Leadership with Gift Economics
*experimenting with frameworks developed by Non-Violent Global Liberation
Guiding Teacher and Co-founder
Erin Selover, LMFT (she/her)
Erin is a Buddhist Meditation Teacher, Somatic Psychotherapist, Ritualist and Rites of Passage Guide. She is a Residential Retreat teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and completed a Spirit Rock and Insight Meditation Societies Dharma Teacher Training program in 2016. Erin’s blood ancestors immigrated almost entirely from Ireland from 1840 - 1905 and settled on Mohican and Cherokee lands. She currently lives on the unceded land of the Southern Pomo and Coastal Miwok, at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, where you can find her aligning with the regenerative capacity of our species while harvesting flowers, medicines and food.
Lead of Operations and Co-founder
Corrie Bennett Varga, LMFT (he or they)
Corrie lives and practices on occupied Ohlone land also known as Oakland, CA and was raised on the ancestral lands of the HoChunk people in Wisconsin. Corrie's blood ancestors immigrated from Northern and Central Europe 5-8 generations ago. Corrie is transgender, white, queer, an artist, a graduate of Spirit Rock's Dedicated Practitioner Program and works as a Liberation and Somatic psychotherapist.