DiabetesSangha

11/26/2025

Join us this Friday as we welcome back Rachel Zinman for a special Thanksgiving-week meditation, Let Everything Be - a gentle invitation into acceptance and gratitude.

Rooted in the non-dual wisdom of Advaita Vedanta, this session guides you back to the steadiness beneath changing thoughts and emotions. Through simple breath work and soft self-inquiry, Rachel offers a grounded way to pause, settle, and appreciate life exactly as it is - no fixing, no striving.

Especially meaningful for anyone living with diabetes, this practice creates space to reconnect, widen perspective, and soften into gratitude.

Rachel brings 30+ years of experience as a writer, yoga educator, and meditation practitioner, shaped by her own journey with Type 1 diabetes.

🌿 Friday, Nov 28 - 11 AM EST
💻 Free + Online (link in bio / diabetessangha.com)
✨ A space for clarity, softness, and gratitude.

11/25/2025

As we enter the week of Thanksgiving, we’re offering Five Days of Giving — a series of free practices to support grounding, reflection, and community connection for people living with Type 1 diabetes.

The holiday season can bring joy, but it can also add stress, unpredictability, and countless extra decisions for those of us living with diabetes. These sessions are an invitation to pause, breathe, and feel supported by a community that truly understands.

Five Days of Giving Schedule

Wednesday, Nov. 26 — 8 PM ET
Thanksgiving Eve Gratitude Practice with Sam Tullman

Thursday, Nov. 27 — 10 AM ET
Thanksgiving Morning Silent Meditation — The Golden Hour
A special Thanksgiving meditation with readings and shared reflections

Friday, Nov. 28 — 11 AM ET
Meditation with Rachel Zinman
A gentle practice centered on acceptance and clarity

Saturday, Nov. 29 — 10 AM ET
Movement Meditation (Qi Gong) with Sam Tullman

Sunday, Nov. 30 — 7 PM ET
Closing Community Gathering for National Diabetes Awareness Month
Yoga Nidra + Remote Reiki Healing with Kelsey Madison Dietrich & Lucia Maya

Whether you join us for one practice or all five, we invite you to slow down, connect with your breath, and feel the strength of practicing alongside people who truly get it.

Your presence is a gift. Thank you for being part of our community.

Join us on Zoom through the link in our bio, and learn more at diabetessangha.com.

11/23/2025

11/20/2025

Join us this Sunday, November 23 at 7 PM, for an open house where you can learn more about the 2026 Diabetes Sangha Meditation Retreat in Lacey, Washington. Come with questions, meet the facilitators, and get a sense of what this retreat is all about. Register through the link in our bio to sign up.

Join us for a first-of-its-kind meditation retreat created by people with Type 1 diabetes, for people with Type 1 diabetes. From Friday, April 24 at 4 PM through Sunday, April 26 at 2 PM (with an optional pre-retreat on Thursday), we’ll gather at the peaceful Gwinood Retreat Center in Lacey, Washington for three days of practice, restoration, and connection.

This retreat is intentionally designed around the T1D experience. Every part of the weekend - meals, pacing, movement, accommodations, and community - reflects the realities of living with diabetes. There is no need to explain, translate, or hold your experience alone. Everyone here understands.

Throughout the weekend, we’ll explore guided meditation, gentle movement, dharma talks, time in nature, shared reflection, and the heart-centered practices of loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity.

Whether you are new to meditation or already have a practice, this retreat offers space to rest, reconnect, and feel deeply supported by a community that shares your lived experience.

Register for the open house Sunday at the link in bio or sign up for the retreat at diabetessangha.com/retreat

11/18/2025

Spring Retreat Open House
Sunday, Nov 23 • 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT
✨ Free on Zoom — all are welcome

Thinking about joining us for the DiabetesSangha Spring Retreat next April 24–26 in Lacey, Washington?
Come to our Open House to learn more! 💙

Join facilitators Brooke Cassoff and Heather Nielsen as they share everything you need to know — what to expect, who the retreat is for, accommodations, practice schedule, and how we support people living with Type 1 Diabetes throughout the weekend.

This is a great chance to ask questions, meet the team, and feel into whether this retreat is the right fit for you.

✨ Details and retreat overview at: diabetessangha.com/retreat
🔗 Zoom link in bio

We can’t wait to connect with you.

11/14/2025

🌅 The Golden Hour Meditation
Saturday, November 15 • 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT

Join our T1D community for a gentle and grounding hour of silent practice.
Together, we’ll settle into two 25-minute silent meditations, with a soft bell in between to help us reset and reconnect.

This is an opportunity to deepen your practice, rest in stillness, and feel the quiet strength of practicing alongside others who understand the daily realities of living with Type 1 Diabetes.

We’ll close with a brief space for sharing and reflection.

🕊 Free to join
🔗 Zoom link in bio or at DiabetesSangha.com

💙 Come as you are.

11/14/2025

Reflections on World Diabetes Day 2025

Living with Type 1 diabetes means navigating a constant stream of decisions - often hundreds each day. Every choice affects how we move, eat, sleep, think, and show up in the world. The mental and emotional load can be heavy, even when it’s unspoken.

Today is a moment to acknowledge that reality.
To honor the responsibility carried each day.
To recognize the resilience it takes to meet life as it is.
And to name the weight that often goes unseen.

At Diabetes Sangha, we believe mindfulness offers something essential amid this daily intensity. Through breathwork, meditation, mindful movement, and shared reflection, we create spaces where people with diabetes can return to steadiness and grounding.

These practices can support better self-care, reduced stress and anxiety, improved emotional regulation, deeper rest, lower diabetes distress, and a stronger sense of connection.

World Diabetes Day is more than awareness. It honors the lived experience of those managing diabetes every hour of every day. It recognizes the strength it takes to keep showing up for yourself - and reminds you that you don’t have to do it alone.

Diabetes Sangha is here with practices and community to support you.
Learn more at diabetessangha.com.

11/14/2025

Reflections on World Diabetes Day 2025

Living with Type 1 diabetes means navigating a constant stream of decisions - often hundreds each day. Every choice affects how we move, eat, sleep, think, and show up in the world. The mental and emotional load can be heavy, even when it’s unspoken.

Today is a moment to acknowledge that reality.
To honor the responsibility carried each day.
To recognize the resilience it takes to meet life as it is.
And to name the weight that often goes unseen.

At Diabetes Sangha, we believe mindfulness offers something essential amid this daily intensity. Through breathwork, meditation, mindful movement, and shared reflection, we create spaces where people with diabetes can return to steadiness and grounding.

These practices can support better self-care, reduced stress and anxiety, improved emotional regulation, deeper rest, lower diabetes distress, and a stronger sense of connection.

World Diabetes Day is more than awareness. It honors the lived experience of those managing diabetes every hour of every day. It recognizes the strength it takes to keep showing up for yourself - and reminds you that you don’t have to do it alone.

Diabetes Sangha is here with practices and community to support you.
Learn more at diabetessangha.

11/13/2025

Join us on Sunday for a special event with Sarah Petti (): 🌙 The Long Way Home: A Meditation on Return and Integration

As part of National Diabetes Awareness Month, join Sarah for a special free 45-minute online meditation and reflection exploring what it means to “return home” — to ourselves, our bodies, and our lives after cycles of challenge, change, and growth. 💙

Inspired by the mythic theme of The Return from Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, this session invites participants to reflect on the process of integration after transformation - the quiet, profound work of coming home to who we’ve become.

Through gentle storytelling, guided meditation, and shared reflection, Sarah will weave together mindfulness, myth, and embodied awareness, creating space for people living with diabetes to honor their lived experience as a path of wisdom.

🌿 Sunday, Nov. 16 / 7 PM EST
💻 Free + Online - link in bio or at diabetessangha.com
✨ A space for reflection, storytelling, and inner homecoming - all are welcome.

11/07/2025

As part of National Diabetes Awareness Month, join us for a special free 45-minute online workshop with Nick exploring the science and practice of the breath.

In this session, we’ll explore how controlled breathing influences the brain and nervous system, activating the body’s natural relaxation response. Drawing on decades of research, Nick will share evidence-based techniques for reducing stress and strengthening emotional resilience.

You’ll also learn about the “minimum effective dose” - small, sustainable practices that can create lasting benefits -  and try a few short, guided exercises you can use to navigate daily stressors.

🌿 Nov. 9 / 7 PM EST
💻 Register at the link in our bio or at diabetessangha.com
✨ Take a mindful pause this month to connect, breathe, and build tools for calm and balance in daily life