Sierra Spiritual Living Circle ~ Thursdays @ 5:30-7pm
Carol Unterseher, Rev. Lani and Rev. Julia are bringing you a Sierra Spiritual Living Circle!
This is a first-come, first-served opportunity as the circle is limited to 8 participants. We anticipate a full group, and we’ll have a waiting list.
We invite you to come and connect on a deeper level, as we delve into the richness of the articles in the Science of Mind magazine to support our spiritual paths.
New subscribers to the magazine will be gifted with a 6-month, free digital subscription, so get your name on the list before the group fills up.
Our Spiritual Living Circle is hybrid, and we will meet in person at the Center and on Zoom: Thursdays, beginning Jan. 15th from 5:30-7:00 pm.
Date: Thursdays, beginning January 15th, 2026
Time: 5:30pm-7pm
Location: In person & via Zoom
Sierra Center for Spiritual Living
119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Cost: Free, Love offerings always accepted
If you are interested in joining this circle, please email office@sierracenter.org or call (530) 274-1018
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
Work Your Workshop ~ Saturday, March 28th @ 10am-3pm
Facilitated by Rev. Mitch Austin, Spiritual Director
Work Your Workshop is a five-hour, hands-on experience designed to help you turn your ideas, lived wisdom, and unique perspective into a clear, meaningful workshop that truly serves others. Through guided exercises and step-by-step structure, you’ll clarify your message, identify your audience, shape your content, and create a usable workshop outline grounded in clarity, integrity, and real-world impact.
By the end of the day, you’ll leave with a complete outline, ready-to-use exercises, a simple structure for future workshops, personalized feedback, and insights on using AI to support your content and marketing.
This experience is ideal for anyone who feels called to share what they’ve learned in a way that helps others.
Date: Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Time: 10am-3pm
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Who: All are Welcome!
Cost: $89
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
The Art of REPAIR: Turn Ruptures into Connection ~ Sunday, March 29th @ 12-1:30pm
Facilitated by Dr. Hazel Grace-Yates
In this 90-minute Art of REPAIR workshop, you’ll learn and practice embodied tools to navigate conflict with more ease, clarity, and connection across your relationships, leaving you feeling more confident, grounded, and resourced.
About the Facilitator:
The workshop is led by Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates, an intimacy and relationship educator with over 25 years of experience facilitating groups and supporting individuals and couples. Dr. Hazel-Grace is the creator of The Art of REPAIR methodology and brings a trauma-informed, somatic, and deeply relational approach to conflict. Their work weaves together nervous system awareness, embodied communication, and real-world practice to help people build relationships rooted in trust, clarity, and care.
Date: Sunday, March 29th, 2026
Time: 12-1:30pm
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Cost: $10-$30 Love Offering (No one turned away for lack of funds)
What to Bring: A Journal
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
Sacred Dance Circle ~ Monday, March 30th @ 10:30 AM-Noon (Please arrive by 10:15 AM)
About Sacred Dance: Our dances are always taught and come from a vast collection of dances from around the world. We are part of a large global community. Our focus is healing with love, joy and connection. Please spread the word, and bring a friend.
Hope you can make it.
Call Judy with any questions (530) 798-0385
Your RSVP's are appreciated.
When: Monday, March 16th @ 10:30am-Noon (Please arrive at 10:15 am)
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Cost: Love Offering
***Please park in the rear of the Veteran's Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
The Peace Gathering ~ Saturday, April 4th @ 5:30-7pm
The Peace Gathering — Chants, Readings & Collective Prayer for Our World is a sacred evening where music, prayer, and presence unite to cultivate peace within and around us.
Our Peace Choir will guide us through powerful songs of unity, accompanied by chants, readings, and collective intentions for healing the world.
As we hold space together, we remember that lasting global change begins with the peace we embody in our own hearts and daily actions.
By becoming living expressions of compassion, harmony, and love, we strengthen the work of healing our communities and our planet.
With Special Guest Speaker Dr. Barbara Leger, International Peace Teacher
Date: Saturday, April 4th, 2026
Time: 5:30-7pm
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
Easter Potluck & Community Update Meeting ~ Sunday, April 5th, After Service
You're Invited! Community Potluck & Update – food, fun and fellowship!
Join our spiritual community for a heartwarming Potluck & Community Update Meeting on Sunday, April 5th, right after service!
Delight your little ones with a festive Easter egg hunt—plus a special appearance from the Easter Bunny!
Come share a delicious dish, connect with fellow congregants, and hear exciting news about our collective journey forward – all are welcome!
Your presence and shared contribution make our vibrant community thrive, and we can't wait to gather with you.
Bring a dish to share!
All are welcome
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
North of 70 Circle ~ Tuesday, April 7th @ 10:30am (2nd & 4th Tuesdays)
Facilitated by Shera Banbury, RScP
This Circle is a start up for people over 70 who want to lead open, vibrant, and adventurous lives.
Older years are filled with wisdom, courage, intelligence, generosity, creativity, and the knowledge of how to love ourselves and others. Let’s share our stories, our creativity and our friendships.
Date: Tuesday, April 7th, 2025
(2nd & 4th Tuesdays of every month)
Time: 10:30am
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Wheelchair accessible
If you are interested in joining this circle, please email office@sierracenter.org or call (530) 274-1018
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
Poetry Open Mic w/Rev. Lani ~ Friday, April 10th @ 5pm-6pm(PT)
Facilitated by Rev. Lani Howard
Second Friday of Every Month!!
Bring your favorite poem to share. Maybe you wrote it, maybe someone else did, but it resonated with you. Maybe you found it at just the right time ~ so feel free to share that story in a safe and welcoming place.
In person and via Zoom
via Zoom (click here for zoom link)
Zoom Meeting ID: 869 2826 3228
Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026
Time: 5-6pm
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Wheelchair accessible
$10 Suggested Love Donation-NO ONE TURNED AWAY
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
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Basics of Science of Mind ~ Saturday, April 11th @ 10am-1:30pm
Facilitated by Rev. Mitch Austin
An introduction to the background and basic principles of the Science of Mind and Spirit.
This class is required for new members, however, all are welcome to attend.
Dates: Saturday, April 11th, 2026
Time: 10am-1:30pm
Cost: Love Offering
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership ~ Mondays, April 13th-May 11th 5-7pm
Facilitated by Rev. Karen Blakeley
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership is not just another book study group on leadership. This 4-week class invites participants into a deeper exploration of what it truly takes to be an effective leader, at work, in relationships, and throughout life.
This class goes beyond leadership theory — it’s a journey into self-awareness, radical responsibility, and conscious living.
In this class you will:
- Explore effective leadership at work, in relationships, and throughout life
- Shift from willpower and strategy to self-awareness and inner clarity
- Build a foundation of radical responsibility for sustainable success
- Gain practical tools for leading with clarity, integrity, and intention
Dates: Mondays, April 13, 20, 27, May 11 (4 weeks, no class May 4th)
Time: 5pm-7pm
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Cost: Love Offering
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
Class: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life ~ Tuesdays, April 14th-May 19th @ 6:30-9pm
Facilitated by Rev. Mitch Austin & Rev. Lani Howard
Change Your Thinking Change Your Life is a course that empowers students to apply Science of Mind principles, practices, and methods in three crucial aspects of life.
Through lectures, experiential exercises, and interactive discussions, participants will gain practical tools to cultivate thriving relationships, unlock abundance and prosperity, and promote overall well-being.
This course offers a comprehensive understanding of how to integrate Science of Mind teachings into daily life in a way that creates more awareness and space for practical application and transformation.
This is a CSL accredited course.
Dates: Tuesdays, April 14th-May 19th
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Cost: $190 (includes $40 registration fee)
Payment Plans Available!
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
Breathwork Workshop ~ Friday & Saturday, April 17th & 18th (see times in description below)
A Darshan with Darshan Zenith
A gathering in presence, love, and awareness
For over 70 years, Darshan Zenith has walked the path as a minister and teacher of inner growth. His work is devoted to helping individuals reconnect with what is always present:
Unconditional Love · Lasting Peace · True Wellness
What to Expect:
In this experiential gathering, participants will gently explore:
- Deep, circular breathing
- Open-hearted awareness
- Focused mindfulness
- The power of the present moment
Participants are guided from thinking into feeling, and from judgment into gratitude—creating space for clarity, connection, and inner peace.
When: Friday, April 17th | 5-7pm
Saturday, April 18th |11am-1pm
(Saturday session is free for Friday participants)
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Cost: $35 Love Offering - Offer what feels right in your heart
Contact:
Darshan Zenith: (808) 344-3658
Sierra Center: (530) 274-1018
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
The Art of REPAIR: The First Steps to Repair ~ Saturday, April 25th, 10am-2pm
Facilitated by Dr. Hazel Grace-Yates
In this 4-hour Art of REPAIR workshop, you’ll practice the first three steps of the six-step REPAIR process—Resourcing, Empathy, and Permission—building a grounded foundation for approaching repair conversations with greater clarity and care.
About the Facilitator:
The workshop is led by Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates, an intimacy and relationship educator with over 25 years of experience facilitating groups and supporting individuals and couples. Dr. Hazel-Grace is the creator of The Art of REPAIR methodology and brings a trauma-informed, somatic, and deeply relational approach to conflict. Their work weaves together nervous system awareness, embodied communication, and real-world practice to help people build relationships rooted in trust, clarity, and care.
Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2026
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Sierra Center for Spiritual Living, 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley, CA
Cost: $30-60 Love Offering (No one turned away for lack of funds)
What to Bring: A Journal
***Please park in the rear of the Veterans Memorial building, 255 S. Auburn St.
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