Special Courses

The topics in special courses only happen every so often or on rare occasions. If you feel called to enroll, please join us!

Five Wisdoms Practice Group

An all new, year-long exploration of ancient wisdom applicable to contemporary times.

3rd Saturday morning of each month | 10-11:30 AM 

Starts January 18, 2025 | Jump in when you can

In person at Maitri Center | $15-25 per class 

Limited to 16 participants

An intriguing contemplative approach to understanding personalities, emotions, and relationships through the interplay of five elemental energies!

Join us for an eye-opening, monthly exploration of the Five Wisdoms, a Buddhist system of understanding personalities, emotions, learning styles, and relationships! Experiential and holistic in nature, each class will combine an introductory teaching, meditation guidance, an exploration of elemental wisdom related to the seasons, and interactive discussion.

This class is for anyone wishing to learn and experience a new perspective on life, regardless of your background, experience, or faith tradtion. The study and practice of the Five Wisdoms has the power to transform how you understand yourself, others, and the world around you. You'll tap into your natural intelligence & compassion and begin to approach your relationships through a new lens.  And it's a whole lot of fun in the process!

The year-long exploration is designed to allow people to jump in at any time and attend when they can on a monthly basis. You pay only for the classes you are able to come to. However, since the monthly presentations and practices are related to the seasons and their corresponding elements, you will get the most benefit and full flavor of all five wisdoms by attending as regularly as possible. 

After the full-year exploration is over, experienced and dedicated practitioners will be eligible to participate in subsequent offerings that deepen one's practice further, such as weekend retreats and other courses. 

Come see what this is all about as we co-create together a Five Wisdoms community of practitioners for the benefit of a wiser, more compassionate world!


Appropriate for adults & teens 18+ with or without any previous experience.

Embodied Presence: The Essence of Mindful Living 

6 Thursdays | 6:30-8:00 PM

March 13-April 24, 2025*

In person at Maitri Center | $189 per person 

*No class on April 3 | Limited to 15 participants

A truly transofrmative exploration of the essential elements of mindful living! This course was offered only one other time in 2023.


Mindfulness is an invaluable skill that can impact our physical health and our social-emotional wellbeing in profoundly positive ways. Through the practice of mindfulness, we become more aware, balanced, and present. Our lives become enriched, because rather than struggling against the slings & arrows of life, we learn to relax into the joy of simply being. 


Together we will explore meditation, the power of intention, mindful speaking & listening, embracing change & uncertainty with courage & compassion, and discovering renewed connection through embodiment practices. 


Appropriate for adults & teens 18+ with or without previous experience. 

All Maitri Center classes are inclusive of trans and gender fluid people. We recognize that gender is not dependent on how someone looks and can be something other than male or female. One’s gender is often inferred by the pronoun used as reference (he/she/they). We encourage mindfulness around individually desired pronouns.