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Sunday Sangha – 6th April 2025

Celeste Young

This session is led by Celeste Young.

Start Time: 11 am PDT (LA) / 2 pm EDT (NY) / 7 pm BST (London) / 8 pm CEST (Paris). 90-minute live session.

This week’s theme: Finding Refuge Within Uncertainty

During these unprecedented times, it can be challenging to find a sense of refuge amidst the storms of uncertainty swirling around us. While the timeless teachings of the Buddhist Tradition don’t offer us lasting certainty, they do offer the possibility of finding a reliable refuge in what are known as the 3 jewels: The Buddha, or the possibility of living with wakefulness, the Dharma, the teachings of the Buddha, or the universal truths we can all learn to open to, and the sangha, the community of people who are also walking the path – our spiritual friends. When we focus our attention on finding refuge in these 3, we are able to steady our hearts to meet changing conditions, and we become deeply resourced beyond our limiting sense of a separate self. As we find refuge and rest in the three jewels, we discover we are never alone in our practice, and that we can continue to engage with life from a place of our deepest values.

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Celeste Young

Celeste Young

Celeste Young is a Theravadin Buddhist mindfulness and Dharma teacher. She has been
practicing meditation and sitting retreats since 2002. She was one of the first teachers to be
empowered at InsightLA, a nonprofit Buddhist and secular mindfulness
organization based in Los Angeles.
Since 2011, Celeste has worked with thousands of meditation and Dharma students teaching
classes, leading silent meditation retreats, and working with individual students. She teaches both
in the US and internationally. Additionally, she has led corporate sessions and retreats for
organizations such as Netflix and the University of Southern California.
For the last 14 years, her own practice has been centered around yearly long silent retreats in the
Insight meditation tradition lasting from one to three months in length. She is also a certified
Change and Transition Strategist and is extremely passionate about this work which empowers
people to make mindful change in their lives. She sees life balance strategy work and Dharma
teaching and practice as a pragmatic way of supporting people in living their deeper values and
navigating their lives with much more clarity and well being. Sharing in the Dharma with others
brings her immense joy.