Dr. Gail Brenner

In-Person Satsang in Sebastopol, CA
2026-06-07 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sebastopol CA, 8476 Sonoma Avenue, Sebastopol, CA, United States
Coming Home Together:
Who Are You? The Essential Question for Trauma Healing and Awakening

In-Person Satsang Gathering in Sebastopol, CA
Sunday June 7, 2-4 pm, with refreshments until 5.
Location: 8476 Sonoma Ave, Sebastopol, CA, the home of Tomas Phillips.
Address sign says 8474/8476.
Park on street, walk down short driveway to house with carport. $10-20 donation requested, no one turned away, no reservation needed. Please dress mindfully, doors & windows will be open! If you have any Covid like symptoms, please stay home.
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The essential question in nondual inquiry is: “Who am I?” At the root of personal suffering lies the belief that who we are is a person with a history, story, preferences, fears, and a sense of lack. As long as we identify as this core belief, we will view ourselves, others, and situations through the lens of these limited filters.
Suffering subsides when our identity disconnects from the contents of our minds. We lose interest in our habits of thinking. We stop going to our familiar stories to know who we are or how to act. And we can feel the emotions in our bodies so they begin to soften their grip.
This is a radical shift into freedom, infinite spaciousness, and trust—and into the pure aliveness that has always been here and available.
We come together in the sacred space of loving community to explore the nature of identity and the freedom that’s possible when you know who you are—and who you’re not. Our gathering includes guided exploration, insights and dialogue, and heartfelt conversation. Come with your fears, doubts, shame, and questions—and simply to be together with like-minded friends. All is welcome! I look forward to being with you…
Details
Sunday, June 7, 2-4 pm, with refreshments until 5
Sponsored by Open Circle Center
8476 Sonoma Ave, Sebastopol, CA. Address sign says 8474/8476.
Park on street, walk down short driveway to house with carport.
The satsang includes guided exploration, insights and dialogue, and Q&A and discussion.
Donations accepted.
Questions? Please contact Gail here.
Gail Brenner, Ph.D. is a psychologist and author, who is devoted to the nondual spiritual teaching and embodied conscious living. For over 25 years, she has worked with individuals and groups on healing from early trauma. She is known for creating safe space for inner exploration and loves witnessing people grow into their full aliveness. She is the author of The End of Self-Help and Suffering Is Optional. Over the years, her capacity for presence and intimacy in all aspects of life has transformed, and she loves bringing this possibility to others.
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Coming Home Together Online Gathering—Making Decisions, Planning, and the Art of Enlightened Action
2026-06-10 09:00 - 10:30 | online
Coming Home Together Online Gathering:
Making Decisions, Planning, and the Art of Enlightened Action

Wednesday, June 10, 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific
Noon Eastern, 5pm BST
on Zoom
Recording will be available and sent to all who register.
The Coming Home Together online gathering is a safe space and loving community for trauma healing and awakened living, informed by the deepest teachings of nondual reality.
Please register here. Once you register, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges.
Pay $15.00
Pay $9.00
Pay $4.00
By registering, you agree to keep the recordings for your personal use only and not share them.
Our focus for this meeting is on action and making decisions. In the course of daily life, it feels like we’re making hundreds of decisions. But are we really?
In our gathering together, we’ll unpack decision-making, inquiring into who is making the decision and how actions actually occur. We’ll bring curiosity to our urges, wonderings, plans, and confusions.
What emerges when we don’t go to the mind to know what to do? What do we become aware of when we don’t act unconsciously, ruled by our conditioned patterns? Offering a sacred pause to explore what’s arising in the moment, we open to subtle emotions and underlying agendas that can keep us stuck and unaligned with our truth.
Whether you’re deciding on your next career move or what to eat for dinner, come and explore together the art of getting out of the way to make space for what wants to emerge. Stepping outside our automatic and familiar trajectories, we find intuition, gut feelings in the body, and the essential knowing that’s right here, waiting to be expressed.
We come together in the sacred space of loving community for guided inner exploration and heartfelt conversation as we relax and let life show us the way. Come with your fears, doubts, shame, and questions—and simply to share sacred space with like-minded friends.
We lovingly embrace our humanness as we expand into overflowing appreciation, vibrant joy, and deep connection with all of Life.
Questions? Please contact Gail here.
Details
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific
Starts at noon Eastern, 5pm BST, 6pm CET
Recording will be sent to everyone who registers.
Please register here. Once you register, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges.
Pay $15.00
Pay $9.00
Pay $4.00
Friends are saying:

“I am now experiencing longer moments of pure awareness and joy. No longer a slave to external circumstances and inner chatter. Loving life the way it is.” ~Susan R.
“I liked the sense of trust, profound acceptance, safety, unconditional love and support that Gail brought to us. The course made me realize the importance of being involved in a community of people dedicated to the most important thing to me, Healing and Awakening. I just cannot do it alone!” ~Aline B.
“Your work is a bridge between practical daily life and Supreme Reality.” ~Henrique N.
“You radiate such warmth, kindness, beauty and wisdom. I had been stuck for so long and by listening to your sage advice, am finally starting to see and feel the light. Your light helps us to shine our own.” ~Julie Desmarais

“At any moment, within the field of your own experience, there is an inner sanctuary of presence and stillness. You access this space by shifting your attention away from the jumble of thoughts, feelings, stories, fears, and external input such as others’ opinions. You simply turn inward—beyond all mind movement—and be.
In no time at all, you find the ground of being, the light of living vibration that’s here in every moment. It’s timeless, which means it’s eternally present, and all-embracing as the unity of all. Don’t be afraid of this vast love. Fall into its arms…”
~Gail
Gail Brenner, Ph.D. is your guide on this journey. She is a clinical psychologist and lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups and is known for creating the safety and trust needed for this deeper exploration.
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Coming Home Together Online Gathering—What Is Awakening?
2026-06-17 09:00 - 10:30 | online
Coming Home Together Online Gathering:
What Is Awakening?
Wednesday, June 17, 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific
Noon Eastern, 5pm BST
on Zoom
Recording will be available and sent to all who register.
The Coming Home Together online gathering is a safe space and loving community for trauma healing and awakened living, informed by the deepest teachings of nondual reality.
Please register here. Once you register, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges.
Pay $15.00
Pay $9.00
Pay $4.00
By registering, you agree to keep the recordings for your personal use only and not share them.
Our focus for this meeting is on exploring awakening. There is much said about awakening in spiritual circles. In our gathering together, we’ll explore what all the fuss is about. What is awakening? Why does it matter? And how do you realize—in your conscious everyday experience—the truth of who you already are?
With guided meditation, teachings, and conversation, we’ll demystify awakening. We’ll touch on the traps that people often encounter in the awakening process, including spiritual bypass and relying on the mind to find the solution…when it can only be known by direct experience beyond the mind.
Bring your questions, confusions, and your belief that you’re a separate self with preferences, history, and limited identity. Together, we lovingly embrace our humanness as we expand beyond the known into overflowing appreciation and deep connection with all of Life.
Questions? Please contact Gail here.
Details
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 9:00am – 10:30am Pacific
Starts at noon Eastern, 5pm BST, 6pm CET
Recording will be sent to everyone who registers.
Please register here. Once you register, you will be directed to the zoom link—and you will receive it by email one hour prior to our meeting. Please pay what you can afford. A sliding scale is offered for those with financial challenges.
Pay $15.00
Pay $9.00
Pay $4.00

Friends are saying:

“I am now experiencing longer moments of pure awareness and joy. No longer a slave to external circumstances and inner chatter. Loving life the way it is.” ~Susan R.
“I liked the sense of trust, profound acceptance, safety, unconditional love and support that Gail brought to us. The course made me realize the importance of being involved in a community of people dedicated to the most important thing to me, Healing and Awakening. I just cannot do it alone!” ~Aline B</span.
“Your work is a bridge between practical daily life and Supreme Reality.” ~Henrique N.
“You radiate such warmth, kindness, beauty and wisdom. I had been stuck for so long and by listening to your sage advice, am finally starting to see and feel the light. Your light helps us to shine our own.” ~Julie Desmarais

“At any moment, within the field of your own experience, there is an inner sanctuary of presence and stillness. You access this space by shifting your attention away from the jumble of thoughts, feelings, stories, fears, and external input such as others’ opinions. You simply turn inward—beyond all mind movement—and be.
In no time at all, you find the ground of being, the light of living vibration that’s here in every moment. It’s timeless, which means it’s eternally present, and all-embracing as the unity of all. Don’t be afraid of this vast love. Fall into its arms…”
~Gail
Gail Brenner, Ph.D. is your guide on this journey. She is a clinical psychologist and lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She brings to this work years of experience with individuals and groups and is known for creating the safety and trust needed for this deeper exploration.
