Traditionally, “practicing mindfulness” is the practice of coming back to the breath to come back to the present moment, whenever we may be lost in our stories, narratives, minds, suffering, etc.

For the purposes of our Comunity Practice Space, “practice” involves our mindfulness, meditation, or other Engaged Buddhism lesson, sessions, and/or skill. When we are practicing mindfulness, we building our “mindfulness muscles” to embody mindfulness. Specifically for us, we are building our mindfulness muscles for the purposes of collective transformation.

This is a Community Practice Space, therefore, we invite members to consider to the community through “community contributions”.

We offer two pathways to contribute to the community:

1) Members

• access to bi-weekly LIVE 90min sessions, available on On-Demand after 24 hours. 3 hours per month!

• access to special events (additional fees may apply).

• Contribution: $25 CAD per month

• Get 1 month free with an annual subscription of $275 CAD.

2) Supporters

• access to weekly bi-weekly LIVE 90min sessions, available on On-Demand after 24 hours. 3 hours per month!

• access to special events (no additional fees will apply).

• access to On-Demand courses and practices. Courses are approximately 4-6 lessons, each lasting one week. 2-4 added per month!

• Supporters also contribute to our fund for those who may require additional finance support to access the community space.

• Contribution: $50 CAD / month

• Get 1 month free with an annual subscription of $550 CAD!

If you would be grateful for additional payment option, including “Pay What You Can”, please be welcome to connect with us here.

Many thanks for your interest and contribution to the practice space! The first-month free trial discount is automatically taken at the checkout.

When you Select the membership you’d like, you will be asked to make an account. Then, you will be brought to the secure check-out page and you will see the discount automatically applied. The first month free trial is only for the first month. 30 days later, the membership will renew automatically, unless you cancel your membership. Please note the Free Month Trial is offered for a limited time only.

To honour privacy of the community, we only record the “practice” part of the live sessions. In other words, the QNA and sharing parts are not recorded. Recordings will be made available 24 hours after the live sessions.

Yes, of course! It is not mandatory, but you are absolutely welcome to attend both. Both sessions will be recorded and available 24hrs later on-demand.

YES!!! You get access to the whole archive!!!

Live sessions are interactive spaces for us to come together and be in community. We spend time getting to know each other, sharing, and then engaging in a Socially Engaged Mindfulness practice. Practices are tailored to the needs of the group and based on sharings. Reflections are welcome, if comfortable for you. Each week is different, visiting concepts from Engaged Buddhism. Gatherings may also include optional “take-home” practices to engage in until the next gathering. However, gatherings are independent of one another; irregular participation is completely fine.

The Mindfulness Library offers courses that are intended to serve as additional independent practices. Courses consist of 4-6 lessons with additional practices to support us in themes that are related to transforming individual and collective suffering. While all lessons are available upfront, we invite you to practice each lesson for one week, before moving onto the next. This way, we are building up our practice for full embodiment.

Offerings include a variety of core concepts, video content, exercises and activities, and reflection prompts.

Offerings include both traditional and contemporary mindfulness practices, aligning with Engaged Buddhism and Engaged Mindfulness methodologies.

Yes, offerings can be accessed both on a computer or mobile, however, the best viewing and engagement experience is accessed through your computer, especially for courses. In either case, you will have to have access to internet or cellular data.

You can create an account to subscribe to this membership practice space by going to vanessaferlaino.com/practicespace.

1) Select the payment option that works best for you.

2) You will be asked to make an account with the below information:

• First Name

• Last Name

• Email Address

• Create Password

• Re-Enter Password

3) You will then be taken to a secure payment page to process your credit card information. All payments are processed by Stripe.

4) As soon as you make your payment, you will be welcome to the Practice Space Homepage.

5) Finally, you will be asked to verify your account through an “verification email” sent to your email.

Please be welcome to note: If you create your account first without making any payment on Squarespace by selecting “Log In” on the top-right of the website header, you will still not have access to the membership space. You will need to go to vanessaferlaino.com/practicespace, which can also be accessed in the main website header and selecting “Collective Transformation” and then “Practice Space.

Once you fill out the form, you will be redirected to the payment page.

Once you have registered, the membership practice space can be accessed from the main menu on vanessaferlaino.com by following the below instructions:

If you are NOT logged into your account:

1) Select Log In

2) Insert your credentials

3) An account panel will appear on the right-hand side of the screen, known as the “Digital Products Panel”.

4) Select View.

• Members will only see one space.

• Supporters will see two spaces — one for the main space, and one for the courses. Please note: You ARE able to access the courses from either space.

If you are already logged in:

1) Select Account

2) An account panel will appear on the right-hand side of the screen, known as the “Digital Products Panel”.

3) Select “View”.

• Members will only see one space.

• Supporters will see two spaces — one for the main space, and one for the courses. Please note: You ARE able to access the courses from either space.

To sign out from the membership space, select Logout from the header. You will be brought back to vanessaferlaino.com where the “Digital Products Panel” will be open to your Account Settings. Underneath the greeting, select “Sign Out”.

Once you have registered, the membership practice space can be accessed from the main menu on vanessaferlaino.com.

If you are NOT logged into your account:

1) Select Log In

2) Insert your credentials

3) An account panel will appear on the right-hand side of the screen, known as the “Digital Products Panel”.

4) Select View.

• Members will only see one space.

• Supporters will see two spaces — one for the main space, and one for the courses. Please note: You ARE able to access the courses from either space.

If you are already logged in:

1) Select Account

2) An account panel will appear on the right-hand side of the screen, known as the “Digital Products Panel”.

3) Select “View”.

• Members will only see one space. You will not be able to access courses, even though you will see it in the heading.

• Supporters will see two spaces — one for the main space, and one for courses. Please note: You ARE able to access the courses from either space.

4) In the header of the membership space, select “Courses”. You will be brought to the listing page that lists all the courses available, including their titles, descriptions, and access link.

5) Select the access link of the course you’d like to access. The course will open in a new window.

6) Select “Start Course” (or “Continue Course” if you have already started course and are accessing it). You can also select a specific Chapter or Lesson you’d like to access, if this is preferable. The content will load on the page.

7) Select “Complete and Continue” on the top right of the header when you are ready to move to the next lesson. We recommend practicing each lesson for 1 week before moving on.

8) You can also navigate to different lessons and view the progress bar of your completion by selecting the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the top right hand corner of the header.

9) When you have completed your session or course, close the course window on your browser (ex. Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.). Your course progression is saved automatically.

10) To sign out, select Logout from the header. You will be brought back to vanessaferlaino.com where the “Digital Products Panel” will be open to your Account Settings. Underneath the greeting, select “Sign Out”.

Once you register, the membership space has the link to access our sessions. We will also send you an email with the calendar link.

We use Jitsi Meets to connect, a more secure option than Zoom or Google Meets, allowing us also to only record the host. Be welcome to learn more about Jitsi Meets here.

When you cancel a subscription through your account, you will have access until the renewal period. For example, if you have a monthly subscription that renews on the 1st of the month, and you cancel on the 15th of the month, you will have access until the 1st of the following month, before your access is cancelled. But your subscription will not renew. If you have an annual subscription that renews on 3rd of February ever year and you cancel on June 15th, you will have access until the following 3rd of February. After that, your account will not be renewed.

To cancel your subscription, select “Login” to access your customer account or “Account” if you are already in your customer account on the top right corner of the website header.

Select Digital products or Subscriptions.

Click the digital product you want to cancel.

If you have remaining payments, click Go manage subscription. Otherwise, move to the next step.

Click Cancel subscription, then click Cancel subscription again to confirm.

When you cancel your membership, you will have access to the membership space for the remainder of the billing cycle. At the end of the billing cycle, your account fully expires. You’ll still have access to their customer account, but links to the membership space won't display.

I am grateful for your visit… Be welcome to join me in some of my free LIVE sessions on the Insight Timer app here.

When you cancel a subscription through your account, you will have access until the renewal period. For example, if you have a monthly subscription that renews on the 1st of the month, and you cancel on the 15th of the month, you will have access until the 1st of the following month, before you access is cancelled. But your subscription will not renew. If you have an annual subscription that renews on 3rd of February ever year and you cancel on June 15th, you will have access until the following 3rd of February. After that, your account will not be renewed.

Refunds may be issued for annual subscription cancellations on a case-by-case basis. Please submit your refund request here.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds for monthly subscriptions.

Please contact us here to upgrade or downgrade your plan.

Select Login or Account in the top right corner of the website header to open the “Digital Products Panel”.

Select “Account Settings” at the bottom, then “Profile”.

Select your current email address.

In the New field, enter the new email address. 

In the Confirm new field, enter the new email address again.

Click Save.

Watch for an email to verify the change to their new email address. Click Verify email in the message to complete the process.

Approach 1: To change your payment method for an active subscription

Select Login or Account in the top right corner of the website header to open the “Digital Products Panel”.

Click Memberships or Subscriptions, then click the membership or subscription you want to change.

In Settings, click Payment method.

Click Update payment method, then select a saved payment method or click Add new payment method to enter a new payment method.

Click Save.

The next payment for the membership or subscription will charge to the updated card. If you have more than one membership or subscription, you will need to repeat the steps above to update your payment method on each subscription. 

Approach 2: You can also add a payment method to your account for future use

Select Login or Account in the top right corner of the website header to open the “Digital Products Panel”.

Click “Account Settings” at the bottom and then “Payment”.

Click a payment method listed in the menu to edit the information, delete it, or set it as default.

Click Add new payment method to add a new card to your account. In the Card details panel, enter the new payment method's information.

Click Save.

No! All are welcome!!!! You do not have to identify as "Buddhist” to benefit or be part of the community. If you are interested in leveraging mindfulness and Buddhist principles for your own mental health and beyond, this is the space for you. We are a community of people from all walks of life looking to transform suffering within us, to transform suffering around us.