Friday Meditation Group

A Weekly Meditation Group

Join Mark Shindo Johnson on Fridays at noon Pacific time for an hour of meditation and dharma via Zoom. 

• We start the time checking in—sharing how practice is going and asking questions.
• Mark guides the group in practice, mostly focusing on the Brahmaviharas or heart practices taught by the Buddha.
• We finish with a check out—sharing how the practices landed and more questions.

All are welcome.

There is no charge. Dana is gratefully accepted. 

Mark Shindo Johnson started a daily meditation practice in 2008. In 2014, he founded the Providence Mindfulness Community of Practice, together with colleague Laura Chun. He led daylong retreats and weekly sessions with Providence until he retired in 2025. 

Since 2021, he’s been a student of Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi.  In 2025, Mark completed the two-year Buddha’s Heart Teacher Training program with Awakening Dharma by which he became authorized to teach in the Theravada Buddhist Pa Auk Sayadaw lineage the Brahmavihāra, Breath Awareness meditation, Forgiveness & Gratitude practices.  

Mark lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Kylie, and youngest son, Bridger. He has three adult children that also live in Oregon. He founded Bright Cedar Coaching, a leadership coaching company using mindfulness to help leaders and teams grow. He leads a weekly meditation group on Fridays at noon PST that welcomes new members.