All the Gatherings
Here’s where you’ll find all the virtual and in-person gatherings I’m hosting. Sign up for one or more. Block off time on your calendar and celebrate that you’re saying “yes!” to self-care.
Sweet Shop RIPPLE Station
WHAT IF A FEW MOMENTS OF ATTENTION COULD START A RIPPLE?
Join us as we bring the Sweet Shop RIPPLE Station to life.
You may have noticed a bright green little house outside The Sweet Shop. It’s a RIPPLE Station™ — a place to pick up a handmade token, personalize it for someone you might otherwise pass by — a server, grocery clerk, teacher, delivery driver, crossing guard, neighbor — and give it to them.
Come curious. Make art together on the 23rd. Restock the RIPPLE Station for the community.
All ages welcome.
The original RIPPLE Station™ was created by Mansi and installed outside her home in Los Altos in August 2025.
What began as a neighborhood experiment — handmade tokens left for neighbors to take, personalize, and give away — has grown into part of Mansi’s larger RIPPLE Practice, an ongoing exploration of what can happen when we pause long enough to notice the people around us.
The Sweet Shop RIPPLE Station carries that same invitation into a new corner of Los Altos, with one important addition: this time, the community is helping create what goes inside.
Be With Mansi: Playing Catch Up
Come spend an hour with me on Zoom—an intimate space to slow down, catch up, and be together.
There’s no formal agenda and nothing you need to prepare. Bring your tea, your thoughts, your questions, or simply yourself.
Limited to eight people so the conversation can stay warm and personal.
Monday, August 31
10–11 a.m. Pacific
$10 suggested
Be With Mansi: Beginning again
September has always carried the feeling of a new beginning—even when we are long past new notebooks, sharpened pencils, and the first day of school. We’ll spend this hour talking about what we are returning to, what we might begin again, and what we are ready to approach differently as summer ends.
Bring your tea, your thoughts, or simply yourself.
Limited to eight people so the conversation can stay warm and personal.
Wednesday, September 23
10–11 a.m. Pacific
$10 suggested
Be With Mansi: Slowing Down
The days are shortening, and the season is beginning to gather its familiar noise. Before it does, let’s pause.
We’ll spend this hour talking about the natural pull inward—what our bodies are asking for, what becomes visible when we move more slowly, and how we might make a little room for quiet before the season gets loud.
Tuesday, October 27
10–11 a.m. Pacific
$10 suggested
The Unhurried Hour
The unhurried hour isn’t about productivity at all. You’re not trying to squeeze brilliance out of yourself on command; you’re allowing what’s been waiting beneath the surface to rise in its own tempo.
What Your Hands Remember
What do your hands reach for when your mind isn’t directing? This month, we slow down enough to notice.
Repetition
This month, we explore the grounding power of small, repeated gestures — simple marks that become a rhythm, a meditation, a soft return to presence.
The Messy Middle
March: The Messy Middle
An invitation to honor the in-between — the awkward, uncertain becoming — and to trust the process even when the outcome isn’t visible yet.
Self-Kindness
February: Self-Kindness
An hour to turn your compassion inward — to speak to yourself with the same gentleness you offer others, and to make something that reminds you that you matter too.
Fresh Starts
January: Fresh Starts (Without Pressure)
This month, we begin gently. No resolutions. No productivity goals. Just an hour to settle in, reconnect with yourself, and create at a human pace. Fresh starts can be quiet and small — and they can begin right here.
November Ripple Room: Making Space for Gratitude
This month’s Ripple Room is an invitation to craft a thank-you token, write a note to someone you love, or make simply for the joy of giving it away. The theme is: Making Space for Gratitude.
October Ripple Room: The Colors of Fall
This month’s Ripple Room is an invitation to make room for richness, texture, and seasonal pause. The theme is: The Colors of Fall.
A Backyard Gathering where Art & Kindness Intersect
On September 14, I’m opening my backyard for a 90-minute creative circle (7 spots only). We’ll slow down, explore monoprinting, and create kindness tokens—tiny works of art to keep for yourself and to share with others.
This isn’t about being “artistic.” It’s about discovering your own expression and letting it ripple outward through kindness.
September Ripple Room: Nurture
This month’s Ripple Room is an invitation to gently care for what’s already within you. The theme is: Nurture.
Ripple Room: Unrushed
Whether you draw, stitch, collage, write, or simply breathe alongside others, this is your permission slip to create without rushing.
In-Person Creativity Circle
We'll create personal story zines and gratitude tokens in a beautiful, light-filled space. This is about presence, connection, and meaningful making—not perfect art.
July Ripple Zine: A Seasonal Celebration
A gathering to make a zine quietly, together. No pressure. Just presence.
We’ll meet on Wednesday, July 23 at 10 a.m. PT for a 90-minute Zoom session. This event is capped at 10 attendees.
I’ll open with a soft prompt—nothing you need to prepare for. You’ll receive a suggested supply list before the session begins.
Then we’ll make. You can collage, paint, write, draw, or type. Follow along as I create my own zine—or simply respond in your own way. Let your hands guide you.
We’ll pause halfway for a gentle check-in, then return to our page. At the end, we’ll share a sentence, a silence, or nothing at all.
This isn’t about output. It’s about rhythm. Attention. A tiny act of self-trust.
You don’t need to call yourself an artist or a writer. You just need to show up.
Questions? Send me a message or review the FAQs here.
Beauty Culture: The Sequel
On June 27, Jeannie, Felicity, and I peeled back the layers of beauty culture—the pressure, the performance, the quiet cost of being looked at before being listened to.
The conversation didn’t end when the livestream did. It kept echoing in our text messages and in the conversations that continued in the comments y’all left.
So we’re back for round two: Beauty as Physical Currency—and Aging.
Some things that Jeannie and I hope to dive into this time:
What happens when the currency loses its value?
When the face that once “opened doors” is ignored?
When the body that was once praised becomes invisible, dismissed—or worse, mocked?
What it really means to “age gracefully” (and who gets to decide)
How we prepare our daughters for a world that will one day devalue their most “valuable” asset
The strange liberation of becoming “unseen”
Bring your questions. Bring your stories. Bring your complicated feelings about watching your reflection change.
This isn't about finding answers. It's about naming what we're all thinking but rarely say out loud.
Ripple Room: Permission Granted
Your Monthly Creative Drop-In
We gather every month in the Ripple Room to pause and play. To create from a place of presence and possibility.
This isn’t a workshop. There’s no step-by-step, no outcome to chase. Just an open hour for you to reconnect—with yourself, with others, and with whatever wants to emerge.
PERMISSION GRANTED
This month in The Ripple Room, we’re tossing out the rules and making space for brave beginnings, playful messes, and art that doesn’t need to prove anything.
Creative permission is about letting go of the shoulds:
should be neater,
should have a purpose,
should look a certain way
and returning to the quiet joy of making, just because you can.
Whether you’ve been feeling blocked, burned out, or just hesitant to start, this open studio hour invites you to:
Doodle without judgment
Scribble with delight
Make something “bad” on purpose
Try what you’ve been too afraid to try
Questions? Send me a message or review the FAQs here.
Ripple Room: A Playful Summer
Your Monthly Creative Drop-In
We gather every month in the Ripple Room to pause and play. To create from a place of presence and possibility.
This isn’t a workshop. There’s no step-by-step, no outcome to chase. Just an open hour for you to reconnect—with yourself, with others, and with whatever wants to emerge.
June’s Theme: A Playful Summer
The smell of sunscreen. A memory sparked by music. A watermelon wedge on a hot afternoon.
We’ll let summer’s whimsy guide us—through color, story, or stillness. Bring whatever brings you joy: paints, paper scraps, old notebooks, silence, poetry, or a stubborn case of creative block.
All are welcome here.
No agenda. No judgment. Just one big collective exhale.
Whether you’re:
feeling creatively stuck
longing for a moment of quiet connection
craving a little low-pressure play
This is your space. A place to start small. To make something imperfect. To feel less alone.
You might leave with a painting. Or a poem. Or just a lighter heart.
However you arrive, you’re in the right place.
Unfurl: A Reading Celebration
On June 11 at 7pm ET/4pm PT, we’re gathering on Zoom to celebrate the release of UNFURL, the newest issue of Yellow Arrow Journal.
A Talk on The Creative Process
Join Kristin and me as we explore her creative process versus mine: daily discipline and structure versus spontaneity and a disorganized mess.
June Ripple Zine: A Seasonal Celebration
A gathering to make a zine quietly, together. No pressure. Just presence.
We’ll meet on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. PT for a 90-minute Zoom session. This event is capped at 10 attendees.
I’ll open with a soft prompt—nothing you need to prepare for. You’ll receive a suggested supply list and a simple zine-making template on June 4.
Then we’ll make. You can collage, paint, write, draw, cut, glue, or type. Follow along as I create my own zine—or simply respond in your own way. Let your hands guide you.
We’ll pause halfway for a gentle check-in, then return to our page. At the end, we’ll share a sentence, a silence, or nothing at all.
This isn’t about output. It’s about rhythm. Attention. A tiny act of self-trust.
You don’t need to call yourself an artist or a writer. You just need to show up.
Questions? Send me a message. Registration closes on June 4.
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