Touching the Stillness Ministries adds recurring mindfulness resets and online sangha gatherings

Touching the Stillness Ministries turned mindfulness into a standing habit this week, with a live midweek Mental Reset sangha on the Insight Timer app and The Breathing Space, a bi-monthly online meditation gathering on Zoom. The practical appeal is obvious: instead of a one-time inspiration, the calendar offered a rhythm people can return to again and again.

The featured Midweek Mental Reset Meditation was led by Rev. Paulette Pipe and framed as a chance to pause, regroup, and then dedicate the benefits of practice outward to people and places facing hardship or change. That outward-facing intention gave the session a communal purpose that went beyond a standard guided meditation listing. The calendar also said there was no need to download the app to attend, lowering the barrier for anyone who wanted to join without extra setup.

The Breathing Space extended that same approach with a recurring, low-friction gathering on Zoom. Described as a place to retreat into stillness and connect with a larger sangha, it was built for flexibility, with participants able to attend for as much or as little of the session as they wished. That kind of open format matters for meditators trying to build consistency, especially when workdays, caregiving, or travel make full-length commitments hard to keep.

The calendar fits a larger pattern inside Touching the Stillness Ministries, which says it was created in 2009 and has long centered practical, accessible resources for spiritual living. Rev. Paulette Pipe, who currently lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was the 2023 recipient of the Unity Worldwide Ministries Myrtle Fillmore Award. The organization says she guides thousands in meditation through retreats, radio, and online platforms such as Insight Timer, and its weekly radio show and podcast have helped define its public reach.

That continuity matters because the ministry’s calendar does not stand alone. Touching the Stillness Silent Retreat, which the organization says ran for 12 consecutive years as a sold-out annual event before a five-year hiatus, returned in September 2024 at Unity Village for one more year. Unity Village has also described the retreat as a popular annual offering presented by Rev. Paulette Pipe. For a community that values repetition, teacher continuity, and easy access, the new calendar reads less like a list of events and more like a schedule for steady practice.