DiabetesSangha

DiabetesSangha Diabetes Sangha is a mindfulness community for people living with Type 1 diabetes.

We offer live weekly meditations, workshops, and retreats created by and for T1Ds. A space to pause, reflect, and practice alongside people who truly understand.

Thinking about joining us for the Diabetes Sangha Meditation Retreat this October?Join us for a virtual Retreat Open Hou...
08/30/2026

Thinking about joining us for the Diabetes Sangha Meditation Retreat this October?

Join us for a virtual Retreat Open House on September 2 at 7:30 PM ET in the Meditation Zoom Room. This is a chance to learn more about the retreat experience, hear what the weekend will include, meet members of the community, and bring any questions you may have before deciding if the retreat feels right for you.

This year’s retreat, Finding Ease Amidst Change, will take place October 8–11 at Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York. Together, we’ll spend several days exploring meditation, reflection, connection, and ways of meeting change with a little more steadiness and ease.

Whether you’re already registered or simply curious to learn more, you’re warmly invited to join us on September 2!

Earlier this week, for our final Summer of Mindfulness prompt, we asked: What advice would you give to someone newly dia...
08/25/2026

Earlier this week, for our final Summer of Mindfulness prompt, we asked: What advice would you give to someone newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes?

Your responses reflected the kind of perspective that only comes with living it: give yourself grace, take things one day at a time, ask for help when you need it, and remember that diabetes may become part of your life, but it doesn’t have to define it.
As we wrap up our final prompt of the summer, we also want to say thank you to everyone who participated throughout this series. Week after week, you took the time to reflect, share honestly, and offer your experiences to this community. We’re so grateful for every response and conversation that came from these prompts.

We hope the things you’ve shared throughout the summer have helped others feel seen, understood, and a little less alone in life with T1D.

08/24/2026

This fall, join Diabetes Sangha for four days of mindfulness, connection, and community at Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York.

From October 8–11, 2026, Peter Friedfeld and Sam Tullman will lead an in-person retreat for people living with Type 1 diabetes. Together, we’ll make space to slow down, reconnect with ourselves, deepen our mindfulness practice, and spend time with others who understand the day-to-day experience of T1D.

Whether you’re new to mindfulness or have an established practice, you’re welcome here.

Space is limited. Learn more and register through the link in our bio!

08/19/2026

This week’s Summer of Mindfulness meditation invites us to practice “Soften and Stay.”

After reflecting this week on what makes us angry about living with Type 1 diabetes, Heather Nielsen offers a practice for meeting the difficult emotions that can come along with it.

When feelings like anger, shame, guilt, fear, or self-judgment arise, “Soften and Stay” invites us to notice what we’re feeling, soften the body, and stay present with our experience rather than immediately pushing it away or judging ourselves for it.

This is part of our Summer of Mindfulness series, where each week throughout the summer we’ve been sharing a reflection prompt, community responses, and a guided meditation.

Earlier this week, in collaboration with You're Just My Type, we asked:What makes you angry about living with Type 1 dia...
08/18/2026

Earlier this week, in collaboration with You're Just My Type, we asked:
What makes you angry about living with Type 1 diabetes?

Your responses were a reminder of just how many different frustrations can come with T1D - from the constant decisions and unpredictable blood sugars to the cost, misconceptions, technology, and the feeling that diabetes never really gives you a break.
Whatever makes you angry about diabetes, we hope these reflections remind you that you’re not alone in feeling it. Sometimes, simply acknowledging the frustration is part of making space for everything that comes with living with T1D.

Thank you to everyone who shared and engaged with this week’s prompt. 💙
This is part of our Summer of Mindfulness series, where each week throughout this summer have been sharing a reflection prompt, community responses, and a guided meditation.

08/17/2026

We’re returning to a special place this October.

For the second year, DiabetesSangha is heading back to Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York for our Immersive Fall Retreat.

This year’s theme, Finding Ease Amidst Change, invites us to explore how mindfulness can help us meet the changes, uncertainties, and everyday realities of life with diabetes with greater steadiness and ease.

Your retreat facilitators, Peter and Sam, share a little about what makes gathering at Ananda Ashram so meaningful - from having dedicated time to unplug and deepen your practice, to the connections that can form when we practice together.

They’re excited to return to this beautiful space and welcome both returning participants and new friends joining us for the first time. 

Ananda Ashram | Monroe, NY
October 8–11, 2026

Space is limited. Learn more and register through the link in our bio.

08/13/2026

This week in our Summer of Mindfulness series, Brooke Cassoff invites us to bring mindfulness into the everyday routines of living with type 1 diabetes.

Changing an infusion set. Checking your CGM. Calculating insulin for a meal. These tasks can become so routine that we move through them almost automatically—but they can also offer small opportunities to pause, reconnect, and meet ourselves with greater awareness and compassion.

In this guided practice, Brooke explores how the everyday rhythms of diabetes care can become anchors for mindfulness - even through the peaks and valleys of life with T1D.

You can follow along as a guided meditation or bring the practice with you into your own daily diabetes care. All you need is yourself, an everyday task, and a willingness to meet the moment with kindness. 🌱

08/06/2026

🌿 This week in our Summer of Mindfulness series, Sam Tullman invites us to explore a practice that can feel especially challenging for those living with type 1 diabetes: not knowing.

So much of life with T1D is shaped by uncertainty. We can count carbs, dose insulin, and do everything “right”—and still not know what comes next. While we can’t eliminate uncertainty, we can learn to relate to it differently.

In this guided meditation, Sam gently invites us to let go of the need to have all the answers and instead meet the unknown with curiosity, compassion, and presence. As the Zen teaching reminds us, “Not knowing is most intimate.”

This isn’t about giving up control—it’s about discovering that even in uncertainty, we can find steadiness, openness, and a place to rest.

07/29/2026

🌿 This week in our Summer of Mindfulness series, Brooke Cassoff guides us through a simple but powerful practice: the Self-Compassion Break.

Living with type 1 diabetes means there are days when you’ve done everything you can—and things still don’t go as planned. In those moments, it’s easy to turn against ourselves. This practice offers another way.

Through mindfulness, a reminder of our shared humanity, and an intentional moment of self-kindness, Brooke invites us to pause and meet ourselves with the same compassion we’d offer a friend.

Because you are more than your numbers. More than a difficult day. And you deserve the same care you so freely give to others.

Earlier this week, we asked in collaboration with You're Just My Type:What keeps you going when things don’t go as plann...
07/29/2026

Earlier this week, we asked in collaboration with You're Just My Type:

What keeps you going when things don’t go as planned?

Your responses were a reminder that resilience doesn’t always look the same. For some, it’s the support of loved ones, getting outside to golf, finding motivation through determination (or even a little spite!), or remembering that one difficult moment doesn’t define an entire life. For others, it’s leaning on faith or trusting that life has a bigger plan.

Whatever helps you keep moving forward, we hope these reflections remind you that you’re not alone and that even when diabetes doesn’t go according to plan, there’s always a reason to begin again.

This is part of our Summer of Mindfulness series, where each week we share a reflection prompt, community responses, and a guided meditation.

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