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Saturday Jan 25: Earth Care Meeting: COP29 Outcomes with Ram Appalaraju

Posted December 29, 2024 - other

Topic: COP 29 outcomes and What’s next for us! Saturday, January 25, 2025: 8:30 am — 10:00 am Presented by: Ram Appalaraju On 11/24/2024 the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) closed after two weeks of intense discussions on issues relating to climate change and how it has been disproportionately affecting poorer countries. At the end of the meeting participating countries agreed to a set of outcomes. One of the headlines that describes the outcome is “COP29 UN…

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Saturday Feb 1: Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Tanya Wiser

Posted December 29, 2024 - Half-Day Retreats

Saturday, February 1, 2025: 9:30am – 12:15pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Tanya Wiser This half-day of mindfulness practice will include guided or lightly guided meditations, a brief dharma talk, group discussion, and mindful activity. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation practice and daily life practice, ask a teacher questions and practice with other sangha members. Mindfulness meditation half-days are appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Registration is not required. Bring lunch. 9:30 – 10:15…

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Saturday Feb 15: Live & Love Daylong with Ying Chen

Posted December 29, 2024 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, February 15, 2025: 9:00am – 4:30pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Ying Chen In this daylong we will practice Dhamma by bringing qualities of mindfulness and heartfulness together. We will learn how to live wisely and lovingly through our practices. The day will include sitting and walking meditation, instructions, a dharma talk, and an opportunity to ask questions of the teacher. Recommended for both beginners and experienced practitioners. Bring lunch. The program is offered freely, with no registration…

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Sunday Feb 16 — Offsite Daylong with Matthew Brensilver

Posted December 29, 2024 - Daylong Retreats

Offsite Daylong: Importance of Equanimity: A Day of Practice with Matthew Brensilver in Berkeley Sunday, February 16, 2025: 9:30am – 4pm Location: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Education Building Upper Floor, Connie Barbour Room,1606 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA Registration required. Simply using attention doesn’t generate wisdom. In other words, attention isn’t wholesome in itself. Wise attention is connected to wholesomeness; it is conjoined with, among other things, equanimity. Equanimity is a kind of inner balance. It is not the absence…

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March 9- 15 Daily Life Retreat (Online Zoom format)

Posted December 28, 2024 - Events, Non-Residential Retreats

Awareness and Wisdom Integrated Home Retreat (Online Zoom format) Taught by Andrea Fella Assisted by Dawn Neal Inspired by the teachings of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. March 9-15, 2025 (Sunday through Saturday) with two online sessions daily Registration is required: To register: Register here. After registration, you will receive the retreat details, including Zoom link information. For questions, contact Yosh Haggerty at yosh@insightretreatcenter.org. This retreat is designed to integrate our mindfulness practice with our everyday activities. During this weeklong online retreat we…

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Saturday Dec 28: Earth Care Meeting: Global Climate Solutions with Elaine Salinger

Posted December 5, 2024 - Events

Saturday December 28, 2024: 8:30 – 10:00am on Zoom Elaine Salinger will demonstrate a global climate solutions simulator, En-ROADS Climate Interactive, a website created by MIT and Sloan. This website will compare the effectiveness of global solutions. And Elaine will discuss possible legislation in the US, as well as simple actions we can take personally, locally, and nationally. And we will also discuss hope and a path forward. Elaine leads the Citizens Climate Lobby San Mateo County chapter and is…

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Saturday Nov 23: Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Maria Straatmann

Posted November 12, 2024 - Half-Day Retreats

Saturday, November 23, 2024: 9:30 am – 12:15 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Maria Straatmann This half-day of mindfulness practice will include guided or lightly guided meditations, a brief dharma talk, group discussion, and mindful activity. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation practice and daily life practice, ask a teacher questions and practice with other sangha members. Mindfulness meditation half-days are appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Registration is not required. Bring lunch. 9:30 –…

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Saturday Sep 26 — Earth Care Meeting — Reconnecting with Nature Through Water with Alex Julie

Posted October 23, 2024 - Events

Saturday, October 26, 2024: 8:30 am — 10:00 am on Zoom Offered by Alex Julie Topic: Reconnecting with Nature Through Water to Create a Life-Sustaining Society for All Beings The Ocean is the source of all life on our planet, and it can also be a fertile ground for deep embodied insight. With our Ocean on the brink of climate induced collapse, the urgency of reconnection has never been greater. Join Awake in the Wild meditation teacher Alex Julie as…

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Saturday Oct 19: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Daylong Retreat with Dawn Neal

Posted October 7, 2024 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, October 19, 2024: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Dawn Neal  This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, and alternating periods of sitting and walking. Instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing, body, emotions, thoughts, and open attention will be provided. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. Appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Bring lunch.  The…

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Saturday Sep 21 — Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Tanya Wiser

Posted September 9, 2024 - Half-Day Retreats

Saturday, September 21, 2024: 9:30 am – 12:15 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Tanya Wiser This half-day of mindfulness practice will include guided or lightly guided meditations, a brief dharma talk, group discussion, and mindful activity. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation practice and daily life practice, ask a teacher questions and practice with other sangha members. Mindfulness meditation half-days are appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Registration is not required. Bring lunch. 9:30 –…

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Saturday Sep 7 — Intensive Daylong with bruni dávila

Posted September 3, 2024 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, September 7, 2024: 6:00 am – 9:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: bruni dávila This is a great opportunity for a full day of immersion in silent Dharma Practice. Practicing mindfulness on retreat is one of the foundations for maturing insight meditation. The simplicity, silence and support of retreats contribute to letting go of many of the distractions that get in the way of clear seeing. Retreats also are a wonderful environment for developing a continuity of awareness…

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Bringing All Parts of Yourself to IMC — A Daylong of Care and Connection for IMC Volunteers

Posted August 12, 2024 - Daylong Retreats

DATES: Saturday November 2, 2024 OR March 1, 2025 —You will be asked to choose a date during registration LOCATION: In-person at IMC REGISTRATION: Required: http://bit.ly/IMCVolunteer Offered by: Bruni Dávila and Tanya Wiser This workshop is a chance to contribute to the IMC community’s ongoing exploration of diversity and inclusivity. We will share, explore, and celebrate our and each other’s many different identities. As we unveil and connect, we will consider the very natural human tendency to have biases and…

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Friday August 16 — Morning Mindfulness Retreat at Hidden Villa with Gil Fronsdal

Posted August 5, 2024 - Half-Day Retreats

Friday, August 16, 2024: 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Potluck Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30 pm Location: Hidden Villa in the Dana Center 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Everyone is invited to a morning of mindfulness meditation instruction, teachings, and practice. Gil Fronsdal, who taught retreats at Hidden Villa for ten years, is back to share his love for mindfulness practice and for Hidden Villa, a place well suited for meditation connected closely to the natural world. The…

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Saturday Aug 17 — In-Person Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Tanya Wiser

Posted August 5, 2024 - Half-Day Retreats

Saturday, August 17, 2024: 9:30 am – 12:15 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Tanya Wiser This half-day of mindfulness practice will include guided or lightly guided meditations, a brief dharma talk, group discussion, and mindful activity. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation practice and daily life practice, ask a teacher questions and practice with other sangha members. Mindfulness meditation half-days are appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Registration is not required. Bring lunch. 9:30 –…

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Saturday Sep 14 — Stream Entry Daylong with Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Posted August 5, 2024 - Daylong Retreats, Sati Center

Saturday, September 14, 2024 9:00 am – 4:00 pm In-person at IMC and on Zoom. Register online to get the Zoom link. Co-sponsored by the Sati Center and the San Francisco Bay Parisā — an assembly of people dedicated to practicing in line with Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s teachings Stream-entry — also known as the arising of the Dhamma eye — is a momentous occasion in the practice. The first glimpse of the deathless, it makes irrevocable changes in the person who…

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