What’s New At Insight Meditation Center
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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Thursday, October 17, 2024: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm on Zoom Longtime IMC member Mick Bennett died on August 4. Mick served on the IMC Board and was the much loved founding teacher for the Chronic Disease Support Group and the Life-Threatening Illness Support Group. IMC’s support group, which is a continuation of what Mick started, will offer an open Online ZOOM session on Oct 17th 1-2:30pm PT to remember the founding leader, Mick Bennett. All are welcome to join….
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On Zoom Five Saturdays: October 12 – November 9, 2024 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific Time This five-session series provides a safe and supportive space for Black practitioners to begin, refresh and strengthen their meditation and daily mindfulness practice. The sessions focus on the intersection of mindfulness and Black collective wisdom in the context of our unique experiences and expressions. In this series, we will explore the qualities needed to be resilient in order to face social and racial…
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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.
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by Gil Fronsdal To care and offer care are fundamental expressions of Buddhist life. The Buddha himself was called “The Caring One” who taught out of his care for others. After his first students became enlightened, he instructed them to live for the welfare and happiness of others out of “care for the world.’ In the Buddha’s teachings “care” is the basic attitude and motivation for benefiting others. As such, it can be seen as the foundation for both compassion…
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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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Five Thursdays: October 3 to 31, 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm In-person at IMC and on Zoom Offered by Tanya Wiser Insight Meditation, or Vipassana, is a simple technique, beginning with focusing the attention on the breath. The practice concentrates and calms the mind. At the heart of Insight Meditation is the practice of Mindfulness, a practice of moment-to-moment observation which cultivates a clear, stable and non-judgmental awareness. While mindfulness practice can be highly effective in helping bring calm…
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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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IRC Autumn 2024 Newsletter is available online. You can read past newsletters in both HTML and PDF formats on the Newsletter page of the Insight Retreat Center website.
DATES: Saturday November 2, November 16, 2024, OR March 1, 2025 —You will be asked to choose a date during registration LOCATION: Either In-person at IMC or on Zoom —See the list below 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…
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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, 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, 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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Offered by Diana Clark and Tanya Wiser Friday, October 25 to Sunday, October 27, 2024 Friday check-in: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Ends Sunday 2:30 pm Registration required: Apply online on the IRC website Schedule: Saturday Oct 12: 7:00 – 8:00 pm — required pre-retreat meeting on Zoom Friday Oct 25: 3:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday Oct 26: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Sunday Oct 27: 8:00 am – 2:30 pm Location: Hidden Villa (Map) 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA…
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Saturday July 13, 2024 9:00 am – 4:00 pm in-person at IMC only Offered by: Kim Allen Breath meditation is a foundational practice that can be immediately accessible, and yet also unfold to deeper layers over many years. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to connect or re-connect with the simplicity and richness of the breath. Our day will include guided and silent meditations, dharma teachings, and walking meditation. Classical instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing will support the opportunity to…
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