What’s New At Insight Meditation Center
Saturday, March 6, 1 to 4:30pm An Afternoon of Awareness and Environmental Action Plastics litter our streets and waterways, polluting the environment and killing wildlife. Plastics are getting into our bodies, too. Many of the chemicals used in plastics are associated with modern disorders such as asthma, cancer, diabetes, obesity, premature puberty, and reproductive failure. Green Sangha offers a mindful approach to environmental action. Cultivating a foundation of inner peace and compassion, we can experience our work as a joyful…
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My name is Toren. I am in 6th grade and go to Dharma Rocks at IMC. I have organized a food drive at IMC for Second Harvest Food Bank. If you like, when you come to IMC please consider bringing a donation for the food drive. Second Harvest prefers to receive canned food such as stew, soup, chili, vegetables, or fruit and low-sugar cereal, peanut butter, 100% fruit juices, and other non-perishable items. They ask that you do not donate…
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Six Wednesday Evenings, January 12 to February 16, 2011, 7:30 – 9pm 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 and clarity to the pressures of daily life, it is…
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Saturday, August 7, 2010, 9:00am – 4:30pm Taking in the Good – Weaving Positive Emotions, Optimism, and Resilience into the Brain and Self Rick Hanson shows how to use the brain’s machinery of memory to get at the essence of beneficial change in the process of personal growth: the internalization of positive experiences. Drawing on recent discoveries about neuroplasticity, he will present a simple, four step process that weaves positive experiences into the structure of the brain and the fabric…
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Saturday, June 26, 2010, 9:00am – 4:30pm During this daylong, we will explore mindfulness of breathing by connecting with the experience of breathing through the whole body. This style of practice encourages a relaxed focus on the experience of the breath.
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 6am – 9pm 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 for an extended period. Fifteen minute Interviews with Gil…
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Saturday, November 20, 2010, 9am to 4:30pm This is a daylong retreat with alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, instruction in mindfulness practice, particularly in mindfulness of the body and a dharma talk. It is recommended for both beginners and experienced practitioners. No interviews. Bring lunch.
Sunday, May 23, 11 to 11:30am Time for an informal discussion, an opportunity to ask questions of Gil.
Five Wednesday Evenings March 24 to April 21, 2010, 7:30 to 9pm 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 and clarity to the pressures of daily life, it is…
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Tuesday, February 16, 7:30 to 9pm Hosted by Alan Senauke of Clear View Project Short Meditation followed by a talk and discussions. Clear View Project has been working closely with several groups of activist monks inside Burma and in exile to support the monks, nuns and Burmese democracy movement. U Pyinya Zawta is Executive Director in Exile of the All Burma Monks’ Alliance, a leader of Burma’s Saffron Revolution in the autumn of 2007. In 2008, arriving in the United…
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Sunday, February 21, 2010, 11:15am to 12:30pm For those who have never sat a retreat, or those who have but are curious about extended retreat practice, experienced practitioners will discuss the following: • A typical retreat day, retreat “etiquette”, interviews, accommodations, food • Types of retreats: Vipassana, metta, monastic, study, abroad, self-retreat • Preparing for a retreat and post-retreat integration • Helpful hints Kim McLaughlin has been a student of insight meditation since 1987. Prior to that she practiced concentration…
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Starting Where You’re At from Insight Meditation Center on Vimeo. Dharma talk by Gil Fronsdal, recorded at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA on 1/20/10
New IMC Community website We have launched a new IMC Community website. The IMC Community was created so that members from the IMC/AudioDharma worldwide community can take refuge and help each other with various aspects of their practice. You can become a member of the IMC Community site at: IMC News and Upcoming Events Mail List Want to know what is going on at IMC? Don’t want to miss an event? We have created a new weekly “IMC News and…
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Gil Fronsdal gives a short dharma talk on the poem “The Road Less Taken” by Robert Frost from a buddhist perspective. Talk Given at Insight Mediation Center, Redwood City Ca. on Wednesday January 13, 2010
Five Wednesday Evenings June 16 to July 14, 2010, 7:30 to 9pm 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 and clarity to the pressures of daily life, it is…
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