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Saturday Oct 24: A Day of Presence, Poetry, and Practice with Diana Clark and Walt Opie

Posted October 5, 2026 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday October 24, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by Diana Clark and Walt Opie At the heart of Dharma practice is the invitation to be present for our lives, not only for what is pleasant or easily understood, but also for what is uncertain, painful, beautiful, or beyond words. Poetry can help us enter this territory gently. A poem may offer no solution, yet still bring recognition, companionship, and a subtle shift in how we…

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Saturday Oct 31: Mindfulness of Body & Heart-Mind While Speaking with Tanya Wiser

Posted October 5, 2026 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, October 31 · 9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Tanya Wiser Mindfulness while speaking can be supported by grounding in the body and stabilized by an open, receptive heart. This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, silent sitting, walking meditation. We will also engage in structured small-group practice sessions designed to deepen the direct experience of speaking from embodied awareness and connection to the clarity and tone of citta (heart-mind). Instructions and…

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Saturday Nov 7: Silent Mindfulness Daylong with Gil Fronsdal

Posted October 5, 2026 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, November 7, 8:30am – 5:00pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Gil Fronsdal 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. This particular daylong retreat is meant for people who already understand the basic practice…

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Saturday Nov 21: Mindfulness Practice with Knowing, Allowing, Sensing, and Calming Daylong

Posted October 5, 2026 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, November 21, 9:30am – 4:30pm In-person at IMC Offered by Tanya Wiser and Shelley Gault In this retreat, Shelley and Tanya will offer instructions and guidance on the cultivation of mindfulness through knowing, sensing, allowing, and calming with our direct experience. Participants will explore how mindful awareness can be cultivated through attending to the physical body with the support of a caring heart. We will develop our capacity to know and sense physical experience directly and to calm the body and…

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Saturday Dec 12: Embodies Presence Daylong. with Kim Allen

Posted October 5, 2026 - Daylong Retreats

Saturday, December 12, 9:00am – 4:00pm in-person at IMC only Offered by: Kim Allen Embodied presence supports both everyday well-being and spiritual freedom. The body is a rich resource for mindfulness practice, continually opening and deepening as we explore it. On this day of practice, we will explore practices based in Buddhist teachings that help us connect with the body, experience it freshly, and invite liberating wisdom and compassion to emerge. Our day will include guided and silent meditations, dharma teachings, and…

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IMC 2026 Fall Newsletter is available online

Posted September 22, 2026 - IMC Announcements

The IMC Fall 2026 Newsletter is available online. You can read past newsletters in PDF format on the Newsletter page of the Insight Meditation Center website. You can also find the Fall Schedule of Events — called the Oct to Dec Schedule of Events — under the CALENDAR link on the IMC website.

Eightfold Path Program In-Person and Zoom for 2026-27 now open for registration

Posted July 6, 2026

Posted July 6, 2026 Taught by Lydia Ridgway, Yanli Wang, Thina Ollier, Janel Crooks and others One Sunday a month 1:00 to 3:30 pm (2 in October) ending in June. The Buddha’s most explicit path of practice is the Eightfold Path—a set of eight practical approaches to bring Buddhist practice into the width and depth of our lives. The Eightfold Path Program is an introduction to each of the Eightfold factors so participants will discover how to apply each set of…

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2026-27 Deepening Meditation Program with Gil Fronsdal

Posted June 21, 2026

On Zoom 9:00 am – 3:30 pm, except October 2 and January Fridays, except Dec 14 and Jan 14-15 10/2 (9:00 am-1:30 pm), 11/6, 12/14 (Monday), 1/14-15 (Thursday & Friday, 2/12, 3/12, 4/9, 5/21. DMP online retreat: January 14-15; 9:00 am-4:00 each day The DMP is an eight-month program giving experienced practitioners the opportunity to delve into meditation practice and the Buddhist teachings and instructions for meditation. The program will utilize Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) as the reference for delving into practices and states of meditation…

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IMC 2026 Summer Newsletter is available online

Posted June 20, 2026 - IMC Announcements

The IMC Summer 2026 Newsletter is available online. You can read past newsletters in PDF format on the Newsletter page of the Insight Meditation Center website. You can also find the Summer Schedule of Events — called the Jul to Sep Schedule of Events — under the CALENDAR link on the IMC website.

IRC Winter-Spring 2026 Newsletter is available

Posted February 21, 2026 - IMC Announcements

IRC 2026 Winter-Spring 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.

IMC 2026 Winter Newsletter is available online

Posted December 1, 2025 - IMC Announcements

The IMC Winter 2026 Newsletter is available online. You can read past newsletters in PDF format on the Newsletter page of the Insight Meditation Center website. You can also find the Winter Schedule of Events — called the Jan to Mar Schedule of Events — under the CALENDAR link on the IMC website.

Individual Practice Discussions with IMC Teachers/Dharma Leaders

Posted January 25, 2025 - News

Several of IMC’s Dharma Leaders are offering an opportunity for an individual practice discussion each month. The sessions provide a chance to process your sitting and daily life practice, ask questions, and be heard and supported. Please sign up for only one practice discussion per month so that everyone has an opportunity. Here is the link to sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904044ba9ad2faaf85-imcpractice Please bookmark the link so that you can sign up for a session in future months. New sessions available are posted every two months towards the…

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YouTube: Sitting and Dharmette with Matthew Brensilver — Weekly starting Wednesday April 3

Posted March 26, 2024 - Events

Wednesdays 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm starting April 3, 2024 Offered by Matthew Brensilver On YouTube YouTube Livestream | IMC Website Livestream William James said the aim of all education is to make one’s nervous system an ally rather than an enemy. Given the sensitivity of our body and mind, given the changingness of all things, given imperfection — what is possible for us? The dharma path is an honest exploration of the human condition and a discovery of the…

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Zoom: Weekly Sunday Sangha Meeting Following the Dharma Talk

Posted October 9, 2021

Weekly on Sunday: 10:45 – 11:30 am on Zoom Build and maintain community by connecting online with other IMC sangha members to discuss the Sunday dharma talk and share about our Buddhist practices. Please join us on Zoom each Sunday following the dharma talk at approximately 10:45 am for about 45 minutes for breakout rooms and/or large group discussions. Facilitated by Jan Messer and Barry Rothman, IMC sangha members. Jan Messer began Vipassana meditation and retreat practice in the 1970’s….

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IMC Speaks Out Against Anti-Asian Violence

Posted May 7, 2021

This statement is also available in PDF format We are heartbroken by the horrific surge in relentless, unprovoked harassment and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Since March 2020, the Stop AAPI Hate organization reports nearly 4,000 incidents of anti-Asian hate, of which nearly 44 percent occurred in California—and many more cases go unreported. The Insight Meditation Center (IMC) and its community open our hearts to the pain of anti-Asian hate, bearing witness to the suffering and…

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