On behalf of SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde, we’d like to announce there’s a new course offering through the Sacramento Dharma Center (not a SIM sponsored event).

The Buddhist Precepts and Climate Change.  How we can all make a difference.

Join us for six Friday afternoons in May and June at the Sacramento Dharma Center. 

The course is posted to the SDC website and some course details are listed below for your convenience.

• MEETING TIMES: Classes are held at the Sacramento Dharma Center from 1:00 pm — 3:00 pm, Friday afternoons from May 17 — June 21, 2019
• REGISTRATION INFORMATION: To register, email: dianegwilde@gmail.com. Registration fee is a sliding scale, $15 — $35. Checks made out to the Sacramento Dharma Center will be collected at the first meeting. NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS.
• FACILITATORS: Rev. Diane Wilde and Rev. Dr. Susan Taylor

For more information, see this Course Flyer (.pdf)

 

Want to participate in a study on the impacts of meditation?

A research team at the University of Colorado Boulder is conducting an online survey of meditators. They hope to understand meditators’ perspectives and how they differ from non-meditators. They would like to invite you to participate!

The survey can be completed from your computer and should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. If you are interested in participating or want to learn more about the study, check out https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5sx0NqNLjw45z7L.

Please join the SIM Board of Directors on Thursday night, March 14, to thank Barbara Colton. Barbara is completing many years of dedicated service on our Board and beginning her work as President of the SDC Board. The SIM community potluck (Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner) that night will be in her honor, and we’ll have cake and an opportunity to appreciate Barbara during the break. Please plan to come and celebrate with Barbara and with all of us on the Board!

Registration opens February 14, for the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) eight week course with Matt Russell. You can RSVP to a free introduction session held April 10 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The eight session course meets Wednesdays, April 24 through June 12, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm and there’s an all day retreat on Sunday, June 2, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. To pay the $375 registration fee or for more information about the course, click here.

Designed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979, MBSR is an integrative and scientifically validated approach that combines mindfulness practices with group processing and psycho-education around stress. MBSR helps participants mobilize their inner resources to alleviate suffering associated with chronic pain and illness, as well as conditions such as anxiety, depression, headaches, high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal problems and the stresses of everyday life. This work was featured in Bill Moyers’ television special, “Healing and the Mind” in a dated but still compelling piece.

SIM is grateful for all our donors and has already emailed tax letters to those who gave $250 or more in 2018. If you have not received the tax letter and you think you should have, please check your email Inbox, as well as your Spam or Junk folder. If you still don’t find it, please contact SaraD@sactoinsight.org.