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SUMMARY:(Remote) Beginning Meditation Class (4 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held remotely. The instructor will provide students with remote access details.\nThis class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-4-6-5/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200316T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200316T160000
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SUMMARY:(Remote) A Year to Live (2 of 11)
DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be held remotely. The instructor will provide students with remote access details.\nA Year to Live\nThis session is part of an eleven month course lead by SIM’s community teacher Diane Wilde. For course details\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/a-year-to-live/.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/year-live-2-11/
LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200310T210000
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (3 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-3-6-5/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200303T210000
DTSTAMP:20191207T042052Z
CREATED:20191207T042052Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (2 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-2-6-4/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T190000
DTSTAMP:20191119T215009Z
CREATED:20191119T215009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191119T215009Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. The pilgrimage and the PDL program led to an interest in establishing the SIM Kalyana Mitta (Pali for spiritual friends) groups. He coordinated SIM’s network of Kalyana Mitta groups until he joined the SIM Board in 2010. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. He is a past president of the SIM Board. His teachers are Dennis Warren and Steve Armstrong. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-4/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T210000
DTSTAMP:20200211T223531Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (6 Week Course)
DESCRIPTION:This class is currently taught by SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard and SIM Community Mentor Sandra Sigrist and is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. Classes meet Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on February 25\, March 3\, 10\, 17\, 24 and 31 plus a daylong retreat on Saturday\, March 21\, 2020 and details for this event are posted on the Course Overview page. If you have registered to this course and would like to make a donation to support SIM and the course instructors\, consider donating online via credit card or Paypal.\n \nRegistration Details\nWalk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting. \nBefore making the $35 registration payment\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.  On Sunday\, December 15\, online registration opened. Pay the registration fee online using the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this course and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one. After you’ve paid the fee\, you’ll receive an email with the subject “You have tickets!” (but no need to print the ticket on paper). \nNote that all registrants will receive an email communication from the course registrar on the following dates: Saturday\, January 25 and Monday\, February 17. \nIf you can’t attend the class in February please add your name to the wait list (click here) and we’ll contact you when the next course offering is scheduled. If you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-starts-feb2020/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200217T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200217T160000
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SUMMARY:A Year to Live (11 Month Course)
DESCRIPTION:A Year to Live\nThis is part of an eleven month course lead by SIM’s community teacher\, Reverend Diane Wilde. For course details\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/a-year-to-live/.\n \nRegistration Details\nIf you have already registered for this course\, you may pay the registration fee from this web-page. First\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.  Next\, pay the $35 course fee online using the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. On the left side\, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side\, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure web-page where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one. Later\, you’ll receive a confirmation email and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. \nIf the course is full (you’ll see a message OUT OF STOCK) or if you can’t attend this class that starts February please add your name to the wait list (click here) and we’ll contact you when the next course offering is scheduled. If you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/year-live-course/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T190000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. The pilgrimage and the PDL program led to an interest in establishing the SIM Kalyana Mitta (Pali for spiritual friends) groups. He coordinated SIM’s network of Kalyana Mitta groups until he joined the SIM Board in 2010. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. He is a past president of the SIM Board. His teachers are Dennis Warren and Steve Armstrong. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-3/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191226T190000
DTSTAMP:20191119T214616Z
CREATED:20191119T214616Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. The pilgrimage and the PDL program led to an interest in establishing the SIM Kalyana Mitta (Pali for spiritual friends) groups. He coordinated SIM’s network of Kalyana Mitta groups until he joined the SIM Board in 2010. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. He is a past president of the SIM Board. His teachers are Dennis Warren and Steve Armstrong. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-2/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T190000
DTSTAMP:20191120T205047Z
CREATED:20191025T010009Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Introduction to Meditation
DESCRIPTION:We’re sorry to announce that Dennis Warren is unavailable this evening and we must cancel the Introduction to Meditation class. We hope you’ll plan to attend the next scheduled course offering SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard on Thursday\, December 26\, 2019. \n\nThis 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ .\n Dennis has been participating in residential meditation retreats\, and has maintained a daily meditation practice\, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition for over 30 years. 2018 was his 20th year of teaching Insight Meditation and mindfulness practices in residential\, retreat\, educational\, medical\, corporate and community settings. In 2007 and 2014\, Dennis led month long pilgrimages and moving retreats in Thailand\, India and Nepal. A third is being planned for late 2021. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-dennis-warren-2/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191024T190000
DTSTAMP:20190912T233027Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nRICH HOWARD has been an active practitioner and volunteer at SIM since 2004. His area of interest is bringing meditative awareness into everyday life. He participated in SIM’s 2007 India Pilgrimage and is a graduate of SIM’s second Practice Development and Leadership (PDL) program. The pilgrimage and the PDL program led to an interest in establishing the SIM Kalyana Mitta (Pali for spiritual friends) groups. He coordinated SIM’s network of Kalyana Mitta groups until he joined the SIM Board in 2010. He was one of the SIM representatives to the Inter-Sangha Coordinating Committee\, predecessor to the Sacramento Dharma Center Board\, which now runs our shared space for Buddhist sanghas in Sacramento. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Africa in the 1970s and is fluent in Spanish. He is a past president of the SIM Board. His teachers are Dennis Warren and Steve Armstrong. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191022T210000
DTSTAMP:20190429T171048Z
CREATED:20190429T171048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T171048Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (6 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-6-6-4/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191019T163000
DTSTAMP:20190429T200426Z
CREATED:20190429T200426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T200426Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This retreat is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-one-day-retreat-6/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T210000
DTSTAMP:20190429T170936Z
CREATED:20190429T170856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170936Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (5 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-5-6-4/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191008T210000
DTSTAMP:20190429T170639Z
CREATED:20190429T170639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170639Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (4 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-4-6-4/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191001T210000
DTSTAMP:20190429T170455Z
CREATED:20190429T170455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170455Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (3 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-3-6-4/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T190000
DTSTAMP:20190731T150124Z
CREATED:20190731T150123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T150124Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with Dennis Warren
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nDENNIS WARREN is SIM’s Founding Teacher and has been teaching mindfulness\, meditation and contemplative practices since 1998. He recently completed his 11th year as a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Mindfulness in the Division of Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is certified as a Mindfulness Teacher\, Professional Level (CMT-P)\, by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He is a graduate of the professional trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. He also is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Medication Center’s Dharma leaders training program. You can learn more about Dennis’ background and activities at https://www.denniswarren.net/ . \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-dennis-warren/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190924T210000
DTSTAMP:20190429T170259Z
CREATED:20190429T170259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170259Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (2 of 6)
DESCRIPTION:This class is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. You must pre-register to the course before attending this class. For course details\, click here. If you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-2-6-3/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190917T210000
DTSTAMP:20190912T070657Z
CREATED:20190429T164329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190912T070657Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Class (6 Week Course)
DESCRIPTION:This class is currently taught by SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren and is part of a six week meditation course offered twice a year. Classes meet Tuesday evenings\, September 17\, 24\, October 1\, 8 15\, 22\, with a daylong retreat Saturday\, October 19\, 2019 and details for this event are posted on the Course Overview page. If you have registered to this course and would like to make a donation to support SIM and the course instructor Dennis Warren\, consider donating online via credit card or Paypal.\n \nRegistration Details\nWalk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting. \nBefore making the $35 registration payment\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.  To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side\, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side\, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your registration payment can be made by credit card as a guest (no PayPal account required) or payment can be made by PayPal after you sign-in to your PayPal account if you have one. \nNote that all registrants will receive an email communication from the course registrar on the following dates: Thursday\, July 31 and Tuesday\, September 3. \nIf you need to contact the course registrar with any questions\, click here. \nNOTICE – If there are no tickets available\, the course is full however you may add your name to a WAIT LIST – click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-starts-sep2019/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190822T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190822T190000
DTSTAMP:20190820T201806Z
CREATED:20190731T143944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T201806Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nDIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) in 2010. Since 2003\, she has been a BP3 prison chaplain and aids in coordination of 75 volunteers who offer Buddhist services at numerous California prisons and jails. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program. She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, Buddhist Pathways Prison Project and California Dept. of Corrections Volunteer Advisory Board. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by her teacher Gil Fronsdal. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-to-meditation-7/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190807T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190807T120000
DTSTAMP:20190722T025450Z
CREATED:20190722T025450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190722T025450Z
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SUMMARY:MBSR Class Introductory Session
DESCRIPTION:MBSR Introduction Session\nThis is an Introductory Session of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. \n\nMBSR Flyer with more information\n\nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend this session and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.\nThis is an introductory to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in anticipation of the 8-week MBSR course which will be offered at SIM starting August 21\, 2019. 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. \n Instructor: Matt Russell\, PhD\, is a UMass Med School Center for Mindfulness qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and has been a member of the SIM community since 2010. Matt is a graduate of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies’ Chaplaincy Training Program in Redwood City. He has completed trainings with Mindful\nSchools and taught mindfulness to teenagers. \n 
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mbsr-intro-session-0807/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
ORGANIZER;CN="Matt Russell":MAILTO:mattbuffruss@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190801T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190801T211500
DTSTAMP:20190731T213547Z
CREATED:20190731T141641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T213547Z
UID:12049-1564686000-1564694100@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:*Sit & Dharma Talk – Matt Russell – MBSR and Secular Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:MBSR and Secular Mindfulness\nThis talk will provide an introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in anticipation of the 8-week MBSR course which will be offered at SIM beginning August 21\, 2019. This presentation should be of interest both for individuals considering participating in the MBSR course\, as well as those interested in the place of secular mindfulness in contemporary culture and its connections with Buddhism. \nDesigned 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. MBSR was featured in Bill Moyers’ television special\, “Healing and the Mind.” \n\nMBSR Course Available: Aug 2019 \n\nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP”.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/intro-mbsr-2019aug01/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Weekly Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190725T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190725T190000
DTSTAMP:20190731T143106Z
CREATED:20190731T143105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T143106Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-to-meditation-6/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190627T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190627T190000
DTSTAMP:20190731T142912Z
CREATED:20190506T201455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T142912Z
UID:11358-1561658400-1561662000@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher\, Diane Wilde
DESCRIPTION:This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. \nDIANE WILDE has studied meditation in various traditions since 1990. In 2001 she was a founding member of Sacramento Insight Meditation. She founded Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) in 2010. Since 2003\, she has been a BP3 prison chaplain and aids in coordination of 75 volunteers who offer Buddhist services at numerous California prisons and jails. She is a graduate of Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy program and graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leadership Training Program. She is a board member of Sati Center for Buddhist Studies\, Sacramento Dharma Center\, Buddhist Pathways Prison Project and California Dept. of Corrections Volunteer Advisory Board. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by her teacher Gil Fronsdal. \nSacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of students and members of the meditative community in the form of financial support\, service and participation in events. With our practice of dana\, we support our Sangha. \nAt the bottom of this page\, you may enter the number of people planning to attend and select the button “Confirm RSVP“.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-diane-wilde-2/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190613T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190613T190000
DTSTAMP:20190611T144147Z
CREATED:20190222T020429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T144147Z
UID:10549-1560448800-1560452400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Sangha Dinners take a summer break \n\n\nNurturing Sangha Over Dinner was meeting informally at six o’clock on the second Thursday of the month\, before the regular dharma talk and sit.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/nurturing-sangha-dinner-16/
CATEGORIES:Study Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190612T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190612T210000
DTSTAMP:20190205T211352Z
CREATED:20190205T211352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T211352Z
UID:10368-1560364200-1560373200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:MBSR (Session 8 of 8)
DESCRIPTION:This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction session is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this session. For course registration details\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mbsr-session-8-8-2/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190605T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190605T210000
DTSTAMP:20190205T211249Z
CREATED:20190205T211249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T211249Z
UID:10366-1559759400-1559768400@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:MBSR (Session 7 of 8)
DESCRIPTION:This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction session is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this session. For course registration details\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mbsr-session-7-8-2/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190602T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190602T160000
DTSTAMP:20190205T215809Z
CREATED:20190205T215809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T215809Z
UID:10382-1559466000-1559491200@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:MBSR Course One-Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction retreat is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat. For course registration details\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mbsr-course-one-day-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T210000
DTSTAMP:20190205T211152Z
CREATED:20190205T211152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T211152Z
UID:10364-1559154600-1559163600@sactoinsight.org
SUMMARY:MBSR (Session 6 of 8)
DESCRIPTION:This Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction session is part of an eight week course instructed by Matt Russell. You must pre-register to the course before attending this session. For course registration details\, click here.
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/mbsr-session-6-8-2/
CATEGORIES:Meditation Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190528T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190528T210000
DTSTAMP:20190610T150558Z
CREATED:20190519T044953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190610T150558Z
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SUMMARY:Young Persons Sangha with Sue Taylor
DESCRIPTION:Meeting on the Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings is a ​young persons group studying mindfulness and meditation. Idris Ahmed is the facilitator and SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde is the sponsor. \n\nTalk Handout (.pdf) from meeting May 28th:  Buddhas ’ 8-Fold Path
URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/young-persons-sangha/
CATEGORIES:Study Group
ORGANIZER;CN="Idris Ahmed":MAILTO:idris.ahmed54@gmail.com
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