BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sacramento Insight Meditation - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sactoinsight.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sacramento Insight Meditation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20251215T220940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T012900Z UID:49349-1771959600-1771965000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening (3 of 5) DESCRIPTION:Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening: a 5-week course with Walt Opie \n\n\n\nThis meeting is part of an online five week course lead by SIM teacher Walt Opie. \n\n\n\n\nIf you weren’t able to register before week-1 started\, it’s not too late. Register now and you’ll get access to recordings of any previous class sessions you may have missed. \n\n\n\n\nFor course details or to make a teacher donation while participating in the course\, visit the course over page Click-Here. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fee is $50.00 per person. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $75 or $100 dollars. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; please contact the registrar for more information.Before registering for this course\, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy. \n\n\n\nAfter we receive payment\, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. If the class fills up\, the registration fee automatically secures your place on the course wait list. \n\n\n\n\n \n Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening 5-week Online Course \n $50.00 \n Register Now\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/awakening20263of5/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WaltOpie-2021picx200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20251215T220514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T012947Z UID:49347-1771354800-1771360200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening (2 of 5) DESCRIPTION:Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening: a 5-week course with Walt Opie \n\n\n\nThis meeting is part of an online five week course lead by SIM teacher Walt Opie. \n\n\n\n\nIf you weren’t able to register before week-1 started\, it’s not too late. Register now and you’ll get access to recordings of any previous class sessions you may have missed. \n\n\n\n\nFor course details or to make a teacher donation while participating in the course\, visit the course over page Click-Here. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fee is $50.00 per person. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $75 or $100 dollars. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; please contact the registrar for more information.Before registering for this course\, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy. \n\n\n\nAfter we receive payment\, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. If the class fills up\, the registration fee automatically secures your place on the course wait list. \n\n\n\n\n \n Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening 5-week Online Course \n $50.00 \n Register Now\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/awakening20262of5/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WaltOpie-2021picx200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20250716T043341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T070450Z UID:48348-1770750000-1770755400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening (5-week course) DESCRIPTION:Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening (a 5-week online course with Walt Opie) \n\n\n\nThis online course meets via Zoom for five consecutive Tuesday evenings on February 10\, 17\, 24\, and March 3\,10\, 2026. For details\, visit the course overview page. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fee is $50.00 per person due before the start of the first class meeting. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $75 or $100 dollars. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; please contact the registrar for more information.Before registering for this course\, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy. \n\n\n\nAfter we receive payment\, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. If the class fills up\, the registration fee automatically secures your place on the course wait list. \n\n\n\n\n \n Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening 5-week Online Course \n $50.00 \n Register Now\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \n\n\n\nAudio Dharma\n\n\n\nSome of the dharma talks for this course will be recorded and available to registered participants; click here and enter the password to access the recordings. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/7-factors-awaken-2026/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WaltOpie-2021picx200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20250904T002834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T222819Z UID:48787-1768744800-1768752000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Onsite) Maranasati: Mindful of Death (1-Year Course 2026) DESCRIPTION:Maranasati: Mindful of Death\, Alive to Life\n\n\n\nThis is a 12-month course lead by SIM Teacher Diane Wilde. Course participants meet in-person\, monthly in 2026 from January through December on the third Sunday of each month from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For more information\, visit the course overview page at Maranasati: Mindful of Death\, Alive to Life. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nRegistration for this course is closed and the wait list is full. To view a list of other upcoming courses that we’re offering\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/events/category/upcoming-classes/list/. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fee is $50.00 per person due before the start of the first class meeting. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $75 or $100 dollars. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; please contact the registrar for more information.Before registering for this course\, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy. \n\n\n\nAfter we receive payment\, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. If the class fills up\, the registration fee automatically secures your place on the course wait list. \n\n\n\n\n \n Maranasati – 12-month Course \n $50.00 \n Course Full – SOLD OUT\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact the Registrar\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the registrar for information or assistance. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/maranasati-2026/ LOCATION:Sacramento Dharma Center Building\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DianeWilde-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260106T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20250820T212659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T230538Z UID:48715-1767726000-1767733200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-week course) DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRich Howard\n\n\n\nSara Denzler\n\n\n\nDiana Clark\n\n\n\nWalt Opie\n\n\n\n\nParticipants meet for six weeks on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm from January 6 through February 10\, with a daylong retreat on Saturday\, January 31 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 pm. For more information\, visit the course overview page. \n\n\n\n\nThe registration payment form displays “SOLD OUT” because the course is full and the wait list is closed. Click here for a list of other SIM courses are upcoming on the calendar. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nIf registration is open\, select the “REGISTER” button to indicate you’ll be attending. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; please contact the registrar for more information.Before registering for this course\, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy. \n\n\n\n\n \n Beginning Meditation 6-week Course \n $50.00 \n SOLD OUT – Course Full\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact the Registrar\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the registrar for information or assistance. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-2026jan/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RH-SD_bmc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T203000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20250716T043156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T203522Z UID:48346-1762282800-1762288200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) From Meditation Obstacles to Meditation Objects (4-week course) Practicing with the Five Hindrances DESCRIPTION:From Meditation Obstacles to Meditation Objects\n\n\n\nPracticing with the Five Hindrances: a 4-week course with Diana Clark \n\n\n\nThis is a 4-week online course lead by SIM Teacher Diana Clark. For more information\, visit the course overview page. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fee is $50.00 per person due before the start of the first class meeting. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $75 or $100 dollars. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; please contact the registrar for more information.Before registering for this course\, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy. \n\n\n\nAfter we receive payment\, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. If the class fills up\, the registration fee automatically secures your place on the course wait list. \n\n\n\n\n \n From Meditation Obstacles to Meditation Objects 4-week Course \n $50.00 \n Registration CLOSED URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/5-hindrances-2025/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Diana-Clarkx400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20240906T005720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T172856Z UID:44962-1745953200-1745960400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-week course) DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\nThis Beginning Meditation is a 6-week course that provides the basic techniques for learning Insight Meditation (vipassana)\, both during sitting meditation and in daily life. This is insight meditation that has been handed down from the time of the Buddha. This course is intended as an introduction to the practice of meditation as it is taught at the Sacramento Insight Meditation group. As an introduction to meditation\, it is meant to support and encourage you to take up the practice of meditation and to see if meditation is a worthwhile activity in your life. Visit our course overview page for more information about the course format and content. \n\n\n\nAn exciting development for this particular offering includesSIM’s newest Teachers agreeing to join in teaching this meditation course. \n\n\n\n\n\nDiana Clark\n\n\n\n\n\nVance Pryor\n\n\n\n\n\nWalt Opie\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nParticipants meet for six weeks on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm from April 29 through June 3\, with a daylong retreat on Saturday\, May 24 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 pm. Registration opens two months before the first meeting. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nIf registration is open\, select the “REGISTER” button to indicate you’ll be attending\, otherwise we invite you to add your name to the wait list. If you have any questions\, please contact the registrar for information or assistance.Before registering for this course\, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Wait List – Beginning Meditation (deprecated form)\n The course is currently full however you may use this form to add your name to the wait list. Plans do change and spaces may open up prior to the start of the class. \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n PhoneGeneral Comment\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-2025apr/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RH-SD_bmc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250107T204000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20240613T044247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T204031Z UID:44257-1736276400-1736282400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Experiencing Insight (3-month course) DESCRIPTION:This is a 3-month course lead by SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren. Meetings are scheduled on Tuesdays every week* as on-line only sessions from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. * For more information\, visit the course overview page at Experiencing Insight. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nThis course is currently full and the wait list is closed. \n\n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the registrar with any questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/experiencing-insight-2024/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DennisW-pic2022-11.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241222T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20240912T212917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241215T230107Z UID:45050-1734876000-1734883200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Onsite) A Year to Live (1-year course 2025) DESCRIPTION:This is a 12-month course lead by SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde. Course participants meet in-person\, monthly in 2025 from January through December on the third Sunday of each month from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. There will be an introduction to the course on December 22\, 2024 (2:00 pm to 4:00 pm). For more information\, visit the course overview page at A Year to Live. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nThis course is currently full and the wait list is closed. \n\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact the registrar for information or assistance. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/a-year-to-live-2025/ CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DianeWilde-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20230816T052049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T001708Z UID:40401-1707850800-1707858000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-week course) DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\nThis Beginning Meditation is a 6-week course that provides the basic techniques for learning Insight Meditation (vipassana)\, both during sitting meditation and in daily life. This is insight meditation that has been handed down from the time of the Buddha. This course is intended as an introduction to the practice of meditation as it is taught at the Sacramento Insight Meditation group. As an introduction to meditation\, it is meant to support and encourage you to take up the practice of meditation and to see if meditation is a worthwhile activity in your life. Visit our course overview page for more information about the course format and content. \n\n\n\nAn exciting development for this particular offering includesSIM’s Legacy Project teachers agreeing to join in teaching this meditation course. \n\n\n\n\n\nDiana Clark\n\n\n\n\n\nVance Pryor\n\n\n\n\n\nWalt Opie\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nThe class meets for six weeks on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm from February 13 through March19\, with a daylong retreat on Saturday\, March 16 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 pm. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\nSelect the “REGISTER” button to indicate you’ll be attending. If you have any questions\, please contact the registrar for information or assistance. \n\n\n\nBefore registering to this course\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \n\n\n\n\n \n Registration – Beginning Meditation Course \n $50.00 \n Sold Out\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWait List\n\n\n\n\n \n \n The course is currently full however you may use this form to add your name to the wait list. Plans do change and spaces may open up prior to the start of the class. \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n PhoneGeneral Comment\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-6-week-course/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RH-SD_bmc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231217T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20230816T042313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T182726Z UID:40385-1702821600-1702828800@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Onsite) A Year to Live - 2024 DESCRIPTION:This is a 12-month course lead by SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde. The course meets in-person\, monthly in 2024 from January through December on the third Sunday of each month from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. There will be an introduction to the course on December 17\, 2023 (2:00 pm to 4:00 pm). For more information\, visit the course overview page at A Year to Live. \n\n\n\nRegistration Closed\n\n\n\n\n\nUse the “Register Now” button to visit our secure online payment page. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; contact the course registrar for more information. \n\n\n\nBefore registering to this course\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \n\n\n\n\n \n A Year to Live 12-month Course \n $35.00 \n Sold Out\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNotification List\n\n\n\n \n \n The WAIT LIST for this course is currently closed. \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Phone(Required)General Comment\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/onsite-a-year-to-live-2024/ CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DianeWilde-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230824T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230824T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20230816T043754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T223922Z UID:40392-1692900000-1692903600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Zoom) Introduction to Meditation with 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-other-month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is a $10 registration fee. \n\n\n\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. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. 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. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUse the “Register Now” button to visit our secure online payment page. For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks; contact the course registrar for more information. \n\n\n\nBefore registering to this course\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \n\n\n\n\n \n Intro to Meditation \n $10.00 \n Register Now URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/introduction-to-meditation-with-rich-howard-2/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RichHoward-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220907T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220907T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20211208T003314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220519T170814Z UID:23453-1662577200-1662584400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:Living On The Other Side of Suffering (11-week course) DESCRIPTION:Living On The Other Side of Suffering:An Experiment In Balancing Practice And Becoming More Fully Human\n\n\n\nAn Eleven Week Course and One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\n\n\n\nThe AUTUMN offering of this course runs September 7 through November 16\, 2022 (7:00 pm to 9:00 pm)\, meeting remotely via Zoom. There’s a one-day retreat on November 12; it’s tentatively set as a Hybrid meeting format depending on conditions at the time. For more information about this course\, visit the course overview page (click here). \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nNew Student registration tickets are available starting March 5. If you’ve previously taken this course and you’d like to enroll again\, you must first contact the teacher to get permission. \n\n\n\nBefore registering\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \n\n\n\nNew students 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!”. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n03/05/2022 – New student registration opens.09/07/2022 – First meeting of all enrolled participants.\n\n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\n\n\n\nTo contact the teacher Dennis Warren\, email dennis@sactoinsight.org. If you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/osos-reg090722/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DennisWarren-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220623T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220623T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20220512T002900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T005617Z UID:26001-1656007200-1656010800@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\n\n\nJoin Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81739572195 \, Passcode: 078701Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 817 3957 2195 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \n\n\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. \n\n\n\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. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. 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. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \n\n\n\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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \n\n\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/introduction-to-meditation-with-rich-howard/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RichHoward-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220526T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220526T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20220512T003746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T005807Z UID:26004-1653588000-1653591600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Diane Wilde DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\n\n\nJoin Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86726367518 \, Passcode: 995314Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 867 2636 7518 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \n\n\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. \n\n\n\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 (aka Boundless Freedom Project) in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 18 years. 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 at the Sacramento Dharma Center. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by Gil Fronsdal. \n\n\n\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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \n\n\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/introduction-to-meditation-with-diane-wilde/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DianeWilde-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220428T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220428T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20220314T165407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T031605Z UID:24993-1651168800-1651172400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Dennis Warren DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\n\n\nJoin Online: * https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87339028191 \, Passcode: 778626Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 873 3902 8191 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \n\n\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. \n\n\n\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/ .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. \n\n\n\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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \n\n\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/introduction-to-meditation-with-dennis-warren/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DennisWarren-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220329T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220329T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20211218T001534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220324T222740Z UID:23694-1648580400-1648587600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Beginning Meditation (6-Week Course) DESCRIPTION:This class is currently taught by SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard (click here for his biography)\, assisted by SIM Community Member Sara Denzler and is part of a six-week meditation course offered twice a year. For details\, visit the Course Overview page (click here). After you enroll\, if you’d like to make a donation to support SIM and the course instructors\, consider donating online (click here) via credit card or PayPal. \n \n\nRegistration\nPre-registration is necessary 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 Monday\, January 3\, online registration opens. 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:  Feb 28\, and Mar 24. Before the course begins the registrar will ask if you’ll be attending in-person or on Zoom. \n\n\n* Hybrid events can be attended via in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center or online via Zoom. You can read our attendance guidelines (click here). For tips on attending with Zoom (click here). \n\n\n\nIf you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beg-meditation-course-2022mar/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RH-SD_bmc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230901T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230901T235959 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20180404T000005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T220803Z UID:7687-1693526400-1693612799@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:Beginning Meditation Course - interest list DESCRIPTION:For the six-week Beginning Meditation Course\, the last course completed February\, 2023. If you’re interested in attending the next offering of this course\, probably scheduled to start in the Autumn 2023\, you may add your name to the interest list (notify list) at no cost. \nFor course details and registration fee information\, click here. \n \nGetting On the List\nAn RSVP of “Going” will indicate your interest in this course. Select the button “Going“. After you RSVP you’ll receive a “Ticket” via email however there’s no need to print it. The email is your confirmation that your name is included on the course notify list and the registrar will follow-up with you later. If you’re not yet ready to RSVP and need to contact the course registrar for any reason\, click here. \nThank you for your interest in this course offering. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/wait-list-beginning-meditation-class/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/In-the-wider-community.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220324T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20211208T053417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220314T052715Z UID:23480-1648144800-1648148400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Dennis Warren DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \n\nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87269584502Passcode: 008185Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 872 6958 4502 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \n\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/ .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. \n\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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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-7/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DennisWarren-pic2022sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20211208T052114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T083442Z UID:23473-1645725600-1645729200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Canceled) Introduction to Meditation with Tony Bernhard DESCRIPTION:Our apologies: this course is canceled. \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82116767613Passcode: 510576Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 821 1676 7613 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here.\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. \n\nTONY BERNHARD is a Buddhist chaplain and teacher. He maintains an active practice with inmates in Folsom Prison and hosts sitting groups in Davis. He sits on the board of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and teaches regularly around the bay area and central valley. His practice is non-traditional\, guided by his chaplaincy work in prison\, his teaching and by his study of the early Pali scriptures. \n\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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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/remote-introduction-meditation-tony-bernhard/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/canceled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20211208T051109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T101120Z UID:23470-1643306400-1643310000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \n\nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82514332127Passcode: 807915Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 825 1433 2127 )For instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \n\n  \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. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. 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. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \n\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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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/remote-introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Rich-Howard-headshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211223T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20211116T223620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211208T052256Z UID:23235-1640282400-1640286000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Rich Howard DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86219248344\nPasscode: 516664\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 862 1924 8344 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \n \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. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. 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. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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-6/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211219T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211219T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20201228T053038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T183623Z UID:18657-1639922400-1639929600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Onsite) A Year to Live (12 month course) DESCRIPTION:A Year to Live\nThis is part of an twelve month course lead by SIM’s community teacher\, Reverend Diane Wilde. This is not a remote offered course. For location\, schedule\, and other course details\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/activities/study-groups/a-year-to-live/.\n \nRegistration Details\nThis course and the waiting list is currently full. If you need to contact the course registrar for any reason\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/year-live-12-month-course/ CATEGORIES:Classes,Study Group,Upcoming Classes ORGANIZER;CN="Diane Wilde":MAILTO:diane@sactoinsight.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20211116T222650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211116T223348Z UID:23230-1637258400-1637262000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88623255021\nPasscode: 153589\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 886 2325 5021 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \n \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/ .\nDennis 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. \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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-9/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211028T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20210917T174311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T191653Z UID:22669-1635444000-1635447600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard DESCRIPTION:To participate\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85170824677\nPasscode: 571863\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 851 7082 4677 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \n \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. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. 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. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi. \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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-8/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20210817T232502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T061242Z UID:22272-1632420000-1632423600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82438173964\nPasscode: 648082\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 824 3817 3964 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \n \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/ .\nDennis 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. \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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-7/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20210530T022502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T041719Z UID:20870-1631732400-1631739600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Living On The Other Side of Suffering (11-week course) DESCRIPTION:Living On The Other Side of Suffering:\nAn Experiment In Balancing Practice And Becoming More Fully Human\nAn Eleven Week Course and One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nFor more information about this course\, visit the course overview page. \nRegistration – RSVP\nBefore registering\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.\nThis course is full – tickets are SOLD OUT however we invite you to submit a Waiting List RSVP\, click here. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n08/01/2021 (2:00 pm) – Registration opens.\n09/15/2021 – First class meeting\, online via Zoom.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the course registrar with any other questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/osos-reg091521/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Study Group,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20210601T000746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T001842Z UID:20922-1630000800-1630004400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with Diane Wilde DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/96793230011\nPasscode: 604444\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 967 9323 0011 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \n \nREV. DIANE 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 (aka Boundless Freedom Project) in 2010 and has been a prison chaplain for 18 years. 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 at the Sacramento Dharma Center. In 2015 she was lay-ordained as a Buddhist minister by 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. If you wish to make a donation\, click here. \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-diane-wilde-3/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20210601T000153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210722T070826Z UID:20918-1626976800-1626980400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/94244780689\nPasscode: 174462\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 942 4478 0689 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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. \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. He served on the Board from 2010 until 2015\, the last two years as president. 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. His teachers are Dennis Warren\, Tony Bernhard\, and Steve Armstrong. Rich completed online courses with Steve on the Abhidhamma (the Buddhist psychology) and the Manual of Insight. He took Gil Fronsdal’s online course on the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses of the Buddha). His interest in the environment led him to the One Small Planet training with Kerry Nelson and the Ecosattva training with One Earth Sangha. In 2018\, he completed a 10-month Dhamma Awareness Training with Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters called Touching the Earth. In 2019\, he completed Meg Gawler’s 8-month course Preparing the Ground for Samadhi.\n \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/introduction-meditation-sim-community-teacher-rich-howard-5/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210624T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210624T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T035433 CREATED:20210407T182528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T001654Z UID:20146-1624557600-1624561200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Introduction to Meditation with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren DESCRIPTION:To join this remote meeting\, note the following: \nJoin Online: https://zoom.us/j/98368970660\nPasscode: 391594\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 983 6897 0660 )\nFor instructions on how to join the meeting\, click here. \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/ .\nDennis 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. \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/remote-introduction-meditation-sim-founding-teacher-dennis-warren-2/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Upcoming Classes END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR