BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sacramento Insight Meditation - ECPv6.16.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sacramento Insight Meditation 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:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200926T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200926T153000 DTSTAMP:20200926T221951Z CREATED:20200822T222409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200926T221951Z UID:16718-1601109000-1601134200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong retreat - Dennis Warren - Comfort\, Joy\, Meaning DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nComfort\, Joy\, Meaning\nThis will be a relaxing day of practice. A day to give ourselves a break in the face of the amazing number of challenges we’re all facing right now. We’ll focus on experiences that support balance\, comfort\, ease and pleasure in meditation and everyday life. We’ll experiment with experiences that generate curiosity\, lightness and joy. And we’ll explore\, from a meta perspective\, what informs how we live our lives and what ultimately gives our lives satisfaction\, meaning and joy from a Buddhist perspective. If you plan on participating in this retreat\, it would be helpful to sit in on Dennis’ presentation two days before the retreat on Thursday evening the 24th.\nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.) \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \n \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n08/22/2020 – Registration opens.\n09/26/2020 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Sep 26.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\, the evening before the retreat\, the retreat registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-sep-26/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201024T160000 DTSTAMP:20200810T220311Z CREATED:20200810T220149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T220311Z UID:16539-1603530000-1603555200@sactoinsight.org 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.\nIf you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online for this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-one-day-retreat-8/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201114T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201114T163000 DTSTAMP:20200810T224720Z CREATED:20200810T224720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T224720Z UID:16563-1605342600-1605371400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:Living Other Side Class One-Day Retreat DESCRIPTION:This retreat is part of a nine week course: Living on the Other Side of Suffering. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.\nIf you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online for this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/living-side-class-one-day-retreat/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Retreat,Study Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201128T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201128T153000 DTSTAMP:20201201T220424Z CREATED:20200930T205623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201201T220424Z UID:17278-1606552200-1606577400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong retreat - Dennis Warren - Experience of Equanimity DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nA Day of Exploring the Experience of Equanimity\, Methods to Develop It & Ways to Use It In Daily Life\nThe mind state and practice of Equanimity is a powerful resource for maintaining perspective and living well in the face of confusion\, challenge and the unrelenting change in our lives.\nThis will be a relaxed date of exploring the experience of Equanimity; methods of developing it; and specific and practical ways to use it in daily life and relationships. This will include working with the foundational elements that support the emergence and continuity of Equanimity. It will also include resource materials for later study and use by participants. The day will be suitable for all level of practice. (Pre-registration is required.) \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n10/04/2020 – Registration opens.\n11/28/2020 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Nov 28.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-nov-28/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201226T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201226T160000 DTSTAMP:20201208T181150Z CREATED:20201207T182739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201208T181150Z UID:18270-1608971400-1608998400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren - Resting and Getting Ready for 2021 DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nA Day of Rest and Getting Ready for 2021\nAfter an exhausting year\, this one-day retreat will help us experience some genuine rest and explore a number of tools for being ready for what 2021 has in store for us.\nOne part of the day will be working with restorative practices that ground and nourish us while simultaneously expanding our capacity for holding difficult experiences. Another part will examine ways to work with the unavoidable\, unrelenting and brutal tension\, anxiety and sorrow of 2021. The day will be designed to have us leave with a set of tools and strategies for use in the new year.\nThis will be a relaxed day of exploration\, discussion and supporting each other. The day will be scaled so it is appropriate for any level of practice and experience.\n(Pre-registration is required.) \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/07/2020 – Registration opens.\n12/26/2020 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Dec 26.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\n \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-dec-26/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T170000 DTSTAMP:20220130T213834Z CREATED:20201130T042639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T213834Z UID:18166-1612000800-1612026000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Greg Scharf - The Heavenly Messengers DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Greg Scharf\nRetreat Theme: The Heavenly Messengers\nIn the story of the life of the Buddha his decision to undertake his spiritual quest was\, at least in part\, the direct result of contemplating the realities of the fundamental\, existential realities of aging\, sickness & death. In this daylong retreat we will explore ways that we can skillfully use reflections on what are sometimes called the “Heavenly Messengers” as a means for inspiring and energizing our practice and as a doorway to liberating insight.\nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.)\n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching.\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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE.\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n 12/01/2020 – Registration opens.\n 01/30/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Jan 30.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting.\nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-jan-30/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T150000 DTSTAMP:20210219T153451Z CREATED:20201130T044616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210219T153451Z UID:18180-1614416400-1614438000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - Working with “Mana”\, the Pali Word for Conceit DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Community Teacher\, Rev. Diane Wilde\nWorking with “Mana”\, the Pali Word for Conceit\nConceit (“māna” in Pali) is one of the last defilements\, and the most subtle process to fall away as we begin“waking up”. It is much more than a feeling of superiority\, although that is certainly one aspect. Conceit in Buddhism can mean feeling superior\, inferior\, or the same as others. In this daylong retreat\, we will look more deeply at its subtlety through the use meditation\, “thought experiments” as well as informative daily experiences. We may begin to see how deeply integrated conceit is in all of our judgements of ourselves and others. The amount of suffering in our lives is in direct proportion to our inner conceit.\nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.) \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. \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n01/31/2021 – Registration opens.\n02/27/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Feb 27.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally\, the Wednesday before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-feb-27/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T150000 DTSTAMP:20210216T182825Z CREATED:20201130T045418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T182825Z UID:18183-1616835600-1616857200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - Resting in Awareness - At Home DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\nResting in Awareness – At Home\nAwareness is always accessible\, and it does not require special effort. As contemporary Burmese teacher Sayadaw U Tejaniya says\, “Everything you need for understanding to arise is surrounding you in this moment. It is all on your doorstep: family\, friends\, work colleagues\, and any other relationships you may have can all be powerful catalysts in your work of revealing wisdom.” What is difficult is to remember to be aware. With the pandemic limiting our opportunities to practice at retreat centers\, it is more important than ever to remember to bring awareness into all activities.\nIn this simple day of practice\, we will practice sitting\, walking\, and standing meditation wherever we are. Throughout the day\, Rich will offer several options for promoting awareness in any posture or activity. There will also be opportunities for questions and sharing experiences.\nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.) \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n01/31/2021 – Registration opens.\n03/27/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Mar 27)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-mar-27/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T153000 DTSTAMP:20220411T201253Z CREATED:20210127T003537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T201253Z UID:19179-1619258400-1619278200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Heather Sundberg - Suchness: Understanding Conditions... DESCRIPTION:An Online\, Daylong Retreat with visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg\nSuchness: Understanding Conditions\, Responding with Compassion\n\nFrom the perspective of Suchness we understand causes and conditions which lead to suffering and to freedom\, and from that we can connect with what Ajahn Amaro calls ‘the texture of experience’\, opening our hearts with a caring attitude to things as they are.\n\nEnjoy a day of quiet sitting and walking meditation\, which allow our body & mind to settle down and our hearts to open to an inner wisdom. In addition to insight meditation practice\, Heather will offer teachings & guided meditations on the theme\, as well as optional Qi Gong practice & discussion about how to live these teachings in our daily lives.\n\nIn this daylong we will explore this Subtle Characteristic of Suchness from the following perspectives:\n\n Using the Buddha’s teaching to Bahiya as well as the teaching of the Two Arrows\, and teachings on Conditionality.\n Exploring practices from the Thai forest tradition\, including Ajahn Sumedho’s famous teaching ‘It’s like this’.\n Deepening the Heart Practice of Compassion.\n Deepening inner Resiliency through Somatic Practices.\n\nNote there will be a lunch break from Noon to 1:00 pm.\n\n\nHEATHER SUNDBERG has taught insight meditation since 1999\, has completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training\, and is currently on the Spirit Rock Teacher’s Council. Beginning her own meditation practice in her late teens\, for the last 25 years Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vajrayana) traditions and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for the last 25 years. She was the Spirit Rock Family & Teen Program Teacher & Manager for a decade. Between 2010 and 2015 she spent a cumulative one-year in study\, practice\, and pilgrimage in Asia. Since 2011\, she has been a Teacher at Mountain Stream Meditation Center and sister communities in the Sierra Foothills\, and teaches retreats nationally and internationally. Her teaching emphasizes embodiment\, compassion\, awareness\, and practical wisdom. For more information about Heather visit www.heathersundberg.com.\nThe Teacher offers the teachings freely in the tradition of the Buddha\, and her livelihood is completely sustained by the generosity of the communities she serves. Dana (donation) for these priceless teachings will be gratefully accepted by the teacher\, giving participants the opportunity to freely engage in the practice of generosity\, the first step toward freedom. You may donate for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account.\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n 02/23/2021 – Registration opens.\n 04/24/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (There will be a lunch break from Noon to 1:00 pm.)\nRegistration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Apr 24.\n\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting.\nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-apr-24/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210529T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210529T150000 DTSTAMP:20260304T234320Z CREATED:20210309T201910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T234320Z UID:19746-1622277000-1622300400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Vance Pryor - Skillful Views in Meditation DESCRIPTION:Skillful Views in Meditation\nAn Online\, Daylong Retreat with visiting Senior Teacher Vance Pryor\nAt times we can develop views of meditation that hinder the development of wholesome qualities of heart. During this daylong\, we will begin to examine some of the most common views that hinder the practice\, while exploring skillful views which are invaluable on the path. All are welcome.\n\nTentative schedule: This daylong consists of three 1.5 hour sessions. First session from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. Second session from 10:30 to 12:00 PM. Third session from 1:30 to 3:00 PM.\n\n\nVANCE PRYOR\, PsyD\, began insight meditation in 1998. He has been deeply influenced by the teachings of Sayadaw U Pandita and Sayadaw U Tejaniya. His training to become a teacher has been supported by the mentorship of Steve Armstrong and Kamala Masters. He is currently participating in IMS’s 2017-2021 Teacher Training Program.\nThe Teacher offers the teachings freely in the tradition of the Buddha\, and her livelihood is completely sustained by the generosity of the communities she serves. Dana (donation) for these priceless teachings will be gratefully accepted by the teacher\, giving participants the opportunity to freely engage in the practice of generosity\, the first step toward freedom. You may donate for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account.\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n 03/09/2021 – Registration opens.\n 05/29/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\nRegistration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on May 29.\n\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting.\nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-may-29/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T123000 DTSTAMP:20210511T003926Z CREATED:20210511T003836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T003926Z UID:20591-1623488400-1623501000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) 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.\nIf you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online for this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-class-one-day-retreat-9/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Meditation Course,Online Remote,Retreat ORGANIZER;CN="Registrar":MAILTO:registrar@sactoinsihght.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210626T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210626T163000 DTSTAMP:20210610T164010Z CREATED:20210401T215134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210610T164010Z UID:20084-1624696200-1624725000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren - Suffering Well DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nThe Experience and Possibilities of “Suffering Well”\nWe study\, read books\, listen to talks and discuss what it means to practice well and to live well. Learning how to suffer well is a third foundational contemplative and meditative skill. We don’t look at that so often. It may be a foreign idea or counter-intuitive for many of us.\nWhat does it mean to “suffer well”? What is the experience and feeling in the body\, in the mind and in the heart? How does suffering well express itself in our thoughts\, actions and speech? How does it support practicing and living well.\nWe are in a period of enormous transition as a world\, as a culture\, as families\, as individuals\, as spiritual beings. This means lots of suffering – uncertainty\, confusion\, ambiguity\, doubt\, anxiousness\, maybe worse – and significant possibilities. How can understanding and developing the skill of suffering well serve us during this period of change. How can it open up new possibilities for us as practitioners\, in relationships\, and in our understanding what it means to be alive and human on this planet at this moment in history.\nThese are the themes\, and practices which support them\, we’ll explore during this one-day retreat. \n(Pre-registration is required.) \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n4/07/2021 – Registration opens.\n6/26/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Jun 26.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\n \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-jun-26/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T163000 DTSTAMP:20210709T075631Z CREATED:20210407T184741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T075631Z UID:20156-1627720200-1627749000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren (Re-Entry) DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nRe-Entry – Maybe a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity\nCalling the process we are all beginning “Re-entry” is misleading. It implies that we are stepping back into what existed before. That isn’t true… psychologically\, emotionally or physically. The pandemic has had us all in a restricted bubble. We have changed\, whether we recognize it or not. The same is true for everyone else. The world is a different place. We are all a little different.\nComing out of this bubble in an awake\, alive and mindful way potentially represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. An opportunity to see\, understand and relate to ourselves\, to others and the world around us in a different\, fresh\, more expansive and healthier way.\nLouis Pasteur was the French chemist and microbiologist whose discoveries relating to vaccination and pasteurization influence our lives to this day. He was fond of saying that “chance favors the prepared mind\,” by which he meant trial\, error\, adaptation and growth. This was also the position of the Historical Buddha – “I know of no other single thing so conducive to satisfaction and happiness than a well-trained mind.”\nDuring this one-day retreat\, we’ll look at the dynamics influencing our re-entry. We’ll reflect on how we can prepare ourselves – intentionally and purposefully – to be more open\, inclusive\, accepting and kind with ourselves and with the host of challenges that await us in 2021 and 2022.\n(Pre-registration is required.) \n DENNIS 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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n4/07/2021 – Registration opens.\n7/31/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Ju1 31.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section to specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nUse the “Zoom Register button” to buy tickets to attend the retreat remotely via Zoom. \n \n\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\n \nHow to attend this retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket”. For Zoom registration\, the ticket will also include the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this Zoom link at the start of the retreat to join the online retreat. Additionally\, the evening before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-9128 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-ju1-31/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T150000 DTSTAMP:20210725T202629Z CREATED:20210724T000241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210725T202629Z UID:21901-1630141200-1630162800@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - Finding the Right Question DESCRIPTION:An online\, One Day Retreat with SIM Community Teacher\, Rev. Diane Wilde\n“Finding the Right Question”\nOur search for liberation\, awakening\, liberation\, release from suffering… whatever you wish to call it\, means asking ourselves questions that get to the heart of our unease. Not an easy task when our identities\, reactivity\, judgement and life experiences obscure insight. Finding the right question and being willing to spend time with it in daily life and on the cushion is crucial for getting closer to the goal of our practice… awakening. Not an easy task due to denial and fear of what we might find out about ourselves and our views of others. \nWe will reflect on a variety of questions during this daylong. We will use guided meditation and investigation of our lives through queries and personal written reflections. The simple act of writing has the power to help us encode information and insights. \nBring a small notebook or a few sheets of paper and a pen or pencil. \nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.) \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. \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n07/23/2021 – Registration opens.\n08/28/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat. (Registration via this website closes 30 minutes before the start of the retreat on Feb 27.)\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \nHow to attend this online retreat\nOnce you’ve registered\, you’ll receive an email “Ticket” that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. Use this link at the start of the retreat to participate in the retreat. Additionally\, the Wednesday before or the morning of the retreat\, the registrar will send you a welcome email that also includes the link to join the Zoom meeting. \nJoin online meeting: The hyperlink is included in your emailed "Ticket" and also in the email sent by the retreat registrar.\nJoin by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( see email sent by retreat registrar for the Meeting ID )\nFor tips and instructions on how to use Zoom to attend the retreat\, click here.\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-aug-28/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210904 DTSTAMP:20220413T011311Z CREATED:20190423T185209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220413T011311Z UID:11150-1630627200-1630713599@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:Registration by mail - Annual Retreat DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your interest in SIM’s annual multi-day retreat. If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. \n \nRegistration Payment by Mail\nAt the bottom of this page\, in the RSVP section\, for “Reg payment via postal service“\, enter the number one and select the button “Confirm RSVP“. Each RSVP should have a unique name so if you’re paying fees for a partner/friend/spouse\, RSVP separately for each name (the email address can be the same).After you RSVP you’ll receive a “Ticket” via email however there’s no need to print it. As soon as possible\, please pay the registration fee ($100 per registrant or less if you are using a partial scholarship). If the mailed envelope is not postmarked within one week after you RSVP\, you may lose your place in the registration queue. Send a check or money order payable to “SIM”. Write “Reg-Retreat 2021” on the check memo line. Mail the payment to Sacramento Insight Meditation\, C/O Sacramento Dharma Center Building\, 3111 Wissemann Drive\, Sacramento\, California\, 95826. \nThe retreat registrar will contact you as soon as we receive your payment (we’ll know your email address from the RSVP you confirm with us). URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/wait-list-annual-retreat/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210907 DTSTAMP:20220412T231827Z CREATED:20210429T052716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T231827Z UID:20439-1630627200-1630972799@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) 2021 SIM Annual Retreat DESCRIPTION:2021 SIM Annual Retreat with Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong\nThis retreat is full and registration is closed.\nRetreat Theme: A Long Enduring Mind\nThis year’s annual retreat will be online\, four days starting Friday evening 9/3/21 through 9/6/21. The teachers will be Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong.\n\nThe teachers will be offering practical Dhamma understanding in relationship to these reflections:\n\n Is the path I’m practicing worthy of my efforts?\n How can I balance life in the world with deeper practice?\n Am I practicing with compassion in the face of dukkha?\n How does gratitude and generosity deepen my practice?\n\nReflecting on these questions will expand your development of a fully infused Dhamma lifestyle.\n\nAs Sayadaw Tejaniya acknowledged\, “Practice is more like a marathon than a sprint.”\n\nSchedule\n\n June 17\, 2021 – Registration opens.\n August 20\, 2021 – Last day to request full refund (see refund policy listed below).\n August 25\, 2021 – Registration closes (approx. 11:30 pm).\n September 3\, 2021 – The retreat begins.\nHere’s a detailed schedule: SIM 2021 Retreat Schedule (.pdf file)  –  Pacific time zone\n\nCost\nThe registration fee will be $100 with an opportunity to later make a donation to support the retreat teachers.\nScholarships\nWe encourage you to pay the full registration fee if your finances allow you to do so; however\, in recognition of the challenging year many have had\, partial scholarships are available if needed. The ticket you select when making payment will indicate if you will be paying the full registration fee or paying a portion of the fee via partial scholarship. If you select a scholarship option\, to help us use the appropriate scholarship funds\, the registrar will ask if you are 40 years old or under.\n\nIf you’d like to contribute into the scholarship fund to help someone else be able to afford this special dharma opportunity\, enter the amount you’d like to donate in the box below. Donating into the fund won’t register you for the retreat.\n[give_form id=”7161″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”]\nDonations to the Teacher\nIf you have already registered to this retreat and would like to make a donation to support the teachers\, Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong\, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreats/residential-retreat/#Dana.\nCancellations\n\n Through August 20\, 2020\, full refund if requested by this date.\n After August 20\, 2020\, the registration fee could be refunded if SIM is able to fill your spot with another participant. Otherwise\, the registration fee will not be refunded. A waiver of this policy will be considered in limited circumstances based on request demonstrating financial hardship.\n\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\nAudio Dharma\nSome of the dharma talks for this retreat were recorded. If you attended this retreat\, click here and enter the password to access the recordings.\nRegistration Tickets URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/2021-sim-annual-retreat/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210907 DTSTAMP:20220401T215534Z CREATED:20210908T225603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220401T215534Z UID:22513-1630713600-1630972799@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:2021 Retreat Audio Dharma DESCRIPTION:Content is protected. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/2021retreat-audio-dharma/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210926 DTSTAMP:20210922T224406Z CREATED:20210817T234511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T224406Z UID:22278-1632528000-1632614399@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(CANCELED) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren DESCRIPTION:* * * This retreat is canceled. * * *\nOne Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nRetreat theme: The Body in Question – An Investigation\nThe Body in Question – your body – will be the focus of this one-day retreat. The body at rest\, in motion and in relationship to others and the events around it. Our time together will involve investigations and experiments in sitting meditation\, common daily movements and active forms of movement – yoga\, Qi Gong\, golf\, dance and may more – as meditation.\nOur body\, and how our body moves\, form core elements of our identity\, our skills and our relationships with other. Being more conscious and purposeful in understanding how to be in the body\, stay in the body and fully experience the body is foundational to contemplative practice and to living fully.\nA key question we’ll examine: How can we help our body and its movements become a more vivid and enriching parts of our contemplative practice and our life whatever its current condition and limitations?\nIt would be helpful to review Dennis’ talk on August 12th entitled “Is Movement Meditation?” (click here) as preparation for this one day.\nThe subject matter of this one day is appropriate for all stages of practice. The principles we’ll explore will be relevant and adaptable to the condition of your particular body and its limitations.\nAll are welcome. (Pre-registration is required.) \n DENNIS 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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n09/03/2021 – Registration opens.\n9/22/2021 – Sorry. This retreat is canceled.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\n \nHow to attend this retreat\nThis retreat is canceled. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-sep-25/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T163000 DTSTAMP:20211026T215447Z CREATED:20210913T221718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T215447Z UID:22570-1635584400-1635611400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - The 3 Trainings DESCRIPTION:Retreat Theme –\nThe Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\nA Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nIf you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 892 8253 1249 and Passcode: 830142\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: The Three Trainings: A Question\, a Dialogue\, and a Choice\n\nThe three trainings of the eightfold path are the training in moral integrity (sila)\, the training in meditation (bhavana)\, and the training in wisdom (pañña). They are taught in many places in the Pali Canon\, nowhere more powerfully than in the Samaññaphala Sutta (Digha Nikaya 2). This sutta\, the story of an encounter between the historical Buddha and King Ajatasattu\, contains a survey of the other philosophical traditions of the Buddha’s time\, a summary of the essence of the Buddha’s teachings illustrated with beautiful similes\, and (spoiler alert!) a sad refusal by the King to accept this teaching as the basis for transforming his life. Inspired by two chapters on this sutta (characterized as “almost a Greek tragedy”) in Krishnan Venkatesh’s book “Do You Know Who You Are?” and a book-length essay by Mu Soeng “The Question of King Ajatasattu” (“rightly called one of the most important texts in the Pali Canon”)\, we will explore in depth how we might answer the King’s question reframed for ourselves: what is the fruit of practice\, and what are we willing to do to attain it? This day of practice and dialogue will help deepen our understanding and bring it into our practice and our lives. It will continue the teaching offered on October 14\, although both events stand alone.\nAll are welcome. \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n09/13/2021 – Registration opens.\n10/30/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n11/01/2021 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PDT.\n\n \nRegistration Ticket Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-oct-30/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T163000 DTSTAMP:20210817T151623Z CREATED:20210817T151623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T151623Z UID:22236-1636792200-1636821000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:Living Other Side Class One-Day Retreat DESCRIPTION:This retreat is part of a nine week course: Living on the Other Side of Suffering. You must pre-register to the course before attending this retreat.\nIf you are a course participant and would like to make a donation online for this retreat\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/living-side-class-one-day-retreat-2/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Classes,Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211128 DTSTAMP:20211025T043148Z CREATED:20211020T213655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211025T043148Z UID:22921-1637971200-1638057599@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Canceled) November Daylong Retreat DESCRIPTION:* * * This retreat is canceled. * * *\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar for any reason\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-nov-27/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211218T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211218T160000 DTSTAMP:20211228T185405Z CREATED:20211021T044737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211228T185405Z UID:22972-1639816200-1639843200@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren - Living With\, and Without\, A Separate Self DESCRIPTION:Year-End One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\n Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\n Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\n To pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\n If you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\n The link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\n The Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\n The Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\n The Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 837 5090 8344 and Passcode: 135371\n\n\n To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: The Possibilities & Deep Satisfaction of Living With\, and Without\, A Separate Self\nFrom a Buddhist perspective\, “Self” can be misunderstood as dualistic and problematic: “Self” equals bad & suffering. “No self” equals good and becomes a cure for all our ills.\nThis over-simplified model is guaranteed to result in confusion\, struggle and misery. “Self” and “ego” become sources of suffering rather than playing useful\, helpful\, valuable roles in life.\nBuddhist practice provides a larger\, inclusive\, unified view of identity and self that that fills life with endless possibilities\, satisfaction and reassurance. This one day will be a relaxed\, practical\, relevant look at our lives and practices from this perspective.\nWe’ll examine the teachings\, psychology and practices that support essential elements of practice that may seem confusing\, contradictory and distant – self\, no-self\, identity\, traumatic identity\, impermanence\, emptiness\, “non-dual” awareness\, transcendence\, karma\, awakening. We’ll explore how these foundational elements relate to\, and fit together into one seamless whole.\nYou’ll have the option of attending the day in person (absent a negative development with COVID) or online by Zoom. Dennis is encouraging as many people as possible to attend in person\, if you feel safe. Look forward to helpful day of practice together.\n DENNIS 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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE.\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n 11/29/2021  – Registration opens.\n 12/18/2021 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n 12/20/2021 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.\nFor the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information.\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website.\nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here.\n\nHow to attend this retreat\nto be announced. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-dec-18/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220129T160000 DTSTAMP:20220129T170751Z CREATED:20211208T044446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220129T170751Z UID:23458-1643446800-1643472000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Remote) Daylong Retreat - Diane Wilde - Hey! Stay on the Path! DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Buddhist Minister and Community Teacher Diane Wilde\nAbout This Online Retreat\n\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 856 2275 5195 and Passcode: 670277\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: Hey! Stay on the Path!\nWhen we venture out for a hike in nature\, we check first to make sure there is a well-trodden\, reliable path we can follow. A path that will keep us safe and will guide us home at the end of the day. information signs posted along the way are helpful. They may tell us us how far we have gone\, or suggest we stop for a scenic view ahead\, or a warning to stay on the path due to danger ahead. The Buddha too laid out a reliable path that provides guidance for living our lives with ease and safety. It is the Noble Eightfold Path. If we have strayed from the path\, or never really followed the path with conviction\, we may find ourselves confused and perhaps unsure about the value of our lives. The New Year is a good time for a refresher! The Noble Eightfold Path omits nothing\, and nothing is left to chance. The various paths address three different areas of our lives; our deeply held views and the consequences of those views; the truth about how we live our daily lives; and the steps for achieving true freedom through our meditation practice. On this daylong we will review the wisdom found in each pathway. and will also investigate our individual challenges… and which pathway(s) need more focus and effort. \nAll are welcome. \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\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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/09/2021  – Registration opens.\n01/29/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n01/31/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, in the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-jan-29/ LOCATION:Remote Meeting Zoom CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Diane-Wilde-headshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220226T161500 DTSTAMP:20220130T005734Z CREATED:20211208T045240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T005734Z UID:23463-1645864200-1645892100@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Dennis Warren - Building\, then Transcending\, A Constructive\, Healthy Sense of Self DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nIf you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 870 0449 8847 and Passcode: 521898\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme: Building\, then Transcending\, A Constructive\, Healthy Sense of Self\nFrom a Buddhist perspective\, “Self” can be misunderstood as dualistic and problematic: “Self” equals bad & suffering. “No self” equals good and becomes a cure for all our ills. This over-simplified model leaves out the foundational elements of learning how to build a constructive\, healthy sense of self and how to live in a way that transcends any sense of self. \nThis approach to Buddhist practice provides a larger\, inclusive\, unified view of identity and self that fills life with possibilities\, satisfaction and a sense of belonging. This one day will be a relaxed\, practical\, relevant look at our lives and practices from this perspective. We’ll examine the teachings\, psychology and practices that support this approach to practice. \nAt the moment\, it is unclear if this will be a hybrid event – both Zoom and in person. If possible\, Dennis wants to have in-person attendance and will encourage as many people as possible to attend in person. Watch for updates on this issue which will be based on our best available assessment of health guidance and safety. \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n12/09/2021 – Registration opens.\n02/26/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n02/28/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-feb-26/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Dennis-Warrenx200pic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T160000 DTSTAMP:20221201T204522Z CREATED:20211208T050009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221201T204522Z UID:23467-1648285200-1648310400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Rich Howard - Cultivating the Heart: A Day of Practice DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.\nPre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.\nTo pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.\nIf you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.\nThe link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:\n\nThe Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.\nThe Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).\nThe Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 898 3289 4334 and Passcode: 412666\n\n\nTo give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\nRetreat Theme – Cultivating the Heart: A Day of Practice \nCultivating positive qualities of heart and mind brings a balance and depth to Insight practice\, and to our daily lives. Boundless friendliness (aka “lovingkindness”)\, compassion\, sympathetic joy\, and equanimity – known together as the Brahmaviharas – can be strengthened by formal practices taught by the Historical Buddha and later Buddhist commentators. For this day of practice\, we will touch briefly on the role of these heart practices in supporting concentration and insight\, then practice together using guided meditations\, silent sitting meditation\, and walking meditation. We will also reflect on their role in daily life\, including how to choose the practice appropriate to a given situation. \n\n RICH 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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \nSummary of Important Dates\n\n01/09/2022  – Registration opens.\n03/26/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.\n03/28/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \nQuestions for the Registrar?\nIf you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions\, click here. URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/retreat-mar-26/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat 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:20220423T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T163000 DTSTAMP:20220411T192345Z CREATED:20220129T235916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T192345Z UID:24352-1650702600-1650731400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Greg Scharf - Recognizing Natural Awareness DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Greg Scharf\n\n\n\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\n\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. For this retreat\, the teacher will present on location.Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.To pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.If you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.The link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:The Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the blue button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.The Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).The Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 880 5419 7285 and Passcode: 346676To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme: Recognizing Natural Awareness\n\n\n\nMeditation can be seen as the process of learning to recognize and trust a natural quality of awareness that is available to all of us in any moment no matter what is happening in our experience. This awareness allows us to open to and connect with the truth of each moment. \n\n\n\nAs we gain confidence in the mind’s ability to recognize this natural awareness we begin to release the burden of trying to control\, manipulate\, or fix experience so that it meets our ideas of the way it should be\, and relax into the truth of the way it actually is. \n\n\n\nWe start to see directly for ourselves what leads to well-being and freedom and what leads to suffering\, both in our own life and in the world around us. Through this process we begin to live our lives from a place of greater balance\, integrity\, confidence\, and connection. \n\n\n\nThe teacher might also lead an optional session of mindful movement – based on QiGong. \n\n\n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching. \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \n\n\n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n02/15/2022 – Registration opens.04/23/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.04/25/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\n\n\nRegistration Details\n\n\n\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \n\n\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \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/retreat-apr-23/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Greg-Scharf-200xpic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220508T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220508T160000 DTSTAMP:20220429T010237Z CREATED:20220429T001749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T010237Z UID:25766-1652004000-1652025600@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:Daylong Retreat - Noliwe Alexander via SBMG DESCRIPTION:This retreat is sponsored by SBMG. Noliwe Alexander has taught for SIM several times and has not been able to recently. We’re highlighting this retreat as we expect there are many in the SIM community who would like to attend this daylong. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme: The Vicissitudes of Life (8 Worldly Winds) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nIN PERSON/ Hybrid: Daylong meditation retreat\, The Vicissitudes of Life (the 8 Wordly Winds) with Noliwe Alexander (Vipassana) URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/daylong-retreat-noliwe-alexander-via-sbmg/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Retreat,SDC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/logo-SBMG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220528T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220528T163000 DTSTAMP:20220505T223218Z CREATED:20220130T001919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T223218Z UID:24357-1653726600-1653755400@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Teacher Seth Castleman\n\n\n\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\n\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center.Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.To pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.If you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.The link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:The Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.The Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).The Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 858 9260 8618 and Passcode: 022274To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme: to be announced\n\n\n\nThis will be a beautiful peaceful day of Practice including both Sitting and Walking Meditation. There may also be time for questions\, answers and reflections. All are welcome. \n\n\n\nRABBI SETH CASTLEMAN is a teacher\, writer\, and storyteller with over twenty years experience teaching mindfulness and spiritual practice. Castleman is trained in both the Jewish and Buddhist traditions. After 20 years of meditation practice and two years of silent retreat as a lay-person in the US\, India\, and Nepal and as a monk in Burma\, Seth was trained as a teacher by Jack Kornfield at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre\, CA. He was authorized as a meditation/dharma teacher in 2008. Following eight years of rabbinical studies in the US and Israel/Palestine\, Castleman was ordained in 2011 as a rabbi by one Orthodox\, one Conservative\, and one Reform rabbi. Castleman has published in two dozen newspapers\, periodicals\, and anthologies on the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice and the transformational power of brokenness. As a storyteller\, Seth has performed in theaters\, on radio and television\, and at countless kitchen tables. Seth uses myth\, storytelling\, and humor as central tools in his teaching and counseling work. Seth Castleman is married to Reverend Elizabeth Griswold\, making them\, quite possibly\, the only rabbi—Christian minister married couple in the US. Seth and Elizabeth live in Davis\, CA with their three children. \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 prefer to make a donation for this event online using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \n\n\n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n03/15/2022 – Registration opens.05/28/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.05/30/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\n\n\nRegistration Details\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \n\n\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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/retreat-may-28/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Seth-Castleman-x200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220625T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220625T153000 DTSTAMP:20220505T222651Z CREATED:20220411T200912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T222651Z UID:25403-1656151200-1656171000@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat - Heather Sundberg - Taking the One Seat: Choiceless Awareness & Essence of Mind Practices DESCRIPTION:Daylong Retreat with Visiting Senior Teacher Heather Sundberg\n\n\n\nAbout This Hybrid Retreat\n\n\n\nHybrid events can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. The teacher will present via Zoom.Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance. This helps us determine how many people will attend and how many people the meditation room should accommodate.To pay now\, you’ll find at the bottom of this page registration ticket choices to attend via Zoom or attend onsite. If you attend onsite\, you do have the option to pay the registration fee in-person on the day of the retreat or pay online after the retreat starts.If you buy a ticket for onsite attendance you may still attend the retreat via Zoom.The link to attend the retreat via Zoom appears in three places:The Zoom link is at the bottom of this page – select the button “Join Retreat Online” to connect to the meeting.The Zoom link is included in the automated email sent with your ticket purchase (email subject is “You have tickets!“).The Zoom link is https://joinconferencing.zoom.us/join\, with Meeting ID: 822 7755 0528 and Passcode: 203951To give a donation after attending this retreat\, click here.\n\n\n\nRetreat Theme – Taking the One Seat: Choiceless Awareness & Essence of Mind Practices\n\n\n\nThe teaching and practice of Taking the One Seat\, out of the lineage of Ajahn Chah\, is a practice of choiceless awareness with all experience at the 6 sense doors\, which can grow into the recognition of the essence of mind itself. \n\n\n\nEnjoy a day of quiet sitting and walking meditation\, which allow our body & mind to settle down and our hearts to open to an inner wisdom. In addition to insight meditation practice\, Heather will offer teachings & guided meditations on the theme\, as well as optional Qi Gong practice & discussion about how to live these teachings in our daily lives. \n\n\n\nIn this daylong we will explore the Taking the One Seat teaching/practice from the following perspectives: \n\n\n\nSomatic\, heart and pure awareness practices which offer balance and perspective with the constant leaning in & pulling away in the mind.Learning to ‘hit rewind’ with reactive patterns growing from feeling tone into liking & disliking.Pure Awareness practice through the use of open questions and 5 aggregrates investigations\, including working with subtle identification with awareness itself.\n\n\n\nHEATHER SUNDBERG has taught insight meditation since 1999 and completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training program under Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.  She is currently a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher’s Council.  Beginning her own meditation practice in her late teens\, for the last three decades\, Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vajrayana) traditions. She has completed 3 accumulated years of retreat and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for the last 25 years. Between 2010- 2015 she spent a cumulative one-year in study\, practice\, and pilgrimage in Asia.  In addition\, she has training in both Somatic Experiencing and Hakomi Mindfulness Somatic Therapy and offers ‘individual meditation support sessions’ to students world-wide.  She teaches retreats nationally & internationally\, and her teaching emphasizes Awakening through the Body (1st foundation mindfulness)\, the Heart Practices (Divine Abodes)\, and Wisdom Awareness Practices (MahaSati) out of the Thai forest tradition.  For more information about Heather visit www.heathersundberg.com. \n\n\n\nThe Teacher offers the teachings freely in the tradition of the Buddha\, and her livelihood is completely sustained by the generosity of the communities she serves.  Dana (donation) for these priceless teachings will be gratefully accepted by the teacher\, giving participants the opportunity to freely engage in the practice of generosity\, the first step toward freedom. If you prefer to make an online donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account\, click here to DONATE ONLINE. \n\n\n\nSummary of Important Dates\n\n\n\n04/11/2022 – Registration opens.06/25/2022 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.06/27/2022 – Registration closes the Monday after the retreat at 11:00 am PST.\n\n\n\nRegistration Details\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is $15.00 per person due before the start of the event. If you are able and interested in further supporting SIM financially\, you have the option of a registration fee of either $25 or $35 dollars. To pay the registration fee online\, specify if you plan to attend in-person or attend remotely via Zoom. In the “Tickets” section\, specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat 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.For the registration fee\, we also accept personal checks. No one will be turned away for lack of funds; please contact the registrar for more information. \n\n\n\nBefore registering to this event\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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/retreat-jun-25/ LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 3111 Wissemann Drive (or *ZOOM)\, Sacramento\, CA\, 95826\, United States CATEGORIES:Online Remote,Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Headshot-HeatherSundbergx200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220828T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220904T235959 DTSTAMP:20230816T003515Z CREATED:20220130T003623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230816T003515Z UID:24362-1661644800-1662335999@sactoinsight.org SUMMARY:2022 SIM Residential Retreat with Senior Teacher Greg Scharf and Teacher Neesha Patel DESCRIPTION:Join us for SIM’s Residential Retreat at the beautiful Mercy Center in Auburn\, CA from Sunday\, August 28\, 5:00 PM through Sunday\, September 4\, 2022\, 11:00 AM. Please read through the information below and then purchase your ticket to register. We will update this registration page as further details are announced. \n\n\n\nRetreat Theme: Awareness\, Wisdom & Love\n\n\n\nAwareness is a natural capacity of the mind that is available to all of us in any moment no matter what is happening in our experience. When the mind is relaxed and at ease\, this natural awareness can be recognized and integrated into our lives. When we combine a receptive\, kindhearted attitude with relaxed yet diligent effort\, we create the conditions for insight\, wisdom\, and compassion to arise naturally.Through this process\, we see directly for ourselves what leads to well-being and freedom and what leads to suffering\, both in our own life and in the world around us. As our understanding deepens\, we begin to live our lives from a place of greater balance\, integrity\, confidence\, and connection.This silent retreat will include instruction in both Insight and Loving-kindness meditation\, meetings with the teachers\, and an optional daily period of mindful movement. It is suitable for both beginning and experienced students of meditation.We encourage you to consider the following questions before registering: \n\n\n\n\nDo you have a regular practice?\n\n\n\nDo you have a home sangha or group that you sit with?\n\n\n\nHave you sat at a residential retreat before?\n\n\n\n\nIf you have questions about whether this retreat is appropriate for you\, please contact us\, click here. \n\n\n\nOur retreat teachers this year will be Senior Teacher Greg Scharf and Teacher Neesha Patel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGREG SCHARF\, an Insight Meditation Society guiding teacher\, has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992. He has been teaching residential retreats since 2007\, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg’s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching. \n\n\n\nNEESHA PATEL\, PhD is deeply grateful for the liberative teachings of the Buddha. She has been fortunate to have practiced in both Asia and the US. Her practice has been influenced by the guidance of many wonderful teachers including Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Thai Forest Tradition teachers. She teaches mindfulness meditation at UC Davis and is a participant in the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program. \n(Retreat teachers biographical info)\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nThis retreat accommodates 31 registrants. \n\n\n\nBeginning Wednesday\, April 20\, this webpage will accept online registration payments. Before making any payment\, click here to review the terms of use for this website. Pay the registration fee online using the “Get Tickets” section at the bottom of this page. Specify the number of people you are registering to this retreat and click the button “Get Tickets”. You’ll be automatically directed to a secure webpage where your 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). If registering with partial payment\, watch for follow-up emails a couple of days later which include directions/links to pay the remaining balance via “Invoice”. \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\nThe registration fee will be $900 with an opportunity to later make a donation to support the retreat teachers. The registration fee covers the costs of accommodations\, meals\, and administration. You can opt to pay the fee in full or make a deposit to hold your spot and pay the balance by June 15th. \n\n\n\nScholarships\n\n\n\nWe encourage you to pay the full registration fee if your finances allow you to do so; however\, in recognition of the challenging year many have had\, partial scholarships are available if needed. To request a partial scholarship\, pay a $225 deposit fee after registration opens and before May 20th. Then watch for a follow-up email from the retreat registrar. SIM has a limited number of partial scholarships available based on need. If the $225 deposit payment is currently not possible\, contact the retreat registrar to apply for a scholarship with other options. \n\n\n\nScholarship Donations\n\n\n\nIf you’d like to contribute into the scholarship fund to help someone else be able to afford this special dharma opportunity\, enter the amount you’d like to donate in the box below. Donating into the fund won’t register you for the retreat.[give_form id=”7161″ show_title=”false” show_content=”none” display_style=”reveal”] \n\n\n\nCancellations\n\n\n\n\nThrough May 20th\, full refund if requested by this date.\n\n\n\nMay 21st through June 15th\, deposit will be retained by SIM; balance paid is refundable.\n\n\n\nOn or after June 16th\, deposit will be retained by SIM. Balance may be refundable if the spot is filled by a wait listed person. Otherwise\, the balance will not be refunded. A waiver of this policy will be considered in limited circumstances based on request demonstrating financial hardship.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule – Summary of Dates\n\n\n\n\nApril 20\, 2022 – Registration opens; online payments accepted.\n\n\n\nMay 20\, 2022 – Last day to request full refund (see cancellation policy listed above).\n\n\n\nMay 20\, 2022 – Last day to request a scholarship (see scholarship details listed above).\n\n\n\nJune 15\, 2022 – Last day to request refund of balance paid (see cancellation policy listed above).\n\n\n\nJune 15\, 2022 – Registration payment in full due.\n\n\n\nTBD – Registration closes\, date to be announced.\n\n\n\nAugust 28\, 2022\, 5:00 PM – The retreat begins (check-in starts at 3:30 PM).\n\n\n\nSeptember 4\, 2022\, 11:00 AM – The retreat ends (check-out at 11:00 AM).\n\n\n\n\nCOVID-19 Protocols\n\n\n\nOur priority is to protect the wellbeing of everyone who attends the SIM Annual Retreat. The SIM Board will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation and required and recommended safety measures from federal\, State and local health agencies\, and the Mercy Center\, with consideration of our Sangha demographics. \n\n\n\nAt a minimum\, we will require proof of vaccinations and boosters (if eligible) for COVID-19 at least two weeks before the retreat\, along with proof of COVID rapid testing within 24 hours prior to attending and a second rapid test two days into the retreat (SIM will provide tests if needed). \n\n\n\nAdditional protocols will very likely include masking when indoors with others\, and social distancing as space allows. \n\n\n\nSIM will update the protocols to reflect the situation in the summer. \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\nRetreat Audio Dharma\n\n\n\nIf you attending this retreat\, click here to access some recordings of the dharma talks. \n\n\n\nGet Tickets URL:https://sactoinsight.org/event/2022-sim-annual-retreat/ LOCATION:Mercy Center Auburn\, 535 Sacramento Street\, Auburn\, CA\, 95603\, United States CATEGORIES:Retreat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sactoinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GregScharf-NeeshaPatel.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR