Please join us for tea to meet and welcome Vance Pryor to Sacramento. This will be an opportunity for community members to get to know Vance, who is leading our visiting teacher weekend this year, and will also be assisting Kamala Masters in teaching SIM’s September Residential retreat. We hope that you can make it, […]
A One Day Retreat with visiting Teacher Vance Pryor Retreat Theme: Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom This 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. Come for all day or for a portion of the day. Please bring […]
MBSR Introduction Session This is an Introductory Session of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. MBSR Flyer with more information At the bottom of this page, you may enter the number of people planning to attend this session and select the button "Confirm RSVP". This is an introductory to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in anticipation of the 8-week […]
Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner meets informally at six o’clock on the second Thursday of the month, before the regular dharma talk and sit. Please bring your dinner and something extra to share, if you would like. We can continue to get to know one another and talk more about how SIM can support us in […]
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 8 Session Course: Wednesdays, Apr 24 - Jun 12, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm All Day Retreat: Sunday, Jun 2, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm For details about the free Introductory session on April 10, click here. Course flyer (pdf) MBSR is the most widely researched and utilized mindfulness program […]
This 45-minute course is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like a refresher. It is offered on the fourth Thursday of every month before the regular sitting and dharma talk. There is no fee. Sacramento Insight Meditation events are sustained by the generosity of instructors in offering teachings freely and on the generosity of […]
The Five Daily Recollections A One Day Retreat– with SIM's Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde The Buddha advised his followers to reflect on five topics daily: aging, sickness, death, separation form those we love, and our own karma. The surprising result from this practice is paradoxical… spending more time with these concepts, rather than continually […]
Nurturing Sangha Over Dinner meets informally at six o’clock on the second Thursday of the month, before the regular dharma talk and sit. Please bring your dinner and something extra to share, if you would like. We can continue to get to know one another and talk more about how SIM can support us in […]
An inaugural meeting of a Young Persons Sangha. Idris Ahmed is the facilitator and SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde is the sponsor. Please come and join us as we discuss plans for developing this community of younger practitioners. https://sactoinsight.org/young-persons-sangha/
This is the start of the Climate Sangha’s new six-week class "Buddhist Precepts and Climate Change". Follow the links for further details. https://sactoinsight.org/new-course-climate-change/ Course Flyer (.pdf)