May 25
@
8:30 am
–
4:30 pm
PDT
Daylong Retreat/Workshop with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Retreat Theme
When Life Changes – A One Day Retreat / Workshop
This one-day retreat / workshop explores the one constant in all our lives – change.
Some of these changes are sudden. Some gradual. Some big. Some, at least initially, small. Changes in relationships, finances, jobs, living circumstances. Changes in capacity – mental, emotional, physical. Changes in health and quality of life. Changes in ourselves, in those we know, in the world as we have known it.
Our actual experience of change frequently catches us off guard even when the change itself is anticipated. We feel unprepared, disoriented, disorganized. Buddhist practices offer the possibility of being prepared for change, even when we have no idea what it will be. They offer the possibility of experiencing change as possibility, rather than primarily as obstacle or problem.
This day will explore Buddhist perspectives, tools and practices that help us work with change large and small. It will involve meditations, reflections, dharma talk, and small and large group discussions.
The day is appropriate for all levels of practice experience. Please bring a pen/pencil and paper, and your own lunch. Plan on staying on-site at the Sacramento Dharma Center all day during the retreat.
About This Onsite Retreat
- The teacher will present in-person at the Sacramento Dharma Center. All participants will attend in-person as the retreat will not be available via Zoom.
- Pre-registration is required and we recommend you pay the registration fee in advance using the registration ATTEND buttons shown below. Since your registration choice indicates that you’ll be attending in-person, registering early helps us determine how many people the meditation room should accommodate.
- After you’ve registered you may later offer a donation in gratitude of the teacher. To offer teacher dana, visit https://sactoinsight.org/retreat-dana-online/.
Summary of Important Dates
- 04/04/2024 – Registration opens.
- 05/25/2024 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.
- 05/25/2024 – For registration after the retreat, send a message to the registrar to arrange payment.
Registration
$25 – $50
Registration fee
Select the registration “ATTEND” button to indicate you’ll be attending via in-person. The fee is $25.00 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 $35 or $50 dollars. Note that fee amounts above the regular rate support Sacramento Insight Meditation and is distinct from teacher dana. 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.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the terms of use for this website.
Questions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.
Teacher Dana
Sacramento 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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.
Gratitude for Mary Howard
Weekly MeditationApril 25 @ 7:30 pm – 7:45 pm PDT
Join us on April 25, 2024 to honor and thank Mary Howard for her years of service as the St. John’s monthly dinner coordinator. As part of the regular evening program, we will take some time to show Mary our gratitude. Treats and tea will be offered during the break (some time between 7 and 8 pm). Hope to see you there!
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map 916-386-9844
View Venue Website
SIM & BIG DAY OF GIVING
NewsMay 2 @ 12:01 am – 11:59 pm PDT
MARK YOUR CALENDARS – BIG DAY OF GIVING
From midnight to 11:59 p.m. on May 2! https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/
SIM is participating in the Big Day of Giving on May 2. If you plan on giving this day, consider donating to SIM. We have a generous donor who has pledged to match all donations up to $1000. This giving campaign is a continuation of SIM’s efforts to make the Legacy Teacher Project sustainable and to carry SIM’s mission well into the future. We hope you will think of SIM on the Big Day of Giving!
What is Big Day of Giving?
Big Day of Giving is a once-annual 24-hour giving challenge to help local nonprofits raise funds to make a difference in the Sacramento region. It’s the culmination of an entire year’s worth of community-building and collaboration led by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, with support from community partners like Western Health Advantage, and made possible by people like you!
How can I help?
GIVE: You can donate to SIM by visiting www.bigdayofgiving.org on Thursday, May 2, and making a gift with a credit or debit card.
4/18/2024 “The Paramis-Resolve In Daily Life as Practice” with Dennis Warren
Audio DharmaResolve or Determination is considered a pivotal skill in Buddhism. It is essential to implementing and sustaining our intention. It helps us mobilize and stabilize focus, attention, and effort. That’s what makes it a Parami, a special quality of mind essential to deepening and maturing our meditation practice, as well as living a full and satisfying life.
This evening will be devoted to exploring the nature of Resolve, how to develop it and specific ways to use it in meditation and daily life.
The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice.
(Part 6 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)
4/11/2024 “The Paramis-Renunciation” with JD Doyle
Audio Dharma(Part 5 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)
(Onsite) Daylong Retreat – Dennis Warren – Working with Memory, Remembering, Repetitive Thinking and Suffering
Online Remote, RetreatSeptember 28 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm PDT
Daylong In-person Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Retreat Theme
Working with Memory, Remembering, Repetitive Thinking and Suffering
Almost all of us have had this experience: After an encounter with someone, we reflect on the situation and think they are upset with or mad at us. Repetitive thought sets in re-enforcing and strengthening our concern. We become anxious and this affects our behavior. We feel uncomfortable when we see the person, or maybe avoid them.
And then…we talk with the person and find out they were never upset or mad in the first place. This is a wonderful illustration of the Historical Buddha’s teaching that we make not just the world, but our suffering and happiness, with our thoughts.
This one-day workshop will explore the pivotal and major role that memory, remembering and related repetitive thinking play in our identity and suffering. We will investigate and learn how to work skillfully with these qualities of mind from the perspectives of Buddhist psychology and modern memory research. It will involve meditations, reflections, dharma talks, and small and large group discussions.
The day is appropriate for all levels of practice experience. Please bring a pen/pencil and paper, and your own lunch. Plan on staying on-site at the Sacramento Dharma Center all day during the retreat.
About This Onsite Retreat
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select the following registration “ATTEND” button to indicate that you’ll be attending in-person. The fee is $25.00 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 $35 or $50 dollars. 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.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the refund policy and terms of use for this website.
Sep Daylong registration – Attend in-person
$25.00 – $50.00
Attend In-PersonQuestions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.
Teacher Dana
Sacramento 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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map 916-386-9844
View Venue Website
(Onsite) Daylong Retreat – Rich Howard – Acceptance and Cultivation: the Yin and Yang of Practice
RetreatAugust 31 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Daylong Retreat with SIM Teacher Rich Howard
For biographical details of the teacher Rich Howard, click here.
Retreat Theme
Acceptance and Cultivation: the Yin and Yang of Practice
The progress of meditation practice has its ups and downs, peaks and valleys, and plateaus when seemingly “nothing is happening.” Each of these phases requires different skills. Some practices of meditative awareness rely on acceptance and openness, while others require cultivation and intention. Wisdom is the skill of discerning what is needed in any given moment or phase of practice and how to adjust (or not!). On this daylong retreat, we will explore different practices of sitting and walking meditation on different points of the spectrum from acceptance to cultivation. There will be plenty of time for practice questions and discussion.
Bring a lunch and plan to stay all day.
About This Onsite Retreat
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select one of the following registration “ATTEND” buttons to indicate that you’ll be attending in-person or online. The fee is $25.00 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 $35 or $50 dollars. 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.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the refund policy and terms of use for this website.
August Daylong registration – Attend in-person
$25.00 – $50.00
Attend In-PersonQuestions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.
Teacher Dana
Sacramento 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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map 916-386-9844
View Venue Website
(Onsite) Community Day and Potluck
Online Remote, RetreatJuly 27 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm PDT
SIM Community Day and Potluck – Saturday, July 27
Our Board of Directors and Faculty would like to invite you to a day of community with a potluck that will explore the meaning of “spiritual friendship” and examine how we can support each other in practice and life. The day will include a presentation on the theme by SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren, mindful movement, small and large group discussions, and time to socialize during a potluck lunch. We are excited to have this opportunity for a more informal way for us to practice and be in community together. We hope you can join us and be a part of the sangha building!
Email katies@sactoinsight.org for more information, potluck sign-ups, and volunteer opportunities.
Your registration fees will be a fundraiser for SIM in order to support our ongoing practice together.
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select the following registration “ATTEND” button to indicate that you’ll be attending in-person. The fee is $25.00 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 $35 or $50 dollars. 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.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the refund policy and terms of use for this website.
Community Day and Potluck registration
$25.00 – $50.00
Register NowQuestions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the registrar with any questions, click here.
Offer a Donation
Community Day and Potluck
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map 916-386-9844
View Venue Website
(Onsite) Daylong Retreat – Walt Opie – Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening
Online Remote, RetreatJune 29 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Daylong Retreat with Legacy Project Teacher Walt Opie
For biographical details of the teacher Walt Opie, click here.
Retreat Theme
Cultivating the Seven Factors of Awakening
This will be a traditional insight meditation daylong with periods of sitting and walking, plus dharma talks on aspects of how to cultivate the Seven Factors of Awakening, namely mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity. These factors can be aroused either individually or sequentially and can lead to a very still, peaceful and balanced mind. There will be time for questions and sharing. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced practitioners.
About This Onsite Retreat
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select the following registration “ATTEND” button to indicate that you’ll be attending this retreat in-person. The fee is $25.00 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 $35 or $50 dollars. Note that fee amounts above the regular rate support Sacramento Insight Meditation and is distinct from teacher dana. 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.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the terms of use for this website.
June Daylong registration – Attend in-person
$25.00 – $50.00
Attend In-PersonQuestions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.
Teacher Dana
Sacramento 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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map 916-386-9844
View Venue Website
(Onsite) Daylong Retreat/Workshop – Dennis Warren – When Life Changes
Online Remote, RetreatMay 25 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm PDT
Daylong Retreat/Workshop with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Retreat Theme
When Life Changes – A One Day Retreat / Workshop
This one-day retreat / workshop explores the one constant in all our lives – change.
Some of these changes are sudden. Some gradual. Some big. Some, at least initially, small. Changes in relationships, finances, jobs, living circumstances. Changes in capacity – mental, emotional, physical. Changes in health and quality of life. Changes in ourselves, in those we know, in the world as we have known it.
Our actual experience of change frequently catches us off guard even when the change itself is anticipated. We feel unprepared, disoriented, disorganized. Buddhist practices offer the possibility of being prepared for change, even when we have no idea what it will be. They offer the possibility of experiencing change as possibility, rather than primarily as obstacle or problem.
This day will explore Buddhist perspectives, tools and practices that help us work with change large and small. It will involve meditations, reflections, dharma talk, and small and large group discussions.
The day is appropriate for all levels of practice experience. Please bring a pen/pencil and paper, and your own lunch. Plan on staying on-site at the Sacramento Dharma Center all day during the retreat.
About This Onsite Retreat
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select the registration “ATTEND” button to indicate you’ll be attending via in-person. The fee is $25.00 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 $35 or $50 dollars. Note that fee amounts above the regular rate support Sacramento Insight Meditation and is distinct from teacher dana. 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.
Before registering to this event, click here to review the terms of use for this website.
May Daylong registration – Onsite at SDC
$25.00 – $50.00
Attend In-PersonQuestions for the Registrar?
If you need to contact the retreat registrar with any questions, click here.
Teacher Dana
Sacramento 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. To make a donation for this event using a credit card or PayPal account, click here to DONATE ONLINE.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States + Google Map 916-386-9844
View Venue Website
3/28/2024 “The Paramis-Patience” with Diana Clark
Audio DharmaWe all know that having a sustained practice requires energy and effort. But have you thought about the role of patience and how it can be a counter-balance to our energy and effort? Join us as we explore the many ways patience is a support for our practice and our lives.
(Part 3 of 10 of a series on The Paramis)