MBSR Course Available: Aug 2019

Registration opens July 21, for the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) eight week course with Matt Russell. You can RSVP to a free introduction session held August 7 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. The eight session course meets Wednesdays, August 21 through October 9, 9:30 am to noon and there’s an all day retreat on Saturday, September 21, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. To pay the $375 registration fee or for more information about the course, click here.

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MBSR Class Introductory Session

MBSR Introduction Session
This is an Introductory Session of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.

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 MBSR course which will be offered at SIM starting August 21, 2019. Designed by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979, MBSR is an integrative and scientifically validated approach that combines mindfulness practices with group processing and psycho-education around stress. MBSR helps participants mobilize their inner resources to alleviate suffering associated with chronic pain and illness, as well as conditions such as anxiety, depression, headaches, high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal problems and the stresses of everyday life. This work was featured in Bill Moyers’ television special, “Healing and the Mind” in a dated but still compelling piece.

Instructor: Matt Russell, PhD, is a UMass Med School Center for Mindfulness qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and has been a member of the SIM community since 2010. Matt is a graduate of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies’ Chaplaincy Training Program in Redwood City. He has completed trainings with Mindful
Schools and taught mindfulness to teenagers.

 

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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – 8 Week Course

MBSR Course in August Cancelled

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

8 Session Course: Wednesdays, Aug 21 – Oct 9, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
All Day Retreat: Saturday, Sep 21, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
For details about the free Introductory session on August 7, click here.

  • Course flyer (pdf)

MBSR is the most widely researched and utilized mindfulness program in the world. This intensive eight-week training was developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979. MBSR combines mindfulness meditation, yoga, and body-awareness practices with group processing and psychoeducation about stress physiology. Students learn how to mobilize their inner resources to alleviate suffering associated with chronic pain and illness, as well as conditions such as anxiety, depression, headaches, high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal problems and the stresses of everyday life.

Instructor: Matt Russell, PhD, is a UMass Med School Center for Mindfulness qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and has been a member of the SIM community since 2010. Matt is a graduate of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies’ Chaplaincy Training Program in Redwood City. He has completed trainings with Mindful
Schools and taught mindfulness to teenagers.

Registration Details

Walk-in registrations are not available since the course registrar provides follow-up information required prior to this first class meeting.
Before making the $375.00 registration payment, click here to review the terms of use for this website. If finances are an issue, please contact the course registrar to discuss options.

Refund policy

  • Up through the course start date (August 21st) – Full refund available
  • After the course start date (August 22nd) – Credit for future class if requested and approved by the instructor.

To request a refund per the above policy, contact the course registrar.

Pay Now

Use the “Tickets” section at the bottom of this page to pay the registration fee now. Tickets will be available on Saturday, Jul 21, 2019 when the course online registration opens. It’s not necessary to Log in before purchasing and you won’t need to print the ticket on paper. On the left side, specify the number of people you are registering to this course. On the right side, click the button “Buy now” and you’ll be automatically directed to a secure 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.

Pay Later

If you are not prepared to pay the registration fee online, you may pay by check. Please contact the course registrar and request your name be added to the class roster.

Questions for the Registrar?

If you need to contact the course registrar with any questions, click here.

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07/18/2019 “Bringing Creativity to Dharma Practice” with Laura Rosenthal

If you would like to download this talk, please right click and select “save as” here.

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Meditation Course Almost Full

The six-week Beginning Meditation Course offered this fall and taught by SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren is almost full as there are only three spots left. To register or more information, visit https://sactoinsight.org/event/beginning-meditation-starts-sep2019/.

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Request Your Input on Permanent Altar

The Sacramento Dharma Center Altar Committee (AC) is displaying a design concept for the permanent altar in the South Lobby. The committee wants your comments and participation!

The Altar Committee was formed in the fall of 2016 and includes representatives of the three sustaining sanghas. Its purpose is to gift the Dharma Center with a permanent altar and teacher side table. This gift symbolizes our three sanghas joining together to establish a permanent and historical home for our sanghas.

Please leave your written comments at the display site. You will also find AC representatives at their July 21st meeting (5pm) at the SDC. However, if you cannot attend in person to share your input, you can add your comments to this news post in the “Leave a Reply” section below.

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06/27/2019 “Is Forgiveness Always the Right Response?” with Diane Wilde

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We read often of the power of forgiveness and are inspired by those who, even after suffering the devastating loss of loved ones and community members, still forgive. Is this always the right response? In the Buddha’s teachings, patisaraniya-kamma or reconciliation — means a return to amicability, and that requires much more than forgiveness. What are the criteria for reconciliation that the Buddha set out and what do we do if we feel reconciliation is impossible?
There are right and wrong ways of attempting reconciliation: those that skillfully meet the necessary requirements for reestablishing trust, and those that don’t. To encourage right reconciliation among his followers, the Buddha formulated detailed methods for achieving it, along with a culture of values that encourages putting those methods to use.
We will discuss forgiveness, reconciliation and what needs to take place for these conditions to occur… or not.

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06/20/2019 “Wisdom” with Rich Howard

 

If you would like to download this talk, please right click and select “save as” here.

This talk concludes Rich’s series on the three root defilements (greed, hatred, and delusion) and their antidotes. Wisdom is the way out of Delusion, which we discussed on June 6. While we may picture wisdom as only available far away, it is right here inthis moment, waiting to be discovered. We will explore the different kinds of wisdom in the Buddhist tradition and the ways by which wisdom grows and benefits our practice and all beings.

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Noliwe Alexander Dharma Talk Rescheduled

Guest teacher Noliwe Alexander let us know she is ill and will not be able to join us this Thursday, June 20, 2019. We will re-schedule her for the Fall or Winter, and SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard will substitute for her this week. The topic of Rich’s talk is “Wisdom” and details are posted on the calendar.

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*Sit & Dharma Talk – Rich Howard – Wisdom

Wisdom

Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard

NOTICE: Guest teacher Noliwe Alexander let us know she is ill and will not be able to join us as originally scheduled this Thursday. We will re-schedule her for the Fall or Winter, and SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard is the substitute for her this week.

The talk tonight concludes Rich’s series on the three root defilements (greed, hatred, and delusion) and their antidotes. Wisdom is the way out of Delusion, which we discussed on June 6. While we may picture wisdom as only available far away, it is right here inthis moment, waiting to be discovered. We will explore the different kinds of wisdom in the Buddhist tradition and the ways by which wisdom grows and benefits our practice and all beings.

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.

Thursday Night Talk Dana
“Generosity is the virtue that leads to peace.” – The Historical Buddha
We recognize that donating by cash or check at the time you attend this event may not always be convenient for you. If that’s the case, please use the form below to donate by credit card or your PayPal account. Enter the amount you’d like to give and your donation will be shared with Rich Howard and SIM.

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