July 16
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7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
PDT
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tanya Wiser
TANYA WISER, LCSW, SEP is a queer-identified mother, therapist, and meditation teacher devoted to mindfulness, embodied wisdom, and the path of liberation. She teaches at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City and offers retreats grounded in attentive presence, receptive awareness, compassionate embodiment, and deep reciprocity with the natural world, guided by the question: “Is the heart open or closed?”
Her approach arises from lived experience of the Dharma and is informed by training in Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Somatic Experiencing. Tanya’s teaching supports people in meeting life with greater wisdom, care, and compassion.
She was fully authorized to teach in 2025 by Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella after completing a four-year Vipassanā teacher training program through the Insight Retreat Center and the Insight Meditation Center.
* The teacher will present remotely via Zoom.
Hybrid events can be attended via Zoom or onsite at the Sacramento Dharma Center.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Tanya Wiser will receive at least xx% of your donation.
Use the following donate button and select Thu Jul 16 – Tanya from the dropdown list.
How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 895 2162 7007 and Passcode: 933142)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Rick Maddock
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Rick Maddock
For biographical details of the teacher Rick Maddock, click here.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Rick Maddock will pass any donations he receives to Sacramento Insight Meditation.
Use the following donate button and select Thu Jul 30 – Rick from the dropdown list.
How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 895 2162 7007 and Passcode: 933142)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Tanya Wiser
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tanya Wiser
TANYA WISER, LCSW, SEP is a queer-identified mother, therapist, and meditation teacher devoted to mindfulness, embodied wisdom, and the path of liberation. She teaches at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City and offers retreats grounded in attentive presence, receptive awareness, compassionate embodiment, and deep reciprocity with the natural world, guided by the question: “Is the heart open or closed?”
Her approach arises from lived experience of the Dharma and is informed by training in Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Somatic Experiencing. Tanya’s teaching supports people in meeting life with greater wisdom, care, and compassion.
She was fully authorized to teach in 2025 by Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella after completing a four-year Vipassanā teacher training program through the Insight Retreat Center and the Insight Meditation Center.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Tanya Wiser will receive at least xx% of your donation.
Use the following donate button and select Thu Jul 16 – Tanya from the dropdown list.
How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 895 2162 7007 and Passcode: 933142)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk with Tanya Wiser
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Tanya Wiser
TANYA WISER, LCSW, SEP is a queer-identified mother, therapist, and meditation teacher devoted to mindfulness, embodied wisdom, and the path of liberation. She teaches at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City and offers retreats grounded in attentive presence, receptive awareness, compassionate embodiment, and deep reciprocity with the natural world, guided by the question: “Is the heart open or closed?”
Her approach arises from lived experience of the Dharma and is informed by training in Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Somatic Experiencing. Tanya’s teaching supports people in meeting life with greater wisdom, care, and compassion.
She was fully authorized to teach in 2025 by Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella after completing a four-year Vipassanā teacher training program through the Insight Retreat Center and the Insight Meditation Center.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Tanya Wiser will receive at least xx% of your donation.
Use the following donate button and select Thu Jul 23 – Tanya from the dropdown list.
How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 895 2162 7007 and Passcode: 933142)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Community Night
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationJuly 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk
Offer a Teacher Donation
Use the following donate button and select Thu Jul 9 – SIM from the dropdown list.
How to Attend Remotely
Join online meeting: https://zoom.us/join or join by phone at 1-669-900-6833
( Meeting ID: 895 2162 7007 and Passcode: 933142)
For tips and instructions to join the meeting, click here to check this news blog.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
4/30/2026 “Vesak Reflections on the Buddha’s Life: The First Step Depends on the Last, and Vice Versa” with Kim Allen
Audio Dharma4/23/2026 “Befriending Your Own Mind” with Walt Opie
Audio DharmaEveryone has heard the phrase “being your own worst enemy” which points to the way we can sometimes use negative self-talk to sabotage or hold ourselves back from progress on the path. This talk will highlight the importance of befriending our own mind and accepting it rather than fighting it. Then, as the meditation master Dipa Ma once said, “it ceases to be a problem.”
4/16/2026 “Change, Uncertainty, Discomfort and Faith” with Rich Howard
Audio DharmaGil Fronsdal writes: “Some people have a strong tendency to resist change of any type, including new perspectives and understandings.” “Not me” we might think, “I know about impermanence.” But this practice teaches us that “knowing about” a concept is quite different than “living into” an experience or insight.
While a general understanding of changes in the seasons may be helpful, a more precise awareness can reveal the discomfort that accompanies the transition from one moment to another. Given that change is built into this human life, our practice of using the practice of meditative awareness to work with transitions, uncertainty, and discomfort can serve us well, especially in difficult times in our lives and the world. Further, it can also reveal that change itself can bring great benefits.
This evening will be an opportunity to reflect on our relationship to uncertainty and change and to learn from each other about how to work with them.
Film Screening: How to Cook Your Life
SDCApril 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT
Sacramento Dharma Center Movie Night – How to Cook Your Life
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life. For event details, click here.
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
Big Day of Giving 2026
NewsSIM has participated in the Big Day of Giving (BDOG) for several years now. It is the premier fundraising effort for nonprofit organizations throughout the Sacramento Region. This year, we would like to have our most successful campaign ever, and you can help! Volunteers have already stepped up to write stories of how SIM benefits the community for our fundraising web page. In addition, we have folks to help in acknowledging donors on the day of the event, Thursday May 7.
You can reach out to your circle to encourage them to donate, spreading the word about our vibrant community. Feel free to post on social media; this can bring in donors who are new to SIM but believe in the healing power of meditation and mindful awareness. Encourage them to donate from May 1 to May 7. Thanks for your support of SIM’s mission!
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 or before Thursday, May 7, and making a gift with a credit or debit card (donations from May 1-7 are especially welcome!).
4/9/2026 “Wise Attention: Why We Practice, How We Practice” with Adam Stonebraker
Audio DharmaWhy do we practice, and how do we practice, in a life that keeps moving, changing, and asking things of us, especially in times like these, when the world feels intense, fast, and fragile?