June 28, 2025
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9:00 am
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4:00 pm
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Daylong Retreat/Workshop with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Retreat Theme
This one-day retreat/workshop will explore the core Buddhist teaching and practice of letting go—what it means, why it matters, and how it leads to greater freedom and peace.
The concept of letting go – relinquishment, releasing, allowing – is essential to understanding Buddhist psychology and methods. The experience of letting go is the center piece of practice that slowly freeing the mind and heart from struggle and suffering.
But how does one actually let go? This will be the focus of this day of practice.
We’ll use practical, real-life situations to help participants connect their own experiences with the teachings. We’ll investigate the process of letting go and its development as an on-going, daily gesture of wisdom and compassion. The day will also examine common misunderstandings – such as equating letting go with suppression, indifference, avoidance or by passing – and offer reflections, meditation methods, and mantras for daily use.
The subject matter of this one-day will be appropriate for all stages of practice. In person only. No Zoom. Plan on staying on-site for the entire day. Bring your own lunch, as well as a pen and notebook.
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 button 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
- 05/10/2025 – Registration opens.
- 06/28/2025 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful retreat.
- 06/28/2025 – For registration after the retreat, send a message to the registrar to arrange payment.
Registration
Select the registration button to indicate 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 for this event, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy.
NOTE: After we receive your registration payment, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. Thanks for your patience.
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.
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupMarch 12, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Online Donations – Buddhist Recovery Group
Use the following donate button and select Buddhist Recovery Group from the dropdown list.
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Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Buddhist Recovery Group
Buddhist Recovery GroupMarch 5, 2025 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PST
Our Buddhist Recovery Group meets in-person every Wednesday evening. For additional information, visit the Buddhist Recovery Sangha page at https://sactoinsight.org/activities/practice-opportunities/12-step-sangha/.
Online Donations – Buddhist Recovery Group
Use the following donate button and select Buddhist Recovery Group from the dropdown list.
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Tom Hopkins
1-916-307-8066
thopkins415@gmail.com
(Onsite) Daylong Retreat/Workshop – Dennis Warren – Letting Go
Online Remote, RetreatJune 28, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Daylong Retreat/Workshop with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Retreat Theme
This one-day retreat/workshop will explore the core Buddhist teaching and practice of letting go—what it means, why it matters, and how it leads to greater freedom and peace.
The concept of letting go – relinquishment, releasing, allowing – is essential to understanding Buddhist psychology and methods. The experience of letting go is the center piece of practice that slowly freeing the mind and heart from struggle and suffering.
But how does one actually let go? This will be the focus of this day of practice.
We’ll use practical, real-life situations to help participants connect their own experiences with the teachings. We’ll investigate the process of letting go and its development as an on-going, daily gesture of wisdom and compassion. The day will also examine common misunderstandings – such as equating letting go with suppression, indifference, avoidance or by passing – and offer reflections, meditation methods, and mantras for daily use.
The subject matter of this one-day will be appropriate for all stages of practice. In person only. No Zoom. Plan on staying on-site for the entire day. Bring your own lunch, as well as a pen and notebook.
About This Onsite Retreat
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select the registration button to indicate 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 for this event, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy.
NOTE: After we receive your registration payment, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. Thanks for your patience.
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.
Sacramento Dharma Center Building
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat – Diana Clark – Exploring the Architecture of the Heart
Online Remote, RetreatMay 31, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 3:30 pm PDT
Daylong Retreat with SIM Teacher Diana Clark
For biographical details of the teacher Diana Clark, click here.
Retreat Theme
Exploring the Architecture of the Heart
This daylong invites us into the heart of mettā—an open, inclusive warm-heartedness we can grow through simple, steady practice. Rather than waiting for kind-heartedness to strike, we learn to plant its seeds with intention, letting phrases of goodwill reshape our thoughts and soften our hearts. Mettā isn’t about being perfect or polished; it’s about being real, human, and willing to care—including for ourselves. As our hearts stretch and hold more, we create the conditions for both peace and connection to blossom.
About This Hybrid Retreat
Participants may attend this Hybrid event via Zoom or in-person at the SDC.
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select one of the following registration “ATTEND” buttons to indicate if you’ll be attending via Zoom or 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 for this event, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy.
NOTE: After we receive your registration payment, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. Thanks for your patience.
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.
How to Attend Remotely via Zoom
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
Exploring the Architecture of the Heart
(Hybrid) Daylong Retreat – Walt Opie – Working with Distracting Thoughts
Online Remote, RetreatApril 26, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 3:30 pm PDT
Daylong Retreat with SIM Teacher Walt Opie
For biographical details of the teacher Walt Opie, click here.
Retreat Theme: Working with Distracting Thoughts
One of the most challenging aspects of meditation can be learning how to work with distracting thoughts that keep recurring or may feel particularly “sticky” in some way. There is a well-known sutta or discourse (MN 20) whose translated title is “The Removal of Distracting Thoughts.” We will explore the advice offered by the Buddha in this sutta, as well as other teachings on this subject. At the same time, this will be a daylong retreat focused mainly on the practice of insight meditation, with periods of sitting and walking meditation, plus dharma talks and time for discussion.
Bring your lunch. Appropriate for beginning and experienced meditators.
About This Hybrid Retreat
Summary of Important Dates
Registration
Select one of the following registration “ATTEND” buttons to indicate if you’ll be attending via Zoom or 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 for this event, please click here to review SIM’s Registration Refund Policy.
NOTE: After we receive your registration payment, SIM will confirm your registration within 48 hours. Thanks for your patience.
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.
How to Attend Remotely via Zoom
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
CANCELLED TALK TONIGHT – (Hybrid) Sitting Session 7PM – 8PM
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationApril 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT
Hybrid (in-person and online)
Sacramento, CA 95826 United States
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Dennis Warren – Practice As Discovery
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMarch 27, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
Insight Meditation and Dharma Talk with Dennis Warren
For biographical details of the teacher Dennis Warren, click here.
Talk Theme
Practice As Discovery
The Historical Buddha said that he taught only suffering and the end of suffering. While this sounds straightforward, the psychology, multitude of methods, and 1000s of the Buddha’s discourses can make understanding how to end suffering unclear and confusing.
At the center of getting a sound overview of practice, and understanding how the many pieces of practice fit together in one, cohesive whole, is the principle of discovery. It is the center piece around which all elements of practice revolve.
The talk and discussion this evening will focus on this important principle and the role it plays in meditation, daily life, and relationships.
The subject matter of this evening will be appropriate for all stages of practice. You can attend in person or by ZOOM. Dennis will be presenting in person and encourages you to be there in person as well.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Dennis Warren will receive at least 75% of your donation.
Use the following donate button and select Talk – Mar 27 Dennis 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: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
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) SIM Community Gathering: Continuing the Conversation on SIM’s Future
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMarch 20, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
SIM Community Gathering: Continuing the Conversation on SIM’s Future
Join us as we continue the conversation from our February 13th introduction to SIM’s Five-Year Plan and fundraising effort. This gathering will be an opportunity for the community to ask questions, share reflections, and engage in small group discussions about the future of our sangha.
If you missed the February 13th presentation, you can listen to the recording here: State of the Sangha.
Your voice is essential as we navigate the choices ahead. Whether you have questions, concerns, or ideas to share, we encourage you to participate in this important dialogue. Together, we can shape a sustainable and thriving future for SIM.
Offer a Donation
Use the following donate button and select Talk – Mar 20 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: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
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 – Adam Stonebraker – Expect Nothing, Embrace Everything: A Path to Freedom
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMarch 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PDT
What happens when we let go of expectations and open fully to life as it is? This talk explores the freedom that comes from releasing grasping and resistance, allowing us to meet each moment with wisdom, compassion, and ease.
ADAM STONEBRAKER, a dedicated practitioner of Yoga and Meditation since 1999, serves as the Guiding Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation, in Nevada City, CA. Adam’s teachings are deeply rooted in his extensive training in Yoga and a long-standing devotion to Buddhadharma, which inspire him to guide others towards realizing their unique potential in mind and body. His primary goal is to help individuals trust their innate wisdom and embrace the profound sense of interconnection that defines our existence.
In 2019, Adam completed a Master’s degree in the pioneering Mindfulness Studies Program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, further enriching his understanding and teaching of mindfulness practices.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Adam Stonebraker will receive at least 75% of your donation.
Use the following donate button and select Talk – Mar 13 Adam 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: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
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 Tony Bernhard
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMarch 6, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm PST
For biographical details of the teacher Tony Bernhard, click here.
Offer a Teacher Donation
Tony Bernhard will receive at least 75% of your donation.
Use the following donate button and select Talk – Mar 6 Tony B 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: 821 5948 5895 and Passcode: 927093)
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