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

• 07/06/2024 – Registration opens.
• 07/27/2024 – Attend and enjoy the wonderful gathering.
• 07/27/2024 – For registration after the event, send a message to the registrar to arrange payment.

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.

Questions for the Registrar?

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

Offer a Donation

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

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.