Online Drop in Class For Beginners and Ongoing Students - 7:00-8:00pm - With Matthew Daniell

Mon 04/06/20 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

These drop in sessions are every other week (3/23, 4/6, 4/20) and are tailored for online practice.  There will be a short check-in followed by a guided meditation, and a short standing/optional stretching period, and perhaps a second short meditation.  This will be followed by a discussion, and time for questions and answers. It is appropriate for those with little or no experience. More experienced meditators are welcome as well to enjoy the group support and gentle guidance that will be provided.

Please note, half of your donation will go to the teacher and the other half will go to support IMCN.  Thank you for your generosity!

If you have Zoom, click on the link below just before class to join.  For increased security, we will use a waiting room. Students will need to log into Zoom using their full name and will enter a waiting room when they use this link and password below. 

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https://zoom.us/j/930398418?pwd=MFBWQjFITml2STRuOGI2akQrNXZ3dz09
Meeting ID: 930 398 418
Password: 877070

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Mindful Mamas Book Group (6 weeks - 3/10-4/14)(registration closed)

Tue 04/07/20 - 10:00am to 11:30am

The Mindful Mamas Book Group will focus on peer support and discussing personal experience of mindfulness in the daily joys and challenges of nurturing children. Between each gathering we will read a section of the book by Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstacy, The Laundry. Each meeting will begin with a sitting followed by book discussion. 

Those attending will want access to a copy of the above book by and will be encouraged to read a chapter in between group gatherings.

Facilitated by mother of three and sangha member Laurel Charette

This class series began on 3/10 - Registration is closed.

ONLINE Practice Oriented Book Group (6 week series - 4/7-6/16)

Tue 04/07/20 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Students will need access to a copy of the book Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, by Sharon Salzburg and will be expected to complete the readings in between group gatherings.  In this classic book, Sharon shows us how to cultivate lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity in our lives.  Practicing lovingkindness, both for ourselves and others, is an essential tool for navigating these uncertain times and finding ease and well-being in the midst of turmoil.   

For the first session, the assignment is to read: the Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2.   Please select a short passage to read to the group and share how the passage relates to your meditation practice. 

This is a six week series, meeting on 4/7, 4/14, 5/5, 5/19, 6/2 and 6/16.  You must be registered in order to participate.  Please send an email to the Director, Debra Sullivan, letting her know you would like to be put on the registration list.  Because of the limitations of the Zoom platform, we are limiting the enrollment for this session to fifteen. 

This is a free offering, however, if you want to give a donation to support IMCN, please click the button below.   

   

PRE-REQUISITE: At least one year of Insight Meditation practice or with permission of the instructor, Barbara Dowd.

Cultivating the Heart, Clarifying the Mind (14 week class)(registration closed) - With Matthew Daniell

Wed 04/08/20 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Cultivating Kindness, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity;

and the Art of Insight Meditation 

The world we inhabit is full of strife, half-truths, conflict and loss.  To embrace the realities we face inside and out, the Buddha taught powerful practices to expand the strengthen our hearts while giving us simple present moment awareness tools to become wise and live skillfully with ‘things as they are’.  In this 14 week course we will work systematically each week with four classical heart based practices: loving kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), sympathetic joy (mudita) and equanimity (upekha). These use the power of intention to create positive heart based energies that complement and ultimately express the simple present moment awareness (mindfulness) at the core of insight meditation.

You must be pre-registered to attend.  This is a 14 week class that runs from 1/8-4/15 (no class on 2/26).  There are no drop-in classes.

Cultivating Kindness, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity;

and the Art of Insight Meditation 

The world we inhabit is full of strife, half-truths, conflict and loss.  To embrace the realities we face inside and out, the Buddha taught powerful practices to expand the strengthen our hearts while giving us simple present moment awareness tools to become wise and live skillfully with ‘things as they are’.  In this 14 week course we will work systematically each week with four classical heart based practices: loving kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), sympathetic joy (mudita) and equanimity (upekha). These use the power of intention to create positive heart based energies that complement and ultimately express the simple present moment awareness (mindfulness) at the core of insight meditation.

You must be pre-registered to attend.  This is a 14 week class that runs from 1/8-4/15 (no class on 2/26).  There are no drop-in classes.

You must be pre-registered to attend.  This is a 14 week class that runs from 1/8-4/15 (no class on 2/26).  There are no drop-in classes.

ONLINE Guided Loving Kindness Meditation and Discussion - With Matthew Daniell

Thu 04/09/20 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

In this time of profound uncertainty, metta meditation gives us a tool we can use to find inner strength, kindness, balance, and ease.  It is a powerful and simple intentional and energetic practice of wishing well for ourselves and others that can help us nourish our hearts.

In this bi-weekly drop in class, Matthew Daniell will lead a guided metta meditation followed by sharing and discussion.  Matthew will provide selective comments as people share, and answer any questions about meditation that you may have.  This is a free offering, however, donations are gladly accepted.

Please note, half of your donation will go to the teacher and the other half will go to support IMCN.  Thank you for your generosity!

If you have Zoom, click on the link below just before class to join.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/885446552?pwd=L00xTGNGVDkwa2R2ZWVxVXRmRndPdz09
Meeting ID: 885 446 552
Password: 187720

ONLINE Half Day Retreat - Aligning Ourselves With Change - With Matthew Daniell

Sat 04/11/20 - 9:30am to 1:00pm

These times challenge us to confront the realities of change, and the hidden side of change which is uncertainty. Central to the Buddha’s teaching is that trying to find lasting security in things that change causes suffering. The practice of mindfulness provides a steadiness that is based on how we hold each moment rather than on how the circumstances of life unfold.     

The Buddha taught that there is compassion and wisdom in simply attending to the body as it breathes, to each footstep as we walk, to sipping a cup of tea with full attention. Building a refuge and resource of present moment awareness brings calm and also the ability to align ourselves with change rather than the painful uncertainty of fighting it.

In this ONLINE retreat, sitting meditation will be alternated with walking, and standing or lying.  Suitable for all meditators except those that are complete beginners.

Sign up

Once you have registered for this half day retreat, you will receive a confirmation email, along with the Zoom link and password.  

Please note that this offering is not suitable for absolute beginners.

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