Week of Events
Study and Meditation Program on Distraction in Massachusetts
Distraction: Strategies for Overcoming Distracting Thoughts Mental restlessness is an insidious and pervasive hindrance that most practitioners struggle to overcome. We can refine our skills for working with the modes of thinking that distract us from being mindful and disrupt concentration: critical thoughts, planning, worrying, lustful thoughts, judging, memories, internal commentaries, to name a few. [...]
Sunday, March 4, 2018
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Monday, March 5, 2018
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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March 6, 2018 -Beginner’s Orientation
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March 6, 2018 -Meditation and Teachings in Mountain View
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March 6, 2018 -Speaker Series: Preparing the Mind for Awakening
Beginner’s Orientation
The Beginner's Orientation session occurs the first Tuesday of every month just prior to our weekly meditation group 6:30 pm - 7:25 pm Insight Meditation South Bay St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Rd., Mountain View, CA 94040 The Beginner's Orientation introduces mindfulness meditation instructions, and provides an orientation to Insight Meditation South [...]
Meditation and Teachings in Mountain View
Due to the coronavirus concerns, we have converted our Tuesday evening meeting to an online format. Insight Meditation South Bay offers two weekly meditation groups—Tuesdays evenings we offer an open drop-in sitting group in Mountain View, and Thursdays we offer structured courses in Saratoga. The Tuesday sitting group meets every Tuesday evening for a meditation [...]
Speaker Series: Preparing the Mind for Awakening
Preparing The Mind for Awakening: Cultivating The Seven Factors of Awakening For the mind that values freedom. Seven qualities offer an effective framework for cultivating the mind, overcoming the hindrances, and balancing the energetic and calming forces that develop through meditation. When these seven factors are well developed, the mind is ripe for awakening. This [...]
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
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Thursday, March 8, 2018
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March 8, 2018 -Drop-In Deepening Practice and Community Evening with Sharon Allen and Bill Kostura
Drop-In Deepening Practice and Community Evening with Sharon Allen and Bill Kostura
An Evening for Meditation Practice Tonight's session is led by Sharon Allen and Bill Kostura. For pictures and biographies of our teachers, visit our Teacher Page. Between many of our Thursday evening series courses in Saratoga, IMSB offers open drop-in practice sessions led by Shaila Catherine, Sharon Allen, or a local mindfulness teacher. For these “Deepening Practice [...]
Friday, March 9, 2018
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
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