Events

Saturday Dec 14 — Convergence of Wisdom and Love Daylong with Matthew Brensilver

Saturday Dec 14 — Convergence of Wisdom and Love Daylong with Matthew Brensilver

In-person only at IMC Offered by: Matthew Brensilver Wisdom practices are commonly distinguished from practices of love and compassion. However, Buddhist psychology suggests a powerful connection between awareness and love. In insight meditation, we practice resting, looking deeply, knowing moment-by-moment what it’s like to be human.  Some of us are hesitant to look because we’re concerned about what we’ll find. But our practice shows us that the more deeply we look into experience, the more reason we have to love….

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Saturday Nov 23: Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Maria Straatmann

Saturday Nov 23: Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Maria Straatmann

Saturday, November 23, 2024:  9:30 am – 12:15 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Maria Straatmann This half-day of mindfulness practice will include guided or lightly guided meditations, a brief dharma talk, group discussion, and mindful activity. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation practice and daily life practice, ask a teacher questions and practice with other sangha members. Mindfulness meditation half-days are appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Registration is not required. Bring lunch. 9:30 –…

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Saturday Sep 26 — Earth Care Meeting — Reconnecting with Nature Through Water with Alex Julie

Saturday Sep 26 — Earth Care Meeting — Reconnecting with Nature Through Water with Alex Julie

Saturday, October 26, 2024: 8:30 am — 10:00 am on Zoom Offered by Alex Julie Topic: Reconnecting with Nature Through Water to Create a Life-Sustaining Society for All Beings The Ocean is the source of all life on our planet, and it can also be a fertile ground for deep embodied insight. With our Ocean on the brink of climate induced collapse, the urgency of reconnection has never been greater. Join Awake in the Wild meditation teacher Alex Julie as…

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Saturday Oct 19: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Daylong Retreat with Dawn Neal

Saturday Oct 19: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Daylong Retreat with Dawn Neal

Saturday, October 19, 2024:  9:30 am – 4:30 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Dawn Neal
 This daylong retreat will include guided meditations, dharma talks, and alternating periods of sitting and walking. Instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing, body, emotions, thoughts, and open attention will be provided. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to strengthen mindfulness, develop concentration, practice with the IMC community, and ask a teacher questions. Appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Bring lunch. 
The…

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Saturday Sep 21 — Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Tanya Wiser

Saturday Sep 21 — Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Tanya Wiser

Saturday, September 21, 2024:  9:30 am – 12:15 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Tanya Wiser This half-day of mindfulness practice will include guided or lightly guided meditations, a brief dharma talk, group discussion, and mindful activity. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation practice and daily life practice, ask a teacher questions and practice with other sangha members. Mindfulness meditation half-days are appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Registration is not required. Bring lunch. 9:30 –…

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Saturday Sep 7 — Intensive Daylong with bruni dávila

Saturday Sep 7 — Intensive Daylong with bruni dávila

Saturday, September 7, 2024:  6:00 am – 9:00 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: bruni dávila This is a great opportunity for a full day of immersion in silent Dharma Practice. Practicing mindfulness on retreat is one of the foundations for maturing insight meditation. The simplicity, silence and support of retreats contribute to letting go of many of the distractions that get in the way of clear seeing. Retreats also are a wonderful environment for developing a continuity of awareness…

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Bringing All Parts of Yourself to IMC — A Daylong of Care and Connection for IMC Volunteers

Bringing All Parts of Yourself to IMC — A Daylong of Care and Connection for IMC Volunteers

DATES: Saturday November 2, 2024 OR March 1, 2025 —You will be asked to choose a date during registration LOCATION: In-person at IMC REGISTRATION:  Required: http://bit.ly/IMCVolunteer Offered by: Bruni Dávila and Tanya Wiser This workshop is a chance to contribute to the IMC community’s ongoing exploration of diversity and inclusivity. We will share, explore, and celebrate our and each other’s many different identities. As we unveil and connect, we will consider the very natural human tendency to have biases and…

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Friday August 16 — Morning Mindfulness Retreat at Hidden Villa with Gil Fronsdal

Friday August 16 — Morning Mindfulness Retreat at Hidden Villa with Gil Fronsdal

Friday, August 16, 2024: 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Potluck Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30 pm Location: Hidden Villa in the Dana Center 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Everyone is invited to a morning of mindfulness meditation instruction, teachings, and practice. Gil Fronsdal, who taught retreats at Hidden Villa for ten years, is back to share his love for mindfulness practice and for Hidden Villa, a place well suited for meditation connected closely to the natural world. The…

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Saturday Aug 17 — In-Person Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Tanya Wiser

Saturday Aug 17 — In-Person Mindfulness Meditation and Practice Half-Day with Tanya Wiser

Saturday, August 17, 2024:  9:30 am – 12:15 pm In-person only at IMC Offered by: Tanya Wiser This half-day of mindfulness practice will include guided or lightly guided meditations, a brief dharma talk, group discussion, and mindful activity. This is an opportunity to deepen your meditation practice and daily life practice, ask a teacher questions and practice with other sangha members. Mindfulness meditation half-days are appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Registration is not required. Bring lunch. 9:30 –…

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Saturday Sep 14 — Stream Entry Daylong with Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Saturday Sep 14 — Stream Entry Daylong with Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Saturday, September 14, 2024  9:00 am – 4:00 pm In-person at IMC and on Zoom. Register online to get the Zoom link. Co-sponsored by the Sati Center and the San Francisco Bay Parisā — an assembly of people dedicated to practicing in line with Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s teachings Stream-entry — also known as the arising of the Dhamma eye — is a momentous occasion in the practice. The first glimpse of the deathless, it makes irrevocable changes in the person who…

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Saturday July 13 — Opening to Stability and Clarity through the Breath Daylong with Kim Allen

Saturday July 13 — Opening to Stability and Clarity through the Breath Daylong with Kim Allen

Saturday July 13, 2024  9:00 am – 4:00 pm in-person at IMC only Offered by: Kim Allen Breath meditation is a foundational practice that can be immediately accessible, and yet also unfold to deeper layers over many years. This daylong retreat is an opportunity to connect or re-connect with the simplicity and richness of the breath. Our day will include guided and silent meditations, dharma teachings, and walking meditation. Classical instructions and guidance on mindfulness of breathing will support the opportunity to…

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Thursday June 20—Summer Solstice Walk in Edgewood Park

Thursday June 20—Summer Solstice Walk in Edgewood Park

Thursday, June 20, 2024: 11:00 am Where: Let’s meet in the Edgewood Park parking lot at 11am for a 3+ mile hike. What: We will celebrate this celestial event walking through local ecosystems with some periods of silence bringing our awareness to the present, paying attention to our senses. There will be a time of sitting with a ritual and a gathering together. Join: Kristen Benson, an Buddist Chaplain through the Sati Center. A chaplain of the spiritual connection of people and the land/earth, who loves…

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IMC Spring Cleaning — Saturday May 18

IMC Spring Cleaning — Saturday May 18

Saturday, May 18, 2024:  9:00 am – 12:30 pm In-person at IMC It’s that time of year when the temple we all share receives our tender loving care. Please join in a concentrated cleaning practice to sweep away dust and dirt so that we can renew our practice with a fresh new breath. Come at 9:00am for a welcome and a short meditation. Feel free to come all or part of the time. Bring a bag lunch and stay until 1:00pm…

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Earth Care Meeting: Rewilding Our True Nature with Carla Brennan — Saturday May 25

Earth Care Meeting: Rewilding Our True Nature with Carla Brennan — Saturday May 25

Saturday, May 25, 2024:  8:30 am – 10:00 am On Zoom Offered by: Carla Brennan Topic: Rewilding Our True Nature Earth Care meetings focus on a set of diverse topics relating to the right actions we can take to mitigate climate change. Meetings will usually have a speaker who will be educating and contributing to topics on climate change and meaningful actions we can take. Sessions include a brief meditation, a presentation and group discussion. If you have any questions, please…

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Summer Potluck Picnic at Red Morton Park — Sunday May 26

Summer Potluck Picnic at Red Morton Park — Sunday May 26

Sunday, May 26, 2024:  11:00 am – 2:00 pm Location: Red Morton Park, 1120 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City, CA Picnic Area #1—  near the entrance to the parking lot on Valota Road Join the IMC community to share friendship and favorite summer foods at IMC’s vegetarian potluck picnic. If possible, bring a vegetarian dish to share with 4–6 people. If you are unable to bring food, bring yourself! We’ll drive to Red Morton Park after the Dharma talk. DIRECTIONS FROM IMC:…

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