Eastside Introduction to Meditation Class Series (In-Person & Online)
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Kirkland, WA 98033 United States
Zoom Link here (unless registration or email required – see description below)
Insight Meditation, also known as mindfulness or vipassana meditation, comes from the early Buddhist tradition. Through learning to bring a steady and spacious awareness to direct experience, moment by moment, the practice aims to free the mind from the distortions of self-centeredness, negativity, and confusion. Seeing life as a constantly changing process, one begins to accept pleasure and pain, fear and joy, and all aspects of life, with increasing balance, compassion, and freedom.
This six-week series offers participants teachings about what Insight Meditation is, how it works, and how to do it. The focus is on bringing insight and loving-kindness practices into daily life, both on and off the meditation cushion. Many people take the class more than once, to refresh and strengthen their existing practice.
This class will include:
● Guided meditation instruction
● Sitting and walking meditation practice
● Meditation posture and techniques
● Talks and guidance on understanding the principles of meditation
● Group discussions
● Weekly practice suggestions
● Daylong meditation retreat (see date at top of the page)
This introduction to meditation class meets weekly for six weeks, followed by a daylong meditation retreat on Saturday, February 28. The class is hybrid, meaning it simultaneously meets in person and online. You have the flexibility to go back and forth between in-person and online.
Dates
Wednesdays, January 21 through February 25, 7–9 PM PT.
Registration is required for this class. You can register through the 2nd class on January 28th.
Registration and Sliding Scale
Note: Registration is required for this class, and closes after the second class. Please register below.
When you register for this class series you will receive a Zoom link via email.
Affordability and access are at the heart of our values. No one is turned away for lack of funds. The “suggested” donation for the six-week series is $90, which includes the day of mindfulness. A “supported” donation of $60 is also acceptable, if this better fits your budget. If you wish to support another student’s registration fees, you are invited to donate $120 for the series. You are welcome to offer what is right given your circumstances.
Please consider offering teacher dana, a term for generosity, during the course of the series. None of your registration donations go directly to the teacher.
If you need more information about this class series, or if you have a question for the teacher, please contact registrar@seattleinsight.org.
Teacher/Organizer
Event Venue
Kirkland, WA 98033 United States
If there is no location or map here, it means this is an online only meeting.
Insight Meditation, also known as mindfulness or vipassana meditation, comes from the early Buddhist tradition. Through learning to bring a steady and spacious awareness to direct experience, moment by moment, the practice aims to free the mind from the distortions of self-centeredness, negativity, and confusion. Seeing life as a constantly changing process, one begins to accept pleasure and pain, fear and joy, and all aspects of life, with increasing balance, compassion, and freedom.
This six-week series offers participants teachings about what Insight Meditation is, how it works, and how to do it. The focus is on bringing insight and loving-kindness practices into daily life, both on and off the meditation cushion. Many people take the class more than once, to refresh and strengthen their existing practice.
This class will include:
● Guided meditation instruction
● Sitting and walking meditation practice
● Meditation posture and techniques
● Talks and guidance on understanding the principles of meditation
● Group discussions
● Weekly practice suggestions
● Daylong meditation retreat (see date at top of the page)
This introduction to meditation class meets weekly for six weeks, followed by a daylong meditation retreat on Saturday, February 28. The class is hybrid, meaning it simultaneously meets in person and online. You have the flexibility to go back and forth between in-person and online.
Dates
Wednesdays, January 21 through February 25, 7–9 PM PT.
Registration is required for this class. You can register through the 2nd class on January 28th.
Registration and Sliding Scale
Note: Registration is required for this class, and closes after the second class. Please register below.
When you register for this class series you will receive a Zoom link via email.
Affordability and access are at the heart of our values. No one is turned away for lack of funds. The “suggested” donation for the six-week series is $90, which includes the day of mindfulness. A “supported” donation of $60 is also acceptable, if this better fits your budget. If you wish to support another student’s registration fees, you are invited to donate $120 for the series. You are welcome to offer what is right given your circumstances.
Please consider offering teacher dana, a term for generosity, during the course of the series. None of your registration donations go directly to the teacher.
If you need more information about this class series, or if you have a question for the teacher, please contact registrar@seattleinsight.org.