Family Mindfulness
Offered once a Month on a Friday
No July gathering
Next date is Friday, August 7th
5:00-6:00pm
Held at the SIMC Sangha House - 248 D St
These family sessions are on a monthly basis. The Friday dates change so please check back here, our newsletter, or our calendar for the current month's date.
Our Family Mindfulness sessions are a fun and engaging way for children to explore awareness and kindness. Through stories, mindful movement, simple meditation, creative activities, and of course a little mindful snacking, families practice together in a warm and playful environment - with parents fully participating alongside their children.
Poetry, the Dharma
& Practice
This group will start up again for three Fall Sessions:
Tuesday, September 15th - 1:30 -3:00pm
Tuesday, October 20th - 1:30 -3:00pm
Tuesday, November 17th - 1:30 -3:00pm
Looking for a fresh and inspiring way to nourish your practice and connect with Sangha?
Join us for Dharma-inspired poetry, quiet reflection, and meaningful conversation. Together we'll explore thoughtfully selected poems that invite insight, open the heart, and deepen our practice, followed by a gentle discussion in a warm and welcoming circle.
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Please email Jackie Mart using the button below at least three days before each meeting so you can receive the poems in advance.
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This discussion group is centered on pre-selected poems from a variety of authors and traditions explored through the lens of Buddhist Dharma.
Come for the poetry, stay for the community, and leave with a nourished heart.
Death Cafe
Offered Quarterly - Upcoming Dates
Wednesday, September 23rd
Wednesday, December 16th
6:00-7:00pm
Held at the SIMC House - 248 D St
A Death Cafe is a welcoming space to gather and openly share conversations about death and dying - whatever feels present for you. These are gentle, participant-led discussions with no set agenda, themes, or objectives. The conversation unfolds naturally, guided by those who attend.
SIMC’s Death Cafe is offered with those who have, or have had, a Buddhist practice; however, all are warmly welcome.
This gathering is not intended as grief or bereavement counseling, nor as an educational or informational forum. Rather, it is an opportunity to come together in a safe, respectful, and supportive space to listen, speak, and reflect.
SANGHA FRIENDS
Every Second Wednesday of the Month
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Held at the SIMC House - 248 D Street
You are warmly invited to join the Sangha Friends group, which meets once a month at the Sangha house. The intention of this group is to cultivate connection and friendship through shared conversations on topics of interest, in the Buddhist context, and with a spirit similar to a book club.
Participants will receive a discussion piece at least one week prior to each meeting. This may be a TED Talk, a Lion’s Roar article, or a recorded talk or video by Brian or another teacher.
We ask that participants review the material in advance so our time together can be devoted to meaningful discussion. Each discussion piece will take less than one hour to review.
MINDFUL RECOVERY
Weekly on Wednesdays
7:00 pm
Meetings are only via Zoom
Mindful Recovery is a community of people who are using the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, renunciation and generosity to transform the pain and suffering that addictions of all kinds have caused in our lives and the lives of our loved ones.
Our path of practice is guided by the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and further Buddhist teachings. This Buddhist-oriented path has proven successful with addicts and alcoholics who have committed themselves to its investigation and application. Our weekly meetings are confidential and anonymous. We ask that all participants respect the sacred space of acceptance, love and healing that we have created for one another.
Please join us if you are interested.
RECOVERY DHARMA
Weekly on Thursdays
5:00 - 6:00 pm
Held at the SIMC House - 248 D Street
Recovery Dharma is a peer-led movement and community that is unified by our trust in the potential of each of us to recover and find freedom from the suffering of addiction. We believe that the traditional Buddhist teachings, often referred to as the Dharma, offer a powerful approach to healing from addiction and living a life of true freedom.
We believe that recovery means empowerment, and we support each other as partners walking the path together. We believe that recovery is rooted in finding our own inner wisdom and individual journeys. Recovery Dharma is founded on, and inspired by, Buddhism that originated in India and later on flourished in other regions of Asia (e.g., South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia). We deeply appreciate the Buddhist heritage that was protected and freely offered by the ancestors of these cultures.
MINDFULNESS
IN THE JAIL
Mindfulness in the Jail (MJP) is a program that helps inmates learn tools for well-being that are transformative and rehabilitative. These tools enable inmates to have a more successful incarceration, and upon their release, to engage in their community and in their families in healthier, productive ways.
For additional information regarding the MIJ program, please email Denise Ackert by clicking below.
YOUTH MINDFULNESS
Youth Mindfulness is a program of the Salida Insight Meditation Community in which we occasionally offer group classes to youth to learn tools of self-compassion, mindfulness meditation, and ways of living that lead to more ease and joy. We also offer free one-on-one mentoring to youth who want to develop their tool-kit of healthy ways to navigate the challenges in their lives.
Denise Ackert, LMT is a mindfulness educator and Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor. Denise has been practicing Insight Meditation for over 30 years and she loves sharing what she is learning on the path toward ease, peace and freedom through classes, individual instruction, and online mentoring. She runs the School of Mindful Ways to help bring more kindness and compassion into the world.
"The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another."
–Jack Kornfield