Retreat with Brian Lesage - sign up to reserve your space!
Practicing Clear Intention within Meditation & Silence
September 14 -15, 2024 (Saturday 9-4; Sunday 9-3:30)
This non-residential retreat provides an opportunity to practice continuous mindfulness in silence throughout the weekend in sitting and walking meditation. In silence, we have the space to delve deeply inward and begin to learn to skillfully place the intention to be present with the flow of experience in a way that allows compassion and wisdom to arise. This retreat is designed for beginners and experienced practitioners.
This is a great opportunity to practice with Brian Lesage and it's a beautiful way to practice in a sacred and safe space of retreat with the Sangha. We encourage you to resister soon.
Potluck Celebrating Roberta Smith
Because Roberta has been instrumental in the Salida Insight Meditation Community for so long, we are having a potluck gathering in her honor. This celebration will be held on Sunday, August 25th from 4-6pm at the SIMC House.
Come celebrate with us! Please bring a favorite vegetarian dish to share in this celebration.
Please note that our Sunday Meditation at 5pm on August 25th is cancelled for this special gathering.
Interested in becoming a Sit Leader or Sub?
Our weekly meditation groups are growing - this is wonderful news!! To help maintain this energy, we are looking for a few more sit leaders for our Sunday and Thursday group meditations and/or substitutes to fill in for some of our regular sit leaders. It won't take much of your time, but it would be really nice to have additional people to count on for our weekly Sangha meditations.
For all who are interested, we will have a sit-leader meeting/training on Sunday, September 29th at 3:00pm. We encourage you to attend, even if you are just slightly interested. This training is also for anyone who is a current meditation leader. If you are interested but don't have this date available, please reach out to Sangha@salidasangha.org.
Morning Meditations returning in September!
We had such a positive response to our May Meditation Mornings that we will offer Silent September Meditation Mornings!
SIMC will offer silent sits Monday through Friday from 6:30am - 7:30am during the month of September. You can drop in during that time frame any time and you are welcome to stay as long as you wish. We hope you will join us for this wonderful opportunity to bring more consistency to our practices.
May you be well and at ease,
May the last hurrahs of this summer be blissful,
Your Salida Sangha Board - Kym, Denise, Carla, and Paul
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