Saturday morning monthly group sits
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Edmonton Insight Meditation (EIM) meets the third Saturday morning of every month 9am to Noon (Mountain), to practice meditation, study the dharma and participate in group discussions and Q & A sessions. These monthly mini retreats, offered in person and on Zoom (unless otherwise noted), are led by senior Insight Meditation guest teachers or by the community. They are suitable for all levels of meditators from experienced to beginners. No registration is required. Everyone is welcome!
The following months are Hybrid (zoom). October, December, February, April, June.
For hybrid sittings,
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Please scroll down for all dates.
Regular EIM Saturday Sits will resume in the fall on the third Saturday of the month, starting October 19th, 2024.
Welcome to Edmonton Insight’s Fall/Winter Saturday Sit cycle which runs from October 2024 to June 2025. In response to requests/preferences brought forward by Sangha members, for the upcoming year we will alternate having guest teachers give dharma talks and then a community-led practice session the following month.
APRIL
Theme: Three Fold Training: #2 Samadhi
Guest Teacher: Kristina Bare
When: April 19, 2025, 9:00 am to noon
Where: Hybrid: in-person @ Belgravia Community League (BCL) Upper Hall
Or by Zoom, click here
MAY
Theme: Exploring Samadhi in practice
Community-led Practice
When: May 17, 2025, 9:00 am to noon
Where: In-person @ Belgravia Community League (BCL) Upper Hall
JUNE
Theme: Three Fold Training #3 Panna
Guest Teacher: Kristina Bare
When: June 21, 2025, 9:00 am to noon
Where: Hybrid: in-person @ Belgravia Community League (BCL) Upper Hall
Or by Zoom, click here
EIM has approved a trial of community-led practice sessions on the first Saturday of April, May and June, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. These sessions will be held in person in the lower hall at Belgravia Community Centre.
Community-led meditation practice
When: April 5, 2025, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: In-person in lower hall @ Belgravia Community League (BCL)
Community-led meditation practice
When: May 3, 2025, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: In-person in lower hall @ Belgravia Community League (BCL)
Community-led meditation practice
When: June 3, 2025, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: In-person in lower hall @ Belgravia Community League (BCL)
PAST GROUP SITS
MARCH 2025
Theme: Exploring Sila in our daily lives
Community-led Practice
FEBRUARY 2025
Theme: Three Fold Training : #1. Sila
Guest Teacher: Kristina Bare
JANUARY 2025
Theme: Contemplations on Equanimity
Community-led Practice with local guest teacher, Kat Boehm
DECEMBER 2024
Theme: Mudita (appreciative joy)
Guest Teacher: Ayya Ahimsa
NOVEMBER 2024
Theme: Community-led Metta practices
OCTOBER 2024
Theme: Metta as a complete path of Dharma practice
Guest teacher: Richard Shankman
AUGUST 2024
Theme: Meditation practice and talk led by Mathew
JULY 2024
Theme: Mindfulness in the Four Postures led by Liam
JUNE 2024
Theme: Morning meditation practice with sangha led by EIM co-hosts
APRIL 2024
Theme: Samadhi
Guest teacher: Richard Shankman
MARCH 2024
Theme: Extended meditation practice led by EIM co-hosts
FEBRUARY 2024
Theme: Growing ones' capacity for self-compassion & compassion for others
Guest teacher: Robert Beatty
JANUARY 2024
Theme: Mindfulness of dhammas (universal mental patterns leading to suffering & ending of suffering)
Guest teacher: Kristina Bare
DECEMBER 2023
Meditation practice session led by EIM co-hosts
NOVEMBER 2023
Theme: Mindfulness of the Feeling Tones and Mind States
Guest teacher: Kristina Bare
OCTOBER 2023
Theme: Four foundations of mindfulness series; Mindfulness of the Body
Guest teacher: Kristina Bare