Let's meditate together! In these practice periods, there will be guided meditation periods of 30-45 minutes, instruction on walking meditation and continuity of mindfulness, and opportunities for dharma discussion. Join us if you've got an established practice and want some structure around an extended practice period; if you're new to practice and want some introductory meditation instruction; or if you're thinking about going on a silent mindfulness meditation retreat and want to get a sense of what it would be like. The topic for each day will emerge from the questions that participants bring, or else from whatever is up for me.
We'll meet on Zoom; you'll get a link in your confirmation email and a reminder the day before the event. Upcoming events are on Sept 8, Oct 27, Nov 17, and Dec 22.
About the registration fee: I set the base fee to a substantial amount. This fee includes teacher support as well as covering admin costs. I need to know that a reasonable number of people are interested in these events if I'm going to go ahead and offer them, so having people sign up in advance is helpful for me: the fee is a symbol of your intent to show up. That being said, I don't actually care how much any individual contributes, or whether that contribution comes in through eventbrite or not. You can always email rachel@bcims.org for no-fee registration for any reason.
Rachel Lewis began practicing insight meditation in 2003, while completing her physics PhD at Yale. Since 2011, she has taught dharma and meditation classes and retreats in British Columbia and beyond. She completed the IMS/IRC 4-year teacher training in 2021, and is a guiding teacher of the British Columbia Insight Meditation Society. Her dharma teaching interests include the power of music, humour, and creativity to increase our capacity for learning, as well as the way that practice supports and is supported by social justice work. See other upcoming events at http://rachelmeditates.ca/
With heartfelt gratitude, I acknowledge that I live and work in what is now known as Vancouver, BC, the beautiful, traditional, and unceded lands of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, who live on and have stewarded this land for thousands of years. A portion of the registration fees from this event go to supporting survivors of residential schools.
