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The Meditation Program
The foundation of our meditation program is Insight Meditation (Vipassana). It is a simple and direct practice: the moment-to-moment investigation of the mind/body process through calm, focused awareness. It allows us to experience sensations, emotions, thoughts and consciousness with greater clarity and balance.
This clarity frees our mind from conditioned patterns of self-centeredness, negativity and confusion; it opens our heart to deeper wisdom and compassion. This process of opening, non-judgmentally and compassionately to ourselves, moves from the sitting period to the whole of our lives. We begin to know each moment as practice for our growth toward wholeness and harmony. We balance insight practice with lovingkindness and a deepening awareness of our true nature, which is eternal and present now. Although the practices are derived from Buddhist teachings, no special religious beliefs are necessary; we perform no religious rituals.
The meditation practices are suitable for
those of any or no religion. In classes and retreat, we also work with
other forms of meditation that nurture non-dual awareness and open the
heart.