Annual Summer Insight Meditation Silent Retreat

Time in retreat allows us to step out of the complexity of our life, to listen deeply to our body, heart and mind. A retreat provides an opportunity and a caring container, deepening our meditation practice. The mindfulness practice on retreats is ofte... Read more

Unwinding Anxiety: Mindfulness-Based Habit Change

This class series offers CE’s and offers a smart phone app as optional reference material.  For the NY Times Article: A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle featuring Judson Brewer, MD (creator of Mindfulness-Based Habit Change) click here... Read more

Mindful Eating: Mindfulness-Based Habit Change

This class series offers CE’s and offers a smart phone app as optional reference material.  This program is an invitation to foster greater present moment awareness in everyday life through the lens of mindful eating. We will explore common everyday st... Read more

Deepening Mindful Self-Compassion (Prerequisite: MSC)

NOTE: this class started on Jan 18, to join starting class 2 on Jan 25: click register to the left and email wendysschmelzer@gmail.com for any makeup work. Prerequisite: MSC, SC-MSC, Core Skills, or Fierce Self-Compassion. Welcome back to Mindful Self... Read more

Living Dharma: The 4 Noble Truths

In the Living Dharma class series, we study the traditional Buddhist teachings from the Insight meditation tradition and learn how to apply them to daily life for greater ease, clarity, and well being.  The focus for this class will be how we can apply... Read more

Practicing Mindfulness with Kindness and Compassion

This three-class drop-in series will offer an opportunity to strengthen both the wisdom and the compassion wings of meditative practice. We will explore mindfulness meditation, alongside the heart practice of compassion. Both practices support a more nu... Read more