Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community

 

Thoughts for the Journey ...



Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.
It isn't more complicated than that.
It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is,
without either clinging to it or rejecting it.

Sylvia Boorstein

 
 

We are a community of beginning and experienced meditation practitioners in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, who find support in sharing our meditation practice. Group meditation is one way to nurture our own practice and also our community, and we welcome you to share this mutual support in our sitting groups in the City of Saskatoon.


There are numerous resources and opportunities available in our area to deepen your meditation practice. We hope that this site will assist you in exploring and deepening your interests in Buddhism and Insight Meditation. 

 

Welcome!

This Site Last Updated January 12, 2012

Important Dates:



  1. BulletJanuary 9, 2012 (start date) Being Bodies: Making Peace With Our Bodies, Food and Through Meditation, Mondays, 7:15 pm-8:45 pm. Jennifer Keane repeats a session at Refinery. See Instruction page for details. 

  2. BulletJanuary 10, 2012 (start date) Open Mind Wise Heart: Mindfulness Meditation in Practice, Tuesdays, 7:15 pm-8:45 pm. Jennifer Keane repeats a session at Refinery. See Instruction page for details.

  3. BulletJanuary 15, 16 Zen Writing Practice with Kuya Minougue hosted by 10th Street Zendo and the Saskatoon Community of Mindful Living see Other Events for details.

  4. BulletJanuary 22, 11 AM to 5 PM, Day of Lovingkindness. Lovingkindness practice nurtures friendliness towards ourselves and others. It cultivates a relationship of compassion which can shift how we move in our everyday lives, & with the world. Beginning & experienced practitioners welcome. Jeanne Corrigal will lead this day at Hot Yoga on 20th. For details, please download poster.pdf.

  5. BulletFebruary 19, 2012, 10 AM to 3 PM, Day of Mindfulness.  Please come to our Day of Mindfulness, February 19 from 10:00 to 3:00. In this traditional Mindfulness, or Insight  Meditation, day long retreat, the emphasis will be on deepening into the silence that allows for the awakening of the heart. There will be instructions in mindfulness of sitting and walking and eating;  of the body, the breath,  emotions, and thinking.  This will be a day of rest and renewal. We will be meeting as usual at 716 Queen Street at 10:00 Sunday, February 19, and all are welcome to stay for the day. There is no fee for this retreat.  It is an opportunity to practice dana or generosity. Please bring lunch.  For more information, please contact Jennifer at jennifer.keane@sasktel.net.

  6. BulletFebruary 23, 2012 (start date) Insight Meditation: The Body-Mind-Heart Connection Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm.  Jeanne Corrigal offers this 8 session course.  See Instruction page for details.

  7. BulletMarch 23-25, 2012, The Eight Fold Path to Freedom.  Non-residential retreat (with option to stay at Queen’s House) with Adrianne Ross. See SIMC events page for details.

  8. BulletSeptember 14-16, 2012, Heather Martin Weekend Retreat at Queen’s House in Saskatoon. Further details to follow, on this site. Heather Martin has been meditating since 1972, and practicing Vipassana since 1981. Beginning with S.N. Goenka, she has since been influenced by both Thai and Burmese streams of the Theravada tradition – most recently by Burmese Sayadaw U Tejaniya, and by Tibetan Dzogchen with Tsoknyi Rinpoche. She makes her living by teaching the dharma mostly up and down the West Coast of the US, and the islands of British Columbia. She is the guiding teacher for the Salt Spring Vipassana Community, the Victoria Vipassana community and the sanghas in Bellingham, WA and on Samish Island, WA. She worked for 20 years as a midwife, and has lived on Salt Spring Island, B.C. for 33 years. Her approach is encouraging, accessible and practical.

  9. BulletMarch 2013. Retreat planned for Queens’ House. Further details to follow, on this site.

  10. BulletAugust/September 2013. Retreat planned for Queens’ House. Further details to follow, on this site.