by Sharon Wright | Sep 11, 2024 | Retreats
Taught by Andy Quinn
The Lakeland Insight Meditation Group invites you to a one-day retreat taught at Bok Tower Gardens on Saturday, September 28, 9am to 4:30pm. Your $50 donation to LIMG includes retreat teaching, lunch provided by LIMG Sangha members , and Bok Tower Gardens admission. Financial assistance is available.
To register, please contact Leah McCormick at leahretreat2024@gmail.com or 863-397-0362.
Participants can pay this way
by Sharon Wright | Sep 2, 2024 | Classes
Join Lezlie Laws as she facilitates LifeArt Book Group conversations on books that “cultivate the conditions, skills, and attitudes that support artful, passionate, and purposeful living and creating.”
In collaboration with The Yoga Shala and Orlando Insight Meditation Group, the first book of the fall will be Thich Nhat Hanh’s lovely little book Our Appointment with Life: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone (available on Amazon).
Date: September 29, 2024, 1:45-3:45pm
Location: The Yoga Shala 40 Circle Drive #4, Maitland, FL 32751
Participation is free, but registration required as space is limited. Contact Lezlie at Lezlielaws@gmail.com to reserve your space.
by Sharon Wright | Apr 9, 2024 | Retreats
The next week-long residential retreat is planned for March, 2025. Registration will open a few months prior. Thank you.
by Sharon Wright | Dec 14, 2023 | Classes
TOPIC: The choice for the book to read, contemplate and discuss is entitled “The Buddhist Path to Simplicity—Spiritual Practice for Everyday Life” by Christina Feldman. It is not organized to describe concepts and practices specifically but has 11 chapters for contemplation. Some of the chapter titles are “Simplicity”, “Integrity”, “Emotion”, and “Awakening”. The author’s work is insightful and inspirational, and I believe the study group practice and discussion process will benefit from this book.
The Orlando Insight Meditation Group’s teacher, Peter Carlson, has been facilitating Intensive Study Groups for several years with the following format:
- Eight meetings, 90 minutes each
- Seminar format-Peter has individual interview with each member followed by a brief question and answer as time permits
- Each group will begin when there are at least seven committed participants. Target date is the weekend of October 5-6. Please respond asap.
- Participants commit to meditate for 45 minutes daily (or working toward it). There will be no meditation during the meetings in order to maximize the opportunities to talk about the topics.
- Meetings are held via Zoom
- Two groups-Saturday from 3pm-4:30pm and Sunday from 3pm-4:30pm (If number of participants warrants two groups. Please designate which day or days you can participate. Please understand the group you are assigned may be designated based on numbers between the groups. It is helpful if you can accept either day. If there are not enough participants, one day will be designated.)
- Voluntary donation of $160 to the Orlando Insight Meditation Group via check or PayPal; the funds are used to support scholarships and to keep costs low for annual one-week residential retreats.The teacher takes no fee. If this amount is not workable for your budget, a lesser amount is acceptable. Donations should be made using the donate button to the right. Checks can be made out to Orlando Insight Meditation Group and sent to Peter Carlson at 1818 Carrigan Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789.
This is not group therapy, but because it is intended to be about how one lives, not philosophy, it is requested that what is discussed in the meetings remain confidential.
For more information and/or to sign up, please email Peter. Please indicate your phone number so that Peter can contact you in case a meeting has to be cancelled. Also indicate your preferred day.
Please respond as soon as possible. The target start date to begin is October 5-6. It is understood that there may be times when your schedule requires you to miss a meeting, so don’t let that prevent you from committing. Once the start dates are finalized, an email will be provided describing the sequence of readings in the book recommended during the eight weeks.
by Sharon Wright | Jul 24, 2023 | Classes
In addition to our weekly Sangha, we invite you to join the monthly LifeArt Meditation Group, offered on the second Tuesday of every month from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
In these sessions we explore the habits of the mind and the structures of living that allow us to live with more presence, more clarity about what matters, and more capacity for being of benefit.
Meeting format:
- A short talk on developing skillful means for maintaining a satisfying meditation practice. The emphasis here is on how to address all manner of hindrances that damage our motivation or hobble our mental capacities to remain concentrated and focused.
- A 20-minute guided meditation designed to help you put into play the ideas addressed in the talk.
- A Q&A session to gain clarity and insight about the practice.
When: Second Tuesday of the month from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: Zoom Meeting ID 867 2496 7080; Passcode:622152
Click here to join the zoom meeting.
Teacher: Lezlie Laws. Click here to contact Lezlie.