Thursday Evening Meditation & Talk: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness and the four areas of experience where he suggested we focus our mindful awareness. They include mindfulness of the body, of feeling tones, of the heart and mind, as well as mindfulness of the ways in which… Continue reading
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Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
The body scan is a powerful meditation for increasing our awareness of the body, and it became an important part of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), the mindfulness program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn to help those with cancer and chronic pain at the University of Massachusetts General Hospital. You can find out more about his… Continue reading
Quote for the Week
If you think of your body as a musical instrument, the body scan is a way of tuning it. If you think of it as a universe, the body scan is a way to come to know it. If you think of your body as a house, the body scan is a way to throw… Continue reading
IMMC Picnic and 20th Anniversary Celebration August 29th
There will be a picnic for the meditation group at Leslie Groves Park in Richland on Saturday, August 29, from 11:30 am – 2:30 pm. We plan to meet in Picnic Shelter #1, near the Park Avenue entrance. That’s the shelter closest to the volleyball court and the river. We will provide: Table cloths, utensils… Continue reading
Tri-Cities Cancer Center Meditation Support Group Meets August 20th
We’ll continue our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center in May. The Cancer Center is located at 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick and the next meeting will be Thursday,8/20/2026. The sessions, which are held on the third Thursday of each month, are meant for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their caregivers. The session will begin at 12:00 pm at… Continue reading
Meditation and Talk on Friday, August 14, 2026
Chris Murray will lead a meditation and give a talk on the evening of Friday, August 14, 2026, from 7:00 pm till 8:30 pm. The topic for the talk is “Flourishing in Turbulent Times”, looking at ways to increase our resilience in challenging times. You can find more information on the topic in the description… Continue reading
Sangha News 8/12/26
Thursday Evening Meditation & Talk: Over the next couple of months we’ll explore the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness and the four areas of experience where he suggested we focus our mindful awareness. They include mindfulness of the body, of feeling tones, of the heart and mind, as well as mindfulness of the ways in which… Continue reading
Updated Resources for Meditation and Support
Cortland Dahl and Richard Davidson are well known scientific researchers at the University of Wisconsin. Both are also longtime practitioners of Buddhist meditation, and Cortland Dahl is a meditation teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. They developed a framework for wellbeing based on the research results that they and others have developed in the last… Continue reading
Quote for the Week
Strong empirical evidence across various disciplines—from cognitive and affective neuroscience to clinical psychology, well-being research, and positive psychology—suggested that awareness, connection, insight, and purpose are vital components of human flourishing. The world’s meditative traditions added the unique perspective that these four qualities are not simply dimensions of flourishing but also skills we can learn and… Continue reading
Meditation Retreat on Saturday, August 15, 2026
Chris Murray will lead an Insight Meditation retreat on Saturday, August 15, 2026, from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. Registration is now open for the retreat. To register for the retreat, please send an email to the following email address: registrar@insightmeditationmc.org. The retreat will be conducted at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue, Richland,… Continue reading