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Other Zoom Meditations

If none of the times from the Zoom Meditation & Discussion Meetings work for you, any of the meetings below, including the "Teacher talks", can substitute for one (but only one) of the six weekly formal practices assigned for any given "week". All these meetings are open to anyone and most are free.

Drop-in Meditations

Mon-Fri, every hour of every weekday (24 hrs!), 30-min meditation/discussion
"Meditate Together" Meditation and Discussion - Mindful Leader
Mindful Leader created Meditate Together as a response to the pandemic and it has been so popular that they are continuing their sessions providing live & online meditation and reflection groups, one beginning every hour of every weekday, 24 hours a day. These are 30-minute sessions including a 15-minute meditation and 15-minute discussion/reflection.

Mon 2:30pm, Tues 11:45am, Weds 12:15pm (US Pacific)
Community Mindfulness Sessions - UMass Memorial
[ From Mindfulness and Health Institute] : "Community Mindfulness Sessions Are Free and Available Live Online. They are for: those who have completed a mindfulness program and wish to continue practicing in community, those who would like more information about mindfulness practices, and/or those for who are looking forward to taking a mindfulness program. "

Mon 4:00pm, Thurs 9:10pm , including a Spanish session Tues 4:00pm (US Pacific)
Global Online Meditation Community - UMass Memorial
[ From UMass ] : "The Center for Mindfulness Online Community Meditation is offered at no charge, but you will need to register. These sessions have been established to support worldwide graduates of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) or Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programs and those with an interest in mindfulness meditation. Join us for a guided meditation, reflection, and discussion."

Daily, various times
Drop-in Meditations - Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW)
This is the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW) Calendar. Some of the drop-in meditations are listed as "Classes", but most include a meditation and discussion and are open to anyone. Some of these may revert back to in-person meetings, but for now almost all of them are on-line via zoom.

Weds & Sun 5:00am, Daily 7:00am and 4:00pm (US Pacific)
MSC Circles of Practice - Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
[ From MSC ] : "These 45-minute sessions will be led by senior MSC teachers and be comprised of a short opening talk, a guided meditation of about 20-25 minutes (with "light" guidance) and then a time at the end for unmuting for brief comments and time to wave goodbye." NOTE: Registration is for each session separately and should be done beforehand as number of participants is limited.

Thursdays, 9:15-9:45am (US Pacific)
"Worldwide Online Sit" - East Coast Mindfulness
[ From their web page ] : "The Worldwide Online Sit" is a weekly gathering offered free of charge to all who have completed an MBSR or MBCT course, or who already have an established mindfulness practice."

Teacher Talks / Meditations (open to anyone)

Wednesdays 4:30pm (US Pacific)
Meditation and Talk - Tara Brach
Tara Brach’s weekly Wednesday night talk has always been free and available by video, but she is now live-streaming it and all are welcome. The live-stream includes the 30-minute meditation Tara guides which precedes her hour-long talk. The link above takes you to a calendar that gives the times and links for joining Tara’s live Wednesday night meetings, as well as other free live-streamed offerings. Tara’s talks are the ones listed as “7:30pm (U.S. Eastern) Drop-in Class LIVESTREAMED, Bethesda".

Wednesdays 6:00 - 7:30pm (US Pacific)
Wednesday Meditations - Dr. Rick Hanson
[ From Rick's web page ] : "Much research has shown that meditation is one of the very best ways to cultivate the brain states of self-awareness, calm and inner peace, lovingkindness, mindfulness, and happiness – as well as strengthen the immune system and nurture other health benefits. Join Dr. Rick Hanson for a live-streamed weekly meditation, talk, and discussion." (See also recordings of RIck's previous meditations.)

Thursdays 7:30pm (US Pacific)
"Awakening Joy" Meditation & Talk - James Baraz
James teaches in Berkeley, California, and is the author of "Awakening Joy" and creator of the "Awakening Joy" course. He is also a co-founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and is a Guiding Teacher for One Earth Sangha, a website devoted to expressing a Buddhist response to Climate Change.

Community does not necessarily mean living face-to-face with others; rather, it means never losing the awareness that we are connected to each other.
     - Parker Palmer

You are whole and also part of larger and larger circles of wholeness you may not even know about.

You are never alone.
And you already belong.
You belong to humanity.
You belong to life.
You belong to this moment, this breath.
     - Jon Kabat-Zinn

When all that we understand of self and world comes together in the center place called heart, we are more likely to find the courage to act humanely on what we know.
     - Parker Palmer

In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed by the realization that I loved all those people . . . even though we were total strangers. It was like waking from a dream of separateness.
     - Thomas Merton

You are not a drop in the ocean,
You are the entire ocean in a drop.
     - Rumi

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.
     - Martin Luther King

I would say that there exist a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our changes are one. The farthest star and the mud at our feet are family; and there is no decency or sense in honoring one thing, or a few things, and then closing the list. The pine tree, the leopard, the Platte River, and ourselves – we are at risk together, or we are on our way to a sustainable world together. We are each other’s destiny.
     - Mary Oliver

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Community does not necessarily mean living face-to-face with others; rather, it means never losing the awareness that we are connected to each other.
     - Parker Palmer

You are whole and also part of larger and larger circles of wholeness you may not even know about.

You are never alone.
And you already belong.
You belong to humanity.
You belong to life.
You belong to this moment, this breath.
     - Jon Kabat-Zinn

When all that we understand of self and world comes together in the center place called heart, we are more likely to find the courage to act humanely on what we know.
     - Parker Palmer

In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed by the realization that I loved all those people . . . even though we were total strangers. It was like waking from a dream of separateness.
     - Thomas Merton

You are not a drop in the ocean,
You are the entire ocean in a drop.
     - Rumi

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.
     - Martin Luther King

I would say that there exist a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our changes are one. The farthest star and the mud at our feet are family; and there is no decency or sense in honoring one thing, or a few things, and then closing the list. The pine tree, the leopard, the Platte River, and ourselves – we are at risk together, or we are on our way to a sustainable world together. We are each other’s destiny.
     - Mary Oliver

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