Saturday morning monthly group sits
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Edmonton Insight Meditation (EIM) meets the third Saturday morning of every month 9am to Noon (Mountain), to practice meditation, study the dharma and participate in group discussions and Q & A sessions. These monthly mini retreats, offered in person and on Zoom (unless otherwise noted), are led by senior Insight Meditation guest teachers or by the community. They are suitable for all levels of meditators from experienced to beginners. No registration is required. Everyone is welcome!
EIM Saturday Sits are on hiatus for the summer. Regular EIM Saturday Sits will resume in the fall on the third Saturday of the month, starting October 18th, 2025.
EIM will have one outdoor community-led Saturday sit during our summer hiatus.
Theme: Exploring four postures for meditation
When: July 19, 2025, 10:00 am to noon
Where: Belgravia Community Centre Park (southeast corner 115 St & 73 Ave). Please bring your own cushion, bench, groundsheet, and/or whatever you need for this outdoor meditation practice.
PAST GROUP SITS
JUNE 2025
Theme: Three Fold Training #3 Panna
Guest Teacher: Kristina Bare
MAY 2025
Theme: Exploring Samadhi in practice
Community-led Practice
APRIL 2025
Theme: Three Fold Training : #2 Samadhi
Guest Teacher: Kristina Bare
MARCH 2025
Theme: Exploring Sila in our daily lives
Community-led Practice
FEBRUARY 2025
Theme: Three Fold Training : #1 Sila
Guest Teacher: Kristina Bare
JANUARY 2025
Theme: Contemplations on Equanimity
Community-led Practice with local guest teacher, Kat Boehm
DECEMBER 2024
Theme: Mudita (appreciative joy)
Guest Teacher: Ayya Ahimsa
NOVEMBER 2024
Theme: Community-led Metta practices
OCTOBER 2024
Theme: Metta as a complete path of Dharma practice
Guest teacher: Richard Shankman
AUGUST 2024
Theme: Meditation practice and talk led by Mathew
JULY 2024
Theme: Mindfulness in the Four Postures led by Liam
JUNE 2024
Theme: Morning meditation practice with sangha led by EIM co-hosts
APRIL 2024
Theme: Samadhi
Guest teacher: Richard Shankman
MARCH 2024
Theme: Extended meditation practice led by EIM co-hosts
FEBRUARY 2024
Theme: Growing ones' capacity for self-compassion & compassion for others
Guest teacher: Robert Beatty
JANUARY 2024
Theme: Mindfulness of dhammas (universal mental patterns leading to suffering & ending of suffering)
Guest teacher: Kristina Bare
DECEMBER 2023
Meditation practice session led by EIM co-hosts
NOVEMBER 2023
Theme: Mindfulness of the Feeling Tones and Mind States
Guest teacher: Kristina Bare
OCTOBER 2023
Theme: Four foundations of mindfulness series; Mindfulness of the Body
Guest teacher: Kristina Bare