Looking for a Kalyana Mitta group near you?
Below you will find information on groups that are just forming and/ or looking for new members. If you do not see your area or interest listed below, contact our Kalyana Mitta volunteers at KalyanaMitta@Spiritrock.org for advice and guidance in starting a group.
Fremont/Newark/Union City
Group Meditation and Study circle to practice, support, inspire and read Buddhist teachings in Suttas and books selected by common agreement. Meets weekly on Friday evenings. For people with some Vipassana meditation experience who have a daily practice or intent to form one. Peer facilitation. Format: Vegetarian dinner offered twice a month, Chanting 30 mins(optional), Sit for 30 minutes; Reading, check-ins about practice and circle of sharing and growing in the reading.The intention is to meet for about six months and then evaluate. For more information, please contact Aditie - email: aditie.panda@gmail.com
Vacaville
This new Kalyana Mitta group meets on the 1st, 3rd and sometimes 5th Sunday of the month from 3 to 5pm at Yoga Core Fit, 187 Butcher Road, Vacaville, CA and is committed to nurturing the practice of beginners to vipassana meditation (Aren't we all beginners?) as well as enriching the practice for those more experienced with the dharma. There are periods of sitting and walking meditation with time for dharma discussion and sharing. For more information or interest in attending the group, please contact Tina Clay at karmakid1@yahoo.com.
Kentfield
LGBT group Sundays from 10am-12pm in my home. During our meetings we will have a 20-30 minute peer led meditation, a check-in and a Dharma centered reading agreed upon by the group. There will also be an option to share food, socialize and get to know one another as a small spiritual community. Please email Cynthia at marintransitions@sbcglobal.net for the address as well as any questions you may have. Thanks for your interest!
Rhode Island
Kalyana Mitta Book Group on Thursday Evenings . 6:00-7:00pm (every other week) beginning April 27, 2022 at the East Greenwich Free Library, 82 Peirce Street, East Greenwich, RI. The goal of this study group is to provide a setting for the exploration of mindfulness meditation topics and for the deepening development of mindfulness as a way of being in the world with wisdom and compassion. The one-hour Thursday evening meetings will include short meditation exercises and a facilitated discussion of selected texts. Ideally, before and after the session there will also be an opportunity to share tea, socialize and get to know one another as a small, spiritual community. No meditation experience needed; however, a commitment to reading the texts and attending the meetings is a significant factor in the group's success. Kalyana Mitta Book Group supports and supplements the Still Together Mindfulness Meditation Group, which meets in-person at Warwick Center for the Arts, 3259 Post Road, Warwick, RI, and virtually, on Mondays 6:30-7:30pm. Contact: meditateforwellbeing@gmail.com
International
SPAIN: VITORIA-GASTEIZ: We meet two Thursdays a month (in Spanish), in the beginning online because of the COVID-19, but soon we´ll meet in a place in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the North of Spain. The aim of the group is to support each person into the practice of meditation and the knowledge of the Dharma, in addition to the development of the Mindfulness. We believe that the group can be a very important help for each one of the members, and a good place to feel the interconnection. We´re going to start with Tara Brach´s book "Radical Acceptance." Please contact Álvaro Ruiz de Ocenda ruizdeocenda@gmail.com for more information.