led by our Lay Sangha

Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 8:00pm, Pacific Time
in person at the center

No session on October 30. You are invited to attend The Science of Happiness: Cultivating Positive Emotions with Don Handrick.
No session on November 27 (Thanksgiving holiday).

On Wednesdays, September 18 to November 6, the drop-in meditations will focus on The 16 Guidelines. The 16 Guidelines Meditation Series is based on the 16 Guidelines for Life, an ethics and resilience program to build inner strength and cultivate positive inner qualities.

Program Category: Meditation

Our Wednesday Drop-In Guided Meditation sessions provide an ideal environment for new students to learn how to meditate, and for seasoned meditators to deepen their practice.

We use meditation to work with our minds and to cultivate the potential of the mind to experience more happiness. Both neuroscience and medical research have studied the effects of meditation and discovered many benefits of this practice. These include stress reduction, lower blood pressure, increased attention, less anger, greater positive mental states, and an increase in our capacity for peace and happiness.
Beyond that, meditation is an essential part of our spiritual practice if we are wanting to attain spiritual realizations.

No prior experience meditation is required.

Rosemary Berwald has been seriously meditating for many years. She has attended the Discovering Buddhism classes at our center as well as some of the Basic Program modules.

Casey Chainee began meditating at the age of 15 when she was initiated into a meditation technique by her teacher. She has been meditating ever since. For about 10 years, she taught mindfulness meditation in the Campbell area. She's also an energy healer, writer, and mindfulness mentor.

In addition to completing the Discovering Buddhism course at OCBC, she has also taken some Basic Program courses. She continues to study and retreat with several Buddhist teachers and organizations.

Ania is a dedicated dharma practitioner, inspired by Insight/Theravada tradition and the Spirit Rock Center. She has been teaching mindfulness and meditation at a local outpatient recovery treatment center since 2010. Currently Ania is a second-year student of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, a two-year training program taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach to teach mindfulness and meditation.