Join (Rev.) Andrew Blake and Sarana Institute for our online meditation study series designed to strengthen your meditation practice and help you integrate the impacts of mindfulness and meditation into your daily life.

Practicing Dharma is a path of discovering wisdom and compassion or transformative actions. To get there, we sit and meditate weekly together.

Meditation practice is built on a foundation of skillful methods of insight and feeds the development of compassion to meet suffering and transform our life into meaning and joy.

What to Expect

Class begins at 7 pm ET on Tuesdays with a dharma talk, followed by a sitting practice, a walking meditation, and then a contemplation based on each week’s theme. Class ends with a discussion and council practice, where we share from the heart and our experiences. We end at 9 pm. This class is suitable for any practice level and best suited for those wishing to deepen their Buddhist-informed practices and understanding.

Description of our Upcoming Series

Spring Meditation Series: "Thank you for Your Practice"

Our world needs calmness and stability to navigate its storms; wisdom and insight to recognize when we get off course and caught in unhealthy states; and compassion and self-kindness to steer our boats peacefully to inner shores.

At the end of sitting meditation, I always say, "Thank you for your practice." I say this because our practice is a gift - not only for ourselves but for the world. Yet for our practice to evolve, for us to transform inner patterns that lead to suffering, and for us to develop the compassion needed to face external challenges with greater wisdom, we must each ask ourselves: "What is my practice?"

In this series, we will focus on strengthening our meditation skills through:

• Shorter dharma talks and longer practice periods

• Experiencing a variety of meditation techniques

• Creating space to explore and deepen your personal practice

• Reimagining what your meditation practice could be

You may discover you need to change your routine, commit to a specific sitting practice, or deepen your self-reflection and study of the Dharma.

Over this 9-week journey, we will support each other's evolving practice with encouragement, energy, and discipline-emphasizing effort, clear intention, and commitment. The series includes an optional 21-40 day practice vow, where you'll set a course toward your vision and aspirations for meditation.

Please join Rev. Andrew and our Tuesday Night Sangha, where together we can spark our inner curiosity about mindful living and support our mutual awakening.

This course is open to all levels of meditation practice and those interested in integrating Buddhist approaches and teachings into their lives and healing. If you are new to meditation, please don't hesitate to contact us before registration.

Other Details

• Tuesday Evenings from 7 - 9 pm ET on Zoom

• Starts April 29th for 9 Weeks

Registration Fee

There are a few options for registering:

• Base Fee: $250

• Supportive Fee: $300 for those who can contribute more

• PWYC Fee: Any amount that you can contribute

*as a spiritual gift, the dharma is not a commodity bought and sold. Our registration fees go to support Rev. Andrew and the work at Sarana Institute. If the suggested fee is challenging, pay an amount that works within your finances. Everyone is welcome in our sangha, and finances must never be a reason not to join us.