Nirodha Sangha just around the corner!
Hello dear friends,
We are just a couple of weeks away from the first meeting of Nirodha Sangha, a new community for meditation, mindfulness, and other spiritual practices. This is an open group, anyone from any background is welcome to join. It meets online via Zoom and in person in Montreal. You don’t need to know anything about meditation to join, you don’t need to believe or not believe anything, this is an open space for people who just want life to suck a little less.
Our first 3 meetings will be:
Thursday, May 18th
Thursday June 22nd
Thursday July 13th
Meeting information is as follows:
7:30-9 pm Eastern Time
Via Zoom Link (to be sent out at the Nirodha Sangha page)
and in person at Yoga Et Massage Pourvous
Nirodha Sangha will operate primarily by donation (though we will occasionally do paid events as well), or as it’s known in Buddhism: Dana. We want everyone to be able to attend regardless of financial means. That means some people will donate more, and others less, and that’s all perfect. Donations are very welcome, but certainly not necessary. If you’d like to begin donating you can sign up and do so through the following links:
Or if you’d like to donate a random amount or make a one-time donation you can Donate via Paypal
And if you can’t donate at this time, no problem at all. Please join us anyway, your presence is infinitely more valuable than money.
Meetings will be an hour and a half long and the format will go something like this:
Opening/check-in
Walking Meditation
Seated stretching to prepare for meditation
Breathing exercises
Silent Meditation
Speaker
Discussion
Closing/announcements
We’re really looking forward to getting started!! In the meantime, head over to Nirodha Sangha, sign up, and introduce yourself in the intro thread by saying your name, and something you’re grateful for!
On a Zen of Chen note- I am slowing down posting here to focus on Nirodha Sangha. Paid subscriptions will still be available here, but for now, all content is free to anyone who wants it. If you’d like to keep your paid substack subscription-thank you very much! I will still post occasionally, but most content will be at Nirodha Sangha. If you’d like to pause your paid subscription there should be links via substack you can follow. Thank you again for all of your support over the years!
High-fives and bowing,
M