The Enneagram - a Tool for Mindfulness and Insight Most of us come to a meditation practice out of a longing to free ourselves from the repeated experience of being caught in familiar, often painful, emotional experiences within ourselves or in our relationships. We may meditate for hours, days, even years, become more and more aware of these difficult patterns and increasingly long to be free of them. But, at some point, it may seem like we’ve hit a wall, where sitting in individual meditation practice just doesn’t seem enough to penetrate through these more difficult blind spots. We may reach a stage where it’s hard to really see and recognize what’s happening by just continuing to sit with it. The Enneagram is a tool that can help when we encounter these more difficult blind spots.... October 29, 2020By Rob Creekmore, Sarah Keely event
Welcome in the New Year with IMCW's New Online Weeklong Retreat (Space Available) with Tara Brach, Jonathan Foust, La Sarmiento, Anam Thubten Rinpoche, and Kate Johnson -- This year has been tough on all of us. The pandemic has affected everything in our lives – our work, our routines, our health, and our families. Wouldn’t it be good to have a space where we can go to breathe again – to feel quiet and spacious and free? That will allow us to feel all that is in the moment – both the grief and the small joys? That is what IMCW has created for our 2020 New Year’s Retreat. The end of the year is a perfect time to reflect and to breathe and to prepare for the coming year. Tara Brach tells us: The purpose of a retreat is to follow a formal rhythm of practice that allows you to center yourself, tend your body, quiet your mind, see the present circumstances with clarity and freedom, and open your heart.... October 23, 2020By Editor announcement, event, ResidentialRetreats
Calling Into The Circle: IMCW POC Sangha This Monday, June 1st, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm EST, our beloved Ayesha Ali will be holding space for People of Color only, for the expression of rage, grief, fear, and resilience that will support the heartbreaking losses that so many of us feel. There will be no guided meditation, and instead we will offer space to hold and honor the tears and cries and words that arise.... May 31, 2020By La Sarmiento Diversity, event, SocialJustice
Engaged Mindfulness: Families Prepare and Serve a Meal at a Rockville Shelter The IMCW family program is happy to offer families an opportunity for engaged mindfulness. Join us on February 2 to provide a delicious, nutritious dinner (plus breakfast for the next day) to the women at the Interfaith Works Shelter in Rockville.... January 9, 2020By Jennifer Jordan announcement, EngagedBuddhism, event
You are invited to a mindful New Year's Eve We are holding a first-ever New Year’s Eve event with the sangha at the Center for Mindful Living (CML) to complete the year 2019 and mindfully bring in 2020 together. There will be a room for mindful connection and a room just for silence. It is fine to stop by for a bit or stay the whole evening.... December 24, 2019By Editor announcement, event