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Sitting Groups

Online Sitting Group

Daily Sit with Rachel

Online, 7:00-7:30am

Meeting Frequency: Daily
Join Rachel directly via the Zoom link below.

Rachel Lewis
Rachel Lewis
Online Sitting Group

North Shore - Mondays

Online, 7:30-9:00pm

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Mondays
Email Patti Wall for details.

In-person Sitting Group (Duncan)

Duncan - Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

We sit Tuesday from 6:30 - 8 p.m. and Wednesday from noon - 2 p.m.
Our group also also does periodic residential retreats.
Email Judith Green for details.

In-person Sitting Group (Vancouver)

Evening Sit with Karen Lawrie - Tuesdays

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Tuesdays

Email Karen Lawrie for details.

Karen Lawrie
Karen Lawrie
In-person Sitting Group (Vancouver)

Queer and Trans Peer Led Meditation Group - First Tuesday of the Month

In-person at Mountain Rain Zen Community, 2016 Wall Street Vancouver, BC

Meeting Frequency: Once a Month

In-person Sitting Group

2SQTBIPOC Practice Group - Third Tuesday of the Month

In-person at Mountain Rain Zen Community, 2016 Wall Street Vancouver, BC

Meeting Frequency: Third Tuesday of the Month
A group for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour who are also 2SLGBTQIA+
Email Arti Mehta for details.

Online Sitting Group

Evening Sit with Sānta Aloi - Wednesdays

Online 6:45-8:15 pm

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Wednesdays

Email Sānta Aloi for details.

Sānta Aloi
Sānta Aloi
Hybrid Sitting Group (Salt Spring Island)

Salt Spring Insight Meditation Community - Wednesdays

Online and In-person (Salt Spring Island)

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Wednesdays

This group is lead by Christine Mauro and David Rumsey. For further information, email: saltspringimc@gmail.com.

Hybrid Sitting Group (Victoria)

Sweet Refuge IBPOC Sangha - Every Second Wednesday

Online and In-person (Victoria)

Meeting Frequency: Every second week on Wednesdays

As a peer-lead IBPOC sangha committed to the path of the dharma, we gather to build community in the spirit of collective liberation. With humility and gratitude we sit on the unceded traditional homelands of the Lkwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Email pocsanghavictoria@gmail.com for details.

Hybrid Sitting Group (Nanaimo)

Evening sit with Mia Tremblay - Wednesdays

Online and In-person (Nanaimo)

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Wednesdays.
Email Mia Tremblay for details.

In-person Sitting Group (Vancouver)

Morning Sit with Karen Lawrie - Thursdays

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Thursdays

Email Karen Lawrie for details.

Karen Lawrie
Karen Lawrie
Online Sitting Group

Judy Witheford's Sitting Group - Thursdays

Online, 7:00-9:00pm

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Thursdays

Email Judy Witheford for details.

Judy Witheford
Judy Witheford
In-person Sitting Group (Victoria)

Victoria Insight Meditation Society - Sundays

In-person at Helga Beer Yoga Studio 202-1600 Bay Street, Victoria BC

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Sundays

VIMS Sunday night sits are an opportunity to practice meditation and listen to dharma talks with our community sangha. The sits are led by dharma teachers and dedicated peer leaders. Everyone is welcome.

In-person Sitting Group (Quadra Island)

Quadra Island - Sundays

In-person at the Children's Centre, West Road, Quadra Island, BC

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Sundays

Email Don McEachern for details.

Online Sitting Group

Gen X / Millenial Group *On Hold*

Online, 7:00-8:30pm

Meeting Frequency: Weekly on Mondays

Group is currently on hold. Sign up to be notified when it resumes.

Jason Leslie
Jason Leslie

WELCOME to BCIMS

Indigenous Land Acknowledgment

BCIMS is based in what is now known as Vancouver, BC. With heartfelt gratitude we acknowledge that we come to you from the beautiful, traditional, and unceded lands of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, who live on and have stewarded this land for thousands of years.  

 

BCIMS, as a settler-led organization, recognizes the ongoing benefits of the theft of this land and its resources to all settlers. BCIMS is committed to continuous learning about genocide, the history of colonization, and their ongoing impacts on Indigenous communities. May our practices today centre this reality as a call to action to support Indigenous peoples’ sovereignty and liberation more fully beyond the practice of this land acknowledgement, and move us towards non-harming, restitution, healing, and reconciliation.   

Asian Heritage Acknowledgement

We would like to name and honour the lineage of the ancient teachings offered by BCIMS, and we offer our deep gratitude to the rich lineage of Theravadan Buddhist teachers whose wisdom continues to support our practice. These teachings originated in Asia with the Buddha’s teachings, specifically in Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India. 

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