Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
is a welcoming refuge and teaching center for all who seek inner peace and wise action through the liberating practice of Insight Meditation (vipassana).
CIMC is dedicated to integrating contemplative practice into daily life. We seek to cultivate ethics, tranquility, wisdom, and compassion, and to ease suffering in our communities and in our world.
| Join Us for the Annual CIMC Community Open House Sunday, October 18: 1:00 – 4:00 PM  Please RSVP if you plan to attend. |
What We Offer
Announcements
Sandwich Retreat in November
Join CIMC’s Guiding Teachers, Narayan Helen Liebenson and Matthew Hepburn, for a nonresidential 9-day retreat at CIMC or online, November 14-22. This retreat, Gladdening the Heart: The Practice of Joy, is a return to the “sandwich format”: two full weekends (Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm) and all five evenings in between (6-8pm). Click here to learn more. We hope you can join us.
2027 Yearlong Practice Group
Join Madeline Klyne and a committed and dedicated community (sangha) for Exploring, Engaging, Embodying the Eightfold Path in Today’s World (online) starting with a workshop on Saturday, January 9 (10:00am – 4:30pm) and continuing on one Friday evening every month (6:00-8:30pm). See the full description and register here.
New parking rules on Broadway
Please be advised that there have been substantial changes to street parking near the Center. Click here to learn more. As a result of this recent city project, there are not freely available on-street parking options nearby. Please use alternative forms of transportation if possible.
Upcoming Programs
HONORING OUR LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES: Caring for Ourselves, Each Other and Our Practice (hybrid)
Weekend, Oct 3 & 4, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Retreat with Madeline Klyne
Relating to all Things with Compassion and Wisdom: Experienced Practitioners Practice Group (online)
Tuesdays, Oct 6 – Dec 8, 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM
Practice Group with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Working with Difficult Emotions (hybrid)
Saturday, October 17, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (ET)
Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson
CIMC Open House (in-person)
Sunday, October 18, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Community Event
Mindful Use of Technology (online)
Tuesdays, Oct 20 – Nov 3, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (ET)
Practice Group with Zeenat Potia
Our Drop-ins
No registration is required for these regularly scheduled programs. Please check the calendar to make sure a drop-in is happening and whether the session is in person, online, or hybrid.
• Morning sit: Weekdays, 7:00 – 7:45 AM
• Dharma in Daily Life: Weekdays, 8:45 – 9:00 AM (Zoom link)
• Evening sit: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 6:00 – 6:45 PM
• Teatime Dharma: Mondays, 4:00 – 5:30 PM
• Sitting & Sangha: Mondays, 6:00 – 7:15 PM
• Beginners Drop-In: Tuesdays, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
• Beginners Drop-In Tea: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 – 7:45 PM
• Wednesday Evening Dharma: 6:30 – 8:45 PM
• Thursday Morning Retreat: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
• Sunday Afternoon Extended Practice: 2:00 – 5:15 PM
Affinity groups:
• Elders: two Tuesdays a month, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Little Buddhas: one Sunday a month, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
• Parents: one Thursday a month, 8:00 – 9:15 PM
• POC: one Friday a month, 6:30 – 8:15 PM
• LGBTQIA+: one Friday a month, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
• Disability & Chronic Illness: one Sunday a month, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
• 35 & Under: two Sundays a month, 6:30 – 7:45 PM