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.
2026 CIMC Membership: Join or Renew Now
Your 2026 CIMC membership offers benefits that will support and deepen your own practice and help make CIMC a welcoming community for all.
What We Offer
Announcements
CIMC’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY
On Sunday, September 28, we held a 40th Anniversary Community Celebration (see videos from the event here). Continue the celebration at an upcoming online event with Oren Sofer on Tuesday January 20, 2026, 6:00 – 7:30 PM ET.
RECENT NARAYAN DHARMA TALK
Click here to listen to Narayan’s Dharma Talk from October 22, an introduction to the Way of Council. We will explore this ancient practice further on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
DHARMA IN DAILY LIFE
Join Narayan Helen Liebenson and the CIMC community for Dharma in Daily Life (online), weekdays from 8:45-9:00 am. A brief sit, Dharma reflections, and a “practice for the day” support you to live each day in a more connected, wise, generous, and loving way. Join here.
Upcoming Programs
Aging with Wisdom and Compassion (online)
Mondays, Jan 12 – Feb 23, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Practice Group with Madeline Klyne
Responding to Change and Upheaval with a Strong Heart: An Evening Benefit for CIMC’s 40th Anniversary (online)
Tuesday, January 20, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Special Event with Oren Jay Sofer
Gratitude, Generosity and Grace (online)
Thursdays, Jan 22 – Feb 26, 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM ET
Practice Group with Madeline Klyne
Intention (in-person)
Sunday, January 25, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Retreat with Zeenat Potia
Cultivating Our Inner Life: A Day of Practice (hybrid)
Sunday, February 1, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Retreat with Matthew Hepburn
Our Drop-ins
Please check the drop-in page or the calendar to make sure a drop-in is happening and if it’s in person, online, or hybrid.
• Dharma in Daily Life: Weekdays, 8:45 – 9:00 AM (Zoom link)
• Evening sit: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and 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
• 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
• Chronic Illness & Disability: one Sunday a month, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
• 35 & Under: two Sundays a month, 6:30 – 7:45 PM