Dedicated to integrating meditation practice and wisdom into daily life
CIMC is an urban refuge and teaching center for all who seek inner peace through the liberating practice of Insight Meditation (vipassana). Adults of all cultural and spiritual backgrounds, races, nationalities, classes, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, and abilities are welcome here. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where the contemplative life can be nurtured amid the complexities of daily life.
Upcoming Programs
Ten Perfections of the Heart (Pāramī): A Year of Practice (online)
May 9, 2025 @6:00 pm
Sixteen Steps to Awakening: Introduction to Mindfulness of Breathing (in-person)
May 14, 2025 @11:00 am
Ten Perfections of the Heart (Pāramī): A Year of Practice (online)
Jun 13, 2025 @6:00 pm
Ten Perfections of the Heart (Pāramī): A Year of Practice (online)
Jul 11, 2025 @6:00 pm
Ten Perfections of the Heart (Pāramī): A Year of Practice (online)
Sep 12, 2025 @6:00 pm
Upcoming Drop-ins
Sunday Afternoon Extended Practice (in-person)
May 11, 2025 @2:00 pm
Thursday Morning Retreat (in-person)
May 15, 2025 @9:00 am
Thursday Morning Retreat (in-person)
May 22, 2025 @9:00 am
Disability & Chronic Illness Sangha (online)
Jun 1, 2025 @5:30 pm
Parents' Sangha (online)
Jun 12, 2025 @8:00 pm
What We Offer
Announcements
PART TIME JOB OPENINGS
CIMC is seeking Virtual Program Assistants to help support CIMC’s online programs through Zoom. Click here for more information.
UPCOMING WEEKEND RETREAT WITH NARAYAN
Please join us online or in-person for a two-day retreat on May 17 & May 18: Relaxing the Grasping, Freeing our Hearts. Over the course of our days together, we will explore what it means to live with a heart and mind that is spacious and vast, even in the midst of loss and change which are inevitable in all of our lives. Learn more & register here.
RECENT NARAYAN DHARMA TALK
Click here to listen to Narayan’s April 16 Dharma talk, on contemplation and action in these times.
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.