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.
Please give to CIMC’s 2025 Annual Appeal
As we celebrate 40 years of practicing together, give the gift of practice to yourself and to all who seek it by donating generously to CIMC’s Annual Appeal.
What We Offer
Announcements
Wednesday Evening Dharma in Cambridge in January
Join us in-person on Wednesdays this month. Zeenat Potia will contemplate AI on January 7, Kate Lila Wheeler will teach us compassion on January 14, and Chris Willard will reflect on the practice of simplicity on January 21. Hope to see you there!
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.
Upcoming Programs
The Courage of the Heart: A Year of Living the Brahmavihārās (online)
Begins Saturday, January 10, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET
Yearlong Practice Group with Madeline Klyne
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
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