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.
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What We Offer
Announcements
CIMC’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY
We are marking four decades as a daily life Dharma center. On Sunday, September 28, we held a 40th Anniversary Community Celebration (see videos from the event here) to come together as a sangha. Narayan also Reflected on CIMC at 40 in a recent Teacher Letter. We will continue to honor CIMC’s 40th with an upcoming benefit on Tuesday January 20, 2026, 6:00 – 7:30 PM ET with Oren Sofer: Responding to Change and Upheaval with a Strong Heart as we begin a new year and set out on the next 40 years of CIMC’s journey (online).
2026 Yearlong Practice Group
Join Madeline Klyne and a committed and dedicated community (sangha) for The Courage of the Heart: A Year of Living the Brahmavihārās (online) starting with a workshop on Saturday, January 10 (10:00am – 4:30pm) and continuing on one Friday evening a month (6:00-8:30pm). See the full description and register here.
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
Clearing the Path Weekend Retreat (hybrid)
Saturday & Sunday, Nov 1 & 2, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Weekend Retreat with Matthew Hepburn
The Practice of Relationship as the Path (hybrid)
Saturday, November 8, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson
The Five Elements: An Exploration of Interbeing (in-person)
Sunday, November 9, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Retreat with Zeenat Potia
Men’s Retreat: Investigation, Transformation, Compassion (in-person)
Sunday, November 16, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Retreat with Chas DiCapua
Experienced Practitioners’ Weekend Retreat (in-person)
Saturday & Sunday, Nov 22 & 23, 10:00 AM – 7:00/5:00 PM
Weekend Retreat with Narayan Helen Liebenson
Gratitude Gathering (online)
Thursday, November 27, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Drop-In Community Event with Madeline Klyne
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