
Providing a refuge in the heart of Santa Cruz
Silent Insight Meditation Daylong
Saturday December 16
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT
In Center & Online
More intensive periods of formal meditation practice are excellent opportunities to unplug from technology, deepen our practice, and build momentum. Please join Dawn Neal and Bob Stahl for a daylong silent Insight Meditation retreat.
This daylong retreat is suitable for experienced practitioners, as well as practitioners who have completed an intro to mindfulness meditation course or the equivalent.
ISC Annual Fund
It is through Annual Fund donations, at all levels, that our donors help keep ISC’s offerings available to all. To make a pledge or donation to the annual fund, or for more information, click on the thermometer. To read Dawn’s, Bob’s and Mary Grace’s invitation to sow the seeds of love and liberation at ISC, click here.
The Three Roots of Well-Being
Wednesday, January 3
6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. PT
In Center & Online
To cultivate a happy life, we need to help the seeds of our good intentions take root. This three-part series explores the Buddha’s teachings about three roots of well-being (kusala mūla). These fundamental inclinations of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion include many beautiful qualities of heart and mind, including generosity, contentment, gratitude, non-harming, kindness, wisdom, and more.
Daily Schedule
2023 December
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Kim AllenOnline12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online11:00 am - 12:30 pmA Year to Live
Carol MorganIn Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:30 pmUnlocking True Happiness: Keys to Personal Healing and Global Transformation – First and Third Sundays
Tenzin ChogkyiIn Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
In Center & Online3:00 pm - 4:30 pmDharma Friends : Living with Disability or Chronic Illness
Maria Mead, Shakti BellIn Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Marcy ReynoldsOnline6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
Yasmina PorterIn Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Bob Stahl, Dawn NealOnline - 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Dhamma of Illness Support Group for those Living with Pain or Illness – 1st Tuesday
Jan Landry, Susan EzequelleOnline12:00 pm - 1:15 pmAll Community Sit – Tuesday
Bob StahlIn Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmMIndfulness Meditation – Watsonville Tuesdays
Chris BasilettiOnline - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
Kim AllenOnline12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online1:00 pm - 3:30 pmEightfold Path Program
Jim Memmott, Susan EzequelleIn Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
In Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Marcy ReynoldsOnline6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
Yasmina PorterIn Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Bob Stahl, Dawn NealOnline - 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
All Community Sit – Tuesdays
Dawn NealIn Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmMIndfulness Meditation – Watsonville Tuesdays
Chris BasilettiOnline7:00 pm - 8:30 pmRainbow Sangha Sit – 2nd Tuesday
G Schulz, Jace Freyman, Jules Rodriguez, Shane HillIn Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online5:30 pm - 7:00 pmDhamma Friends: Waking up to White Privilege – 2nd Thursday
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
cancelled -- restarting on Jan 5Kim AllenOnline12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online Featured 9:30 am - 4:30 pmSilent Insight Meditation Daylong
Bob Stahl, Dawn NealIn Center & Online- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:30 pmUnlocking True Happiness: Keys to Personal Healing and Global Transformation – First and Third Sundays
Tenzin ChogkyiIn Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Mondays
In Center & Online3:00 pm - 4:30 pmDharma Friends : Living with Disability or Chronic Illness
Maria Mead, Shakti BellIn Center & Online5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Marcy ReynoldsOnline6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
Yasmina PorterIn Center & Online7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAll Community Practice (Sit and Walking) – Mondays
Bob Stahl, Dawn NealOnline7:00 pm - 8:45 pmPeer Led : Men’s Dharma Group – 3rd Monday
Bruce Hyman, Jace FreymanOnline - 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
All Community Sit – Tuesdays
Dawn NealIn Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmMIndfulness Meditation – Watsonville Tuesdays
Chris BasilettiOnline6:00 pm - 7:30 pmBuddhism and Addiction Recovery – 3rd Tuesday
Ann B. PeruzziIn Center - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
cancelled -- restarting on Jan 5Kim AllenOnline12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online10:15 am - 10:30 amTaking of the Refuges and Precepts – 4th Sunday
Online Scheduled Holiday
ͺSanta Cruz5:00 pm - 6:00 pmMindful Movement: Qigong – Mondays
Marcy ReynoldsOnline6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeople of Color Group – Mondays
Yasmina PorterIn Center & Online- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Sitting with Grief – Last Tuesday of the Month
Jan LandryOnline12:00 pm - 1:15 pmAll Community Sit – Tuesdays
Dawn NealIn Center & Online6:00 pm - 7:30 pmMIndfulness Meditation – Watsonville Tuesdays
Chris BasilettiOnline - 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Wednesdays
In Center & Online - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Thursdays
Online - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In this Very Life – Fridays
cancelled -- restarting on Jan 5Kim AllenOnline12:00 pm - 1:00 pm45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Fridays
Online - No event
- 9:30 am - 10:15 am
45-Minute Sitting Followed by a Short Reading – Sundays
In Center & Online