Monday Weekly Drop-in Sessions
With Sue Brown, Michael Wilder, Patricia Fontaine and Susie Clarion
Open Dates
Drop-in sessions are open to anyone with prior silent meditation practice experience and prior Insight Dialogue practice experience (e.g., participation in an Insight Dialogue retreat or introductory Insight Dialogue course). You may join this drop-in group once, occasionally, or every week; it’s up to you.
Session format includes silent practice, a contemplation offered by the facilitators, and Insight Dialogue practice. The online session will take place via Zoom (web video conferencing). You will receive information about Zoom and a link to the meeting after you submit the sign-up form.
Sign-up
Please submit your registration to join at least 24 hours before the first session you wish to attend so that the facilitators have time to get back to you.
Time zone details
11:00 am – 12:15 pm US Eastern Time(New York)
9:00 – 10:15 am US Mountain Time
8:00-9:15 am US Pacific Time (Los Angeles)
4:00-5:15 pm BST (London)
Please use a timezone converter to determine your local time. Convert from the New York Times; staggered daylight savings time changes may temporarily affect this offering in your region during spring and autumn.
Leaders
Sue has been practicing Insight Dialogue since 2006 and offering the practice online and in person since 2011. Over the years, she has included in her offerings many core Buddhist teachings, as she finds the relational nature of ID practice brings the teachings to life and enables fresh understanding. Sue has been co-leading a weekly online group for those with previous ID experience since 2011. She also co-created a racial awareness curriculum for white-identified people that is grounded in ID practice and continues to co-lead monthly practice groups for those who have participated in the course. Sue lives in Raleigh,…
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Searching the world in the early 1970s, Michael Wilder experienced Buddhist meditation in India with Lama Yeshe and S.N. Goenka. He continued with Vipassana in various forms and with other teachers. Insight Dialogue was added after experiencing the practice guided by Gregory Kramer and Mary Burns. Photography, a horse farm, cycling, painting, life, and friendship are also part of his practice. Michael’s home is in Hamilton, MT.
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Patricia Fontaine co-facilitates Insight Dialogue in a weekly online drop-in session. Her twenty+ year meditation practice is steeped in Vipassana meditation. With Masters in Counseling Psychology and Transformative Language Arts, Patricia offers art and writing classes for those dealing with illness and transition. She’s engaged Insight Dialogue since 2008, and sees relational meditation practice as an essential resource for a deep commitment to climate, social, queer, and racial justice. Patricia lives in Shelburne, VT, where she shares Co-chair for the Equity & Diversity Committee.
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Susie Clarion had her first taste of Insight Dialogue, and a joyful experience of living dhamma, as a participant in a Community Dharma Leader Training at Spirit Rock in 2001. She has been facilitating Insight Dialogue groups and programs since 2010. Her background is in psychiatric nursing and transpersonal studies. Susie has a flourishing commitment to bringing meditative qualities and Insight Dialogue to social, racial, and climate justice. She resides in Montana, USA. Please offer Susie dana with this Paypal link.
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