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Community Meditations

The Dharma Ground community practices regularly together online. Join us!

Volunteer community hosts play guided meditations by the Dharma Ground teachers and we practice together. These gatherings are intended for practitioners already familiar with the Dharma Ground teachings; prerequisites listed below. Sign up for as many of the sections as you like and come when you can!

Register here to attend these free, drop-in gatherings.

Weekly Foundational Community Meditations

These 35-45 minute meditations explore the Arriving Sequence and the first four Bodies (or Capacities) of consciousness.

Prerequisite: participation in a Dharma Ground / Nine Bodies Insight class series or daylong retreat, or available to anyone that has attended a weeklong Insight retreat with a Dharma Ground teacher.

Mondays: 7am Pacific / 8am Mountain / 9am Central / 10am Eastern
Wednesdays: 6pm Pacific / 7pm Mountain / 8pm Central / 9pm Eastern

Monthly BIPOC Foundational Community Meditations

Available to self-identified Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).

These 35-45 minute meditations explore the Arriving Sequence and the first four Bodies (or Capacities) of consciousness.

Prerequisite: participation in a Dharma Ground / Nine Bodies Insight class series or daylong retreat, or available to anyone that has attended a weeklong Insight retreat with a Dharma Ground teacher.

Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month (unless noted) at 7:30am Pacific / 8:30am Mountain / 9:30am Central / 10:30am Eastern

Upcoming Dates in 2024:

  • Oct 16

  • Nov 13 (2nd Wednesday of Nov)

  • Dec 18

Continuing Students Community Meditations

These hour-long meditations explore the “Naturally Arising Clarity” path of practice, a cohesive collection of Insight meditative practices including the Arriving Sequence, the Twelve Insights of the Four Noble Truths, and the Nine Bodies Insight practice. While the Foundational Community Meditations stay with the first four Bodies, these meditations may explore any part of the Nine Bodies map of consciousness or the “Naturally Arising Clarity” path of practice.

Prerequisite: completion of 1 weeklong Nine Bodies Insight retreat.

Central/Eastern Group
Mondays & Wednesdays: 6am Central / 7am Eastern

West Coast Group
Tuesdays & Fridays: 7:30am Pacific / 8:30am Mountain / 9:30am Central / 10:30am Eastern