Meditation Groups
The following independent meditation groups are organized by people interested in the work of Springwater Center. Please note that these groups are not endorsed by the Center.
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United States
Albuquerque, NM
Regular sittings and discussions, including weekly Zoom sittings and dialogue, as well as an annual summer 7-day retreat. Retreat is open to people outside of New Mexico too and is affordable. We also offer a series of six introductory, 30 minute one-one-one meetings via Zoom with Jay to explore more deeply the nature of collaborative meditative work. Contact Jay Cutts at (505) 281-0684. See Jay’s website for more information and writings exploring the nature of meditative work.
Second Sunday monthly sitting in the time of Covid-19: sitting and walking meditations on one’s own, followed by tea and time for meditative inquiry via Zoom. For information contact either Arida Emrys or Frank Connors at 828-225-3811.
Ashland, OR
Joan Tollifson holds private meetings online or by phone, and may occasionally offer public events online or in Ashland, Oregon. More information at joantollifson.com.
Fluvanna County, Virginia
The Mandala Kaya Retreat Center, located in rural central Virginia, offers retreats and other periodic events in the spirit of Springwater Center and the teachings of Toni Packer. For more information, please contact Mark Bryant at markbryant108@gmail.com or 434-392-7916.
Richmond, VA
The Richmond Meditative Inquiry Group holds weekly meetings on Sunday evenings with sitting and walking meditation, and group dialogue. The group also hosts periodic weekend retreats at Mandala Kaya Retreat Center in Fluvanna County, Virginia. For more information contact Mark Bryant at markbryant108@gmail.com or 434-392-7916
Ojai, CA
Substack post about presence & awakening at: mikestiler.substack.com
Pittsburgh, PA
Kirk Warren Brown is on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches and conducts research on the impacts of meditation on people’s lives. He has been retreating and working with teachers at Springwater Center since 1999 and has facilitated meditation groups in the spirit of the Center’s work since 2005.
In this newer online group offering we will meet with each other in silent meditation and in group dialogue to bring presence into our lives in meaningful, enlivening ways. The group meets Wednesdays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm ET, with 25 minutes of meditation followed by an hour of dialogue. Kirk writes: “Presence, or awareness, is not a skill to be learned, but an inherent capacity we all share, however veiled it may seem. Thus, all are welcome.”
Kirk can be reached at kirkwarrenbrown@gmail.com
Rochester, NY
Weekly online sitting/dialogue group with Stew Glick. Takes place over Zoom. Stew can also be available during the week if people wish to sit and look at something together. Some information about Stew can be accessed here. Please contact Stew if you would like to meet or be added to the email list to be notified of meetings: stewmg@frontiernet.net
Temecula, CA
Meditation and weekly online meetings with Magdi Badawy. Please contact Magdi for more information: magdi0198@gmail.com
Finland
Oulu
The Oulu Mindfulness group holds weekly sittings on Sundays in a lovely sitting space in the peaceful Hietasaari area of Oulu. They also organize retreats and other activities several times during the year. For more information, please see our website at www.oulumindfulness.fi or contact Ari-Pekka Skarp at info@oulumindfulness.fi
Germany
Elmshorn
Sittings with Stephan Bielfeldt are held every Tuesday from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. All are welcome, no experience necessary. We sit three periods of 25 minutes with walking periods of 5 minutes in between and a group dialogue at the end. Location is the Gemeindehaus der Stiftskirche (the building left of the church), Kleine Gärtenerstraße 15, 25335 Elmshorn. Online participation is possible. The language is German. For more info contact Stephan at +49-4122-858-194 or stephan@springwater-meditation.de
Hamburg
Regular Sunday afternoon sittings on each second Sunday of the month with Stephan Bielfeldt
All are welcome, no experience necessary. We sit five periods of 25 minutes, with walking periods of 5 minutes and a pause with tea served in between. Sittings are held in the meditation room in the basement of the Buddhistische Gesellschaft in D-22337 Hamburg, Beisserstraße 23. For more information call Stephan at +49-4122-858-194 or see https://www.bghh.de/portfolio/stille-meditation-nach-toni-packer
Krummendeich
Contact Stephan about retreats in Germany at https://www.hof-pegasus.de
+49 4122 858 194 / stephan@springwater-meditation.de
Mexico
Oaxaca
Zen meditation and conversation. We’re an always changing group of Oaxacans, expats, and visitors meditating and exploring together this difficult and amazing life. All our events involve a koan in the inquiry. There’s good info about what we’re doing at our website oaxacazen.com, in both English and Spanish. You may also email queave@gmail.com.
Poland
Warsaw
Once a month on Saturday half-a-day sitting (11 am. till 2:30 pm. In person only.) with recorded talks by Stephan Bielfeldt at the Kanzeon Sangha Zendo. Also, once a month Toni’s video talk is shown on a Monday evening at Wajda’s Film School with two rounds of meditation following and a group dialogue.
Info: FB – “Grupa medytacyjna Toni Packer” – Jacek Dobrowolski: jdobro@wp.pl
Sweden
Stockholm
Regular sittings each week and weekend or full-day sittings once a month. For more info visit www.alipsa.se or contact Per Nyfelt at per.nyfelt@gmail.com
United Kingdom
Tring
Would like to start a weekly or monthly meditation group in the Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire area. The suggested agenda would include timed sittings, walking meditation, tapes by Toni Packer or other Springwater teachers, and a discussion period. Anyone who is interested in forming a group, please contact Greg at jon.g.wright@ntlworld.com.