Noon Sit
2027-08-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-08-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-08-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-08-23 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-08-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-08-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-08-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2027-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) and 4 more dates | 3810 Valley Commons Dr, #6
Drop-In Meditation
Mondays-Fridays
12:00 – 1:00 pm
(except holidays)

In Person

Everyone is welcome to attend. A bell-ringer will open and close the session with three bells and will ring one bell at 12:30. The meditation will be in silence, but people are welcome to connect before and after each session.
Drop-in meditations are offered free of any charge, as a communal support to practice. Come and go (quietly) as you need to, latecomers welcome.

Morning Zazen: Online
2027-08-19 06:00 - 06:30, 2027-08-20 06:00 - 06:30, 2027-08-23 06:00 - 06:30, 2027-08-24 06:00 - 06:30, 2027-08-25 06:00 - 06:30, 2027-08-26 06:00 - 06:30, 2027-08-27 06:00 - 06:30, 2027-08-30 06:00 - 06:30 and 4 more dates | Online Offering
Morning Zazen
ONLINE with Bozeman Zen Group
Weekdays, 6 – 6:30 AM

Start your morning practicing intention! The Bozeman Zen Group offers online, morning zazen (silent, sitting meditation) to all interested. You do not have to be a Zen practitioner to participate.

Schedule:
6:00 AM: Robe chant, Bell rings three times
Zazen for 25 minutes, bell rings once
6:25 AM Chant Pali refuges

Recovery Dharma Bozeman
2027-08-23 17:30 - 18:30, 2027-08-30 17:30 - 18:30 | 3810 Valley Commons Dr, #6
Recovery Dharma Bozeman
Mondays, 5:30-6:30 PM
In Person

Recovery Dharma Bozeman is a peer-led movement and community welcoming anyone looking to heal from addiction and addictive behavior. Our program uses Buddhist practices and principles of meditation, self-inquiry, wisdom, compassion, and community as tools for recovery and healing.
Our meetings are open to anyone interested in recovery from addiction of all kinds, whether caused by substance use or process addictions like codependency, gambling, eating disorders, work, relationships, technology, or any obsessive or habitual pattern that creates suffering. No meditation experience is necessary, and there is no requirement to believe in anything other than our own potential to change and heal.
We understand that this is not the only path to recovery, and many may choose to combine these practices with traditional recovery programs. We support each other as partners walking the path of recovery together.
More information on Recovery Dharma Global, the peer-led community of which this Bozeman in-person meeting is a part, can be found here: recoverydharma.org. For questions specific to this Bozeman meeting, please contact us at recoverydharmabozeman@gmail.com.

Facilitators bios
While our Sangha is peer-led, the following individuals are responsible for organizing and conducting our meetings, and ensuring our group’s accountability to the Bozeman Dharma Center (BDC) Board of Directors and other BDC leadership. These individuals regard their service to this Sangha to be an integral part of their own recovery from addiction.
Chris Hansen got sober in 1998 in the rooms of AA and Al-Anon, and credits working the 12 steps and the fellowship of the program for his sobriety. Subsequent cultivation of a regular yoga practice in conjunction with a daily seated meditation practice has also been integral to maintaining his sobriety. For the past 10 years he has been interested in the various forms of Buddhist practice and Buddhist psychology in general. He has been sitting regularly with the Joining Rivers Sangha, and enjoys participating in many of the wide array of practice opportunities offered at the Bozeman Dharma Center. He is excited to be helping to bring the Recovery Dharma program to those suffering from addiction.
Carolyn Swed began turning to the dharma some 10 years ago, to help her manage internal stress and interpersonal relationships. As her practice grew, she began to look more clearly into her struggles with alcohol addiction and other compulsive behaviors. She began attending Recovery Dharma meetings online in 2022, and regards it as an integral part of her recovery, and growing Buddhist practice. Carolyn is a regular participant and occasional facilitator of the Bozeman Dharma Center’s Joining Rivers Sangha, and is grateful for the ability to help bring the program of Recovery Dharma to others suffering from addiction.
Amy Kinman is a lifelong meditator and has been meditating regularly since 2012. She found comfort with Buddhist Dharma in 2022 when healing from PTSD and dependence on various behaviors and substances. Mindfulness, meditation, and the Dharma have played key roles in helping her with the challenges of friends and family who are burdened by addiction. Amy learns from many Buddhist traditions and regularly attends meditation retreats as well as special events. She has taught Intro to Meditation at Bozeman Dharma Center and helps facilitate Recovery Dharma meetings.

Pali Canon Study Group
2027-08-24 13:15 - 14:15, 2027-08-31 13:15 - 14:15 | Hybrid Meeting
Pali Canon Study Group
Tuesdays 1:15-2:15 PM
In person and via Zoom
Although Bozeman Dharma Center houses groups from multiple lineages, one thing we all have in common is a reliance on the teachings of the Buddha. The Pali Canon is recognized as the earliest written record of the Buddha’s teachings, given before the Buddhist community divided into different schools. This peer-led study group will begin by tackling readings from the Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha. You do not need to own the book to participate and do not need to commit to attending every week. Already having a practice and familiarity with the Dharma will be helpful.
Basic Schedule
1:15 Short sit
1:30 Read portion of Pali Canon with discussion afterward
2:15 Close

MindSpace
2027-08-24 18:30 - 19:45, 2027-08-31 18:30 - 19:45 | 3810 Valley Commons Dr, #6
MindSpace
A Meditation Group for adults in the Millennial+ generation
Tuesdays 6:30 – 7:45 pm
In Person Only
Summer Schedule: Every Other Tuesday!
Summer meetings will be: June 10, 24, July 8, 22, and Aug 5, 19

MindSpace is an open community gathering of young adults 18-40 years of age. Through meditation we foster a clear mind, compassionate heart, and develop an intimacy with human experiences. We encourage and support each other in daily practice to embody mindfulness in everyday life.
We come together with open hearts and curious, non-judgmental minds to explore meditation practices and share experiences in bringing practice to daily life. Together we create a supportive community, including everyone– from every background, race, gender identity, orientation and ability.
Please email info@bozemandharmacenter.org if childcare would be helpful for you to attend this group.
Meeting Structure
6:25: Gather
6:30: 30 minute meditation
7:00: Reading and Discussion
7:45: End
We choose books that are easy to pick up at any point. Drop-ins are welcome! You do not need to have own the book to participate.
We are currently reading Time to Stand Up: An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth by Thanissara.
Examples of other books we’ve read:
— No Self, No Problem by Anam Thubten (Tibetan tradition)
— Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach (Insight tradition)
— Training in Compassion by Norman Fischer (Zen tradition)
— The Myth of Freedom by Trungpa Rinpoche (Tibetan tradition)

Current Facilitators
Kerry Neal has practiced in the Zen tradition for 8 years. She sits with the Bozeman Zen Group. She helped start MindSpace in 2016 and facilitated until early 2019. She loves the lifelong nature that is meditation practice and working mindfulness into everyday life.
Mary Corelli has 12 years of practice in the Zen and Insight Meditation traditions. She is a mother and a therapist. Mary is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher through Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s two year training program. She emphasizes ecological awareness in practice.
Allison Howe has 4 years of meditation practice and has been practicing regularly with MindSpace since 2022. She is an experienced group facilitator and therapist in private practice, helping clients bring mindful awareness into daily life and deepening their relationship with themselves through an embodied sense of openness, compassion, and curiosity.
Andrew Cassidy’s practice began 15 years ago through a mindfulness-based stress reduction program. A data scientist and lover of the outdoors, he values mindfulness and meditation as tools for managing stress, anxiety, and ADHD. Rooted in a spiritual and dharma-based perspective, Andrew draws inspiration from the Buddha’s teachings, emphasizing compassion, mindfulness, and wisdom in daily life.
Connor Free was first introduced to dharma when traveling to India in 2013. His practices today primarily focus on vipassana, metta and mindfulness when on the mat; off the mat, he loves to incorporate walking meditation while exploring the natural beauty of Montana’s great outdoors.
