Recognizing the Sacred Feminine

BIC Special Guest Julie Wester!

Thursday July 31
6:30-8 PM

Hybrid!

Bozeman Insight Community has invited Julie Wester to speak to us about her book, Recognizing the Sacred Feminine: Stories and Meditations for the Rebalancing of Our World, available from Country Bookshelf on Main Street in Bozeman. Also available in paperback and ebook from Amazon.com. Learn more about the talk here!

Julie Wester is a Spirit Rock Meditation Center Teacher Emerita. For 30 years, beginning in 1985, she supported women to remember and trust their innate wisdom in a world that does not equally reflect feminine wisdom and sacredness. Her teachers are now the vast space and open skies of Montana.

Dharma Book Club

Monday August 4
1-2 PM

In Person

Join us for a low key, informal book club/discussion group on the first Monday of each month. No leader, no study questions, no pressure if you didn’t have time to read the book. Or didn’t finish it. Show up anyway. All are welcome.

August’s book will be Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach.

A Life That Works with Fleet Maull

Saturday August 16
4-6 PM

In Person
FREE!

A senior teacher in both the Tibetan Buddhist and Zen traditions, Fleet brings decades of experience in socially engaged Buddhism, prison mindfulness work, and end-of-life care.

His teachings draw from a life of deep spiritual practice and service—from serving as a personal attendant to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, to leading Bearing Witness retreats at Auschwitz, and founding the Prison Mindfulness Institute and Heart Mind Institute. Fleet is the author of Dharma in Hell and Radical Responsibility.

Intro to Meditation

Sept 13
9 AM – 12:30 PM

Hybrid

If you’re interested in starting a meditation practice and aren’t sure how to start, this class is for you! We’ll discuss and practice different styles of meditation including practicing with the breath, body scans, working with a question, Metta practice and Tonglen. You’ll leave with an understanding of meditation fundamentals such as different postures that work well, how to work with attention, and ways to support your meditation practice.

Cultivating a Natural Awareness

with Dave Smith

Sept 24-28

In Person Only

Registration is open for this residential, multi-day silent retreat with beloved teacher, Dave Smith, who has had a practice rooted in the Insight Meditation tradition for nearly 30 years! This nature-based retreat will explore the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Instructions will emphasize the teachings on view, attitude and qualities of mind that support a relaxed and alert continuity of awareness throughout all activities. Through the development of a sustained and kind awareness we come to meet ourselves and the world with presence, ease and wisdom.

Offered at the scenic and rustic Camp Mimanagish located 40 miles south of Big Timber.