Winter/Spring 2021 Offerings​

We request pre-registration for courses and retreats, and all other offerings are open. Until further notice, all offerings are on Zoom.

• Download the 2021 Winter/Spring Brochure and Dharma Talk Schedule.
  
• See Past Events and/or Give Teacher and/or Center Dana

​We use the same Zoom link for all public offerings unless otherwise noted in our calendar. 

IPV Public Zoom Link

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Dharma Discussion, first Sundays, various teachers
The Sangha of Service and Advocacy: An Offering of Insight World Aid supported by Insight Pioneer Valley - CANCELLED in March
Please check back for future offerings.

Opportunity for dana. Insight PV and Insight World Aid gratefully accept any gifts you can make.​​

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Course
Making a Home in the Brahmaviharas
with Candace Cassin
4 Tuesdays, March 9 - 30; 4:00-5:45pm ET

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Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk
The Sacredness of Sangha
with Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
Wednesday, March 10; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Half-day retreat
Reliable Refuge: Connecting with Awareness, Truth and Love
with Manny Mansbach
Sunday, March 13; 10:00am-12:30pm ET
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Open Community Practice and Dharma Talk
Being Spontaneous
with Peggy Gillespie
Wednesday, March 17; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Affinity Group
Queer & Trans Practice Group (third Thursdays)
Thursday, March 18, 2021; 7:15-8:45pm,
​Opportunity for dana
More information...

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Weekend retreat
Down to Earth Dharma: A Community Online Weekend Retreat
Rebecca Bradshaw with trellis stepter
Friday-Sunday, March 19 - 21; Fri 7-9pm, Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 9am-3pm ET
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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk 
with Tara Mulay
Wednesday, March 24; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Series
Dharma in Depth for Experienced Students 3: Practicing with the Four Noble Truths
Fourth Noble Truth - 1st Basket - Wise View & Wise Intention with  Tara Mulay
Sunday, March 28;  10:00 - 11:30am ET

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This Month's ​
Community Weekend Retreat
Down to Earth Dharma:
A Community Online Weekend Retreat
with
Rebecca Bradshaw
with teacher-in-training trellis stepter​

Friday-Sunday, March 19 - 21
Fri 7-9pm, Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 9am-3pm ET​

Upcoming Guest Teacher

Nakawe Cuebas Berrios

The Sacredness of Sangha
Wednesday, March 10; 7:00-8:30pm ET

Open Community Meditation Practice

All community practices will be held via Zoom until further notice.
More information...

Mondays: 
5:30 - 6:15pm,
​discussion 6:15 - 6:45pm

Tuesdays & Thursdays:
7:45 - 8:30am + discussion

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Fridays, unguided
5:45-6:30pm

Affinity Groups

​Insight PV offers a variety of Affinity Groups for community members with specific needs to get to know and support each other as Dharma Friends. These groups of people with similarities help create a welcoming space for those who might not feel welcome when entering a new community.  It is our intention  to welcome a diverse group of practitioners and hope you will find refuge here. 
More information...

Affinity Groups
Queer/Trans Practice
Parents Practice
Chronic Illness Group

Ongoing Programs

Kalyana Mitta Groups -  these spiritual friendship and study groups of 12 or fewer members will open periodically for new membership. All groups are currently full. 
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White & Awakening in the Dharma: Creating Antiracist Sanghas - a 6-month, 12-session study and practice program for white-identified practitioners. 

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Open Practice and Dharma Talk
No Part Left Out: the Practices of Interbeing and Emptiness
​with JD Doyle
Wednesday, March 31; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Class
You Anxious Too?
with Leslie Booker
Saturday, April 3; 10:00am-11:30am ET
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Course
Beginners/Beginner's Mind Meditation
with  Kim Weeber
6 Tuesdays, April 6 - May 4;  1:00 - 3:00pm ET
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Community Open Practice
Blessing Circle  (first Mondays)
Monday, April 5 ; 5:30-7:15pm ET
​Opportunity for dana
More information...

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Course
Gratitude Practice: Cherishing What We Have No Matter What We Don't Have
with  Peggy Gillespie
2 Tuesdays, April 6 - 13;  7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Open Practice and Dharma Talk
Protection and Blessing on the Spiritual Path
with Rebecca Bradshaw
Wednesday, April 7; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk 
with Peggy Gillespie
Wednesday, April 14; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Course
Equanimity for Householders: An Aspiration in Daily Life
with  Adi Bemak
Saturday, April 17;  10:00am - 12:30pm ET

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Series
Dharma in Depth for Experienced Students 4: Practicing with the Four Noble Truths
Fourth Noble Truth - 2nd Basket - Wise Action, Wise Speech, Wise Livelihood with  Michael Grady
Sunday, April 18;  10:00 - 11:30am ET

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Course
Faith, Trust and Confidence in Dharma Practice and in this World
with Manny Mansbach
4 Mondays, April 19 - May 10; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk 
with Jeanne Corrigal
Wednesday, April 21; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET
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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk 
with Kim Weeber
Wednesday, April 28; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk
with Jean Esther
Wednesday, May 5; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Dharma Talk
Open Practice and Dharma Talk 
with Tara Mulay
Wednesday, May 12; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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In person retreat
Not Separate: Awareness in and of the Forest
with  Mark Hart
Saturday, May 15;  9:00am - 12:00pm ET, optional bag lunch (Rain date: Sunday, May 16)
Registration opens soon.

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Series
Dharma in Depth for Experienced Students 5: Practicing with the Four Noble Truths
Fourth Noble Truth - 3rd Basket - Wise Effort with  Tara Mulay
Sunday, May 16;  10:00 - 11:30am
Registration opens soon.

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice and Dharma Talk 
with Jozen Tamori Gibson  (they/them)
Wednesday, May 19; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice and Dharma Talk 
with Devin Berry
Wednesday, May 26; 7:00 - 8:30pm

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice and Dharma Talk 
with Kim Weeber
Wednesday, June 2; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Course
What Would the Buddha Say? Practicing Skillful Speech
with  Manny Mansbach
4 Fridays, June 4 - 25;  10:30am - 12:00pm ET
Registration opens soon.

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice and Dharma Talk 
with Rebecca Bradshaw
Wednesday, June 9; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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Dharma Talk
Open Practice and Dharma Talk 
with Manny Mansbach
Wednesday, June 16; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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In person retreat
Experiencing the Changing Nature of Our World
with  Kim Weeber
Saturday, June 19;  9:30am - 12:00pm ET
Registration opens soon.

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk
with Jean Esther
Wednesday, June 23; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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In person retreat
LGBTQIA+ Retreat - Sharing in Community
with  Kim Weeber, assisted by Emet Aron
Saturday, June 26;  10:00am - 12:00pm ET
Registration opens soon.

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Series
Dharma in Depth for Experienced Students 6: Practicing with the Four Noble Truths
Fourth Noble Truth - 4th Basket - Wise Mindfulness and Wise Concentration with  Michael Grady
Sunday, June 27;  10:00 - 11:30am
Registration opens soon.

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Dharma Talk
Open Community Practice & Dharma Talk
with Nick Boutros
Wednesday, June 30; 7:00 - 8:30pm ET

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More offerings to be posted soon.