Meditation

Vipassana Meditation Sittings

with Dr. Jamie Magnusson

Format Online on Zoom
Dates: Sundays.
Time: 9:30am
Registration: email jamielynn.magnusson@utoronto.ca for the Zoom link
 
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Sunday Supported Vipassana Meditation Sittings

With Dr. Jamie Magnusson
Sundays from 9:30am to 10:30am
Fee: by donation to the TCMC (paypal)
To register email jamielynn.magnusson@utoronto.ca

These Sunday meditation sittings are designed to provide an environment to support your practice, or to introduce you to Vipassana Meditation if you do not already have a practice. Vipassana is a meditation practice from the Buddhist tradition as taught by Shifu Andy James and his teacher Dhiravamsa. The sessions are also very helpful in preparing you for the Harmony Dawn Meditation Retreats held twice a year with Shifu Andy James. For those new to meditation, you will receive basic instruction in sitting and tips for incorporating meditation into your daily life. For those more seasoned, you will have the opportunity to deepen your practice within a community of practitioners.

Dr. Jamie Magnusson is a Full Instructor with the Tai Chi & Meditation Centre and is an Associate Professor of Adult Education and Community Development at OISE, University of Toronto. To register for supported meditation sittings contact: jamielynn.magnusson@utoronto.ca


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