Events

Join us inside “Forming Emptiness”, a meditative sound and light dream-space curated by Oliver Rabba. Come by from 9pm ’til 1am, and immerse yourself in a full sensory environment designed to transport awareness into deep meditative mind states.

With so many options, how do we choose? Once we do, how do we know whether to stay with it?  And for how long? In this sit, we are going to find what works, and where, and in the interactive take it into motion, watch it disappear, and draw up an action plan to find it again. 

On this Monday of thanksgiving, we’ll practice cultivating gratitude and appreciation. From that place of inner abundance, we’ll check in with ourselves about how we want to give back and how practice and community can support our efforts.  

In the meditation we will explore how we hold ourselves in relationship to others, a solitary practice exploring interpersonal awakening.  In the interactive portion, we will play with the subtle feeling of connecting to others and explore how feeling connected or disconnected from others impacts our lives.

Meditate and dance your face off at the best block party in the city! A meditation flashmob primes the party, then jubilation overflows onto the street all day. Kid-friendly, cosmic, the usual… 

Tonight we’ll practice sitting with the uncomfortable parts of our experience, increasing our tolerance while maintaining compassionate boundaries. We’ll bring those skills to bear in the interactive session, as we explore our relationship to conflict and how to use it as a tool for growth. 

Join us for a full day of practice, fun, and insight with Shinzen Young, one of the most well-respected meditation teachers in North America, and the CEC’s prime mentor and much-loved uber-nerd. In this experiential workshop, we’ll explore the nature of happiness, both the ordinary happiness that depends on conditions and the extraordinary happiness that is independent of conditions.