Desert Meditation Group

06/02/2024

Weekly mindfulness meditation practice and teaching. Retreats, class series and more! Please join us!

01/06/2020

Thrilled to be teaching the classic 8 weel MBSR class with Beth Mulligan in Palm Springs. Class begins January 23, 2020.

Experience the original 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program! Expertly designed, and research-backed, the MBSR course will teach you how to understand and work with the mind-body connection in order to reduce stress and improve self-regulation. The program, which will be taught in Palm....

05/28/2019

Please join Ian Challis and friends for a day of mindfulness at Insight Community of the Desert in Palm Springs on Saturday, June 15!

Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 9:30 AM: Need a break from the busy-ness of life? Some time to reconnect to what is truly important and nourishing?Sometimes we may find ourselves squeezing in ourselves after every

11/02/2018

Special guest teacher Arinna Weisman this Sunday, November 4 at 4:30pm at Insight Community of the Desert!

09/15/2017

A warm invitation to my friends in the Desert Meditation Group. Please join me Saturday, September 30 for a day of meditation practice. A number of people from our group are signed up...it's wonderful to practice with friends! There is a sliding scale and full scholarships available. Hope to see you there!

A daylong retreat at Insight Community of the Desert Saturday, September 30, 2017 A sense of home or refuge -- an internal base that offers shelter, support and safety -- is vital in an ever-changing, unpredictable world. Buddhist teachings offer three universal refuges: Our own innate capacity for…

08/09/2017

Please join Ian Challis in a daylong meditation retreat, September 30, 2017 in Palm Springs. A day spent in meditation, practice and community exploring our personal sense of Refuge. Click below for more information and registration.

« All Events Connecting with our Heart’s Refuge with Ian Challis September 30 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm Event Navigation « Just Sit Learning to Meditate » A sense of home or refuge — an internal base that offers shelter, support and safety — is vital in an ever-changing, unpredictable world. Buddhist teac...

05/16/2017

03/01/2017

From Ian Challis: Very grateful for the invitation to share a recent dharma talk I gave at Insight Community of the Desert, in Palm Springs with the congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Church of The Desert in Rancho Mirage. The Sunday service begins at 10:00 am. The subject of my talk is Refuge, Resistance and Stopping the War. Join us!

11/14/2016

In addition to Larry Yang's article below, may you find inspirations of practice in this treasury of wisdom:

After Donald Trump's stunning upset, Lion's Roar has reached out to a number of Buddhist teachers for their individual responses.