About: Meditation Groups

The following meditation groups are organized by people interested in the work of Springwater Center. Please note that these groups are not endorsed by us.

USA

Accokeek, Maryland

Located 30 minutes outside Washington D.C., a quiet space in a secluded wooded setting is available to visit, sit silently, read, listen to a taped talk, walk on the trails. In today's busyness, a rare opportunity to listen and enjoy the spaciousness of attention and the beauty of nature. Contact Magdi at (240) 832-7776 or ccloud1@msn.com

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Regular sittings and discussions, as well as a regular December 7 day retreat. Retreat is open to people outside of New Mexico too and is affordable. Year-round space is available at our 10-acre country property for visitors' personal retreats. Contact Jay Cutts at (505) 281-0684. See Jay's website for more information and writings exploring the nature of meditative work.

Ashland, Oregon

Joan Tollifson holds public and private meetings in Ashland and occasionally elsewhere, and offers phone meetings as well. More information at joantollifson.com

Boston, Massachusetts

Kieran Mead-Ward and Michael Nagle organize a group called Small Wonder in the Boston/Cambridge area. They meet on Sundays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at 240b Elm St. in Davis Square, Somerville. The evening get-togethers will include sitting, a taped talk or reading and group dialogue. For more information contact Kieran at (617) 999-0426 or kieranmeadward@msn.com

Buffalo, New York

Sittings with taped talks and discussion every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Contact Paul L. at (716) 400-5899 or Paul-Luke@msn.com

Monhegan Island, Maine

Regular sittings and discussions, including one-day and two-day retreats entitled Introduction to Not Knowing. Contact Mike Stiler at (207) 594-0613, e-mail mstiler@acadia.net, or visit mikestilerart.com

Niwot, Colorado

Krishnamurti Discussion Group. Contact Helen or Marian at (303) 652-3756.

Richmond, Virginia

Weekly sittings, taped talks and readings, and discussion. If interested, please contact Kirk Warren Brown at (804) 828-6754 or kwbrown@vcu.edu

Rochester, New York

Monthly sitting/dialogue group in Rochester with Stew Glick. Please contact Stew if you would like to be on the email list to be notified: stewmg@frontiernet.net

Tarrytown, New York

Please contact Margaret Kogan at (914) 631-4180 if you're interested in a secular, non-sectarian meditation group. Meditation instruction is available for new meditators.

CANADA

Toronto, ON

Thanks to the hard work of Hugh McBride and Paul Andrews, a site has been found in Toronto for weekly sittings, taped talks and group dialogues. The Toronto Association for Meditative Inquiry meets Sundays at 7:30 p.m. in the lower level of Kimbourne Park United Church, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd., a five minute walk from the Coxwell subway station. For more information visit their website or contact TAMI at torontomeditativeinquiry@gmail.com or call Paul at 416-712-7941.

GERMANY

Bielefeld

Sittings are held on Fridays. For information contact Arno Gerkowski at 49-0521-873159, e-mail Arno.Gerkowski@gmx.de, or call Beate Jens at 49-0521-9457225.

Elmshorn

Sittings with Stephan Bielfeldt are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. All are welcome, no experience necessary. We sit three periods of 25 minutes with walking periods of 5 minutes in between. Location is Die Bruecke Elmshorn e.V., Neue Strasse 7, D-25335 Elmshorn. For more info contact Stephan at +49-4122-858-194 or stephan@springwater-meditation.de.

Hamburg

Sunday afternoon sittings with Stephan Bielfeldt will be held from 1-5 p.m. on the following dates in 2010:

Jan.10, Feb. 14, Mar. 21, Apr. 11, May 16, June 13, July 11, Aug. 8, Sep. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12

All are welcome, no experience necessary. We sit five periods of 25 minutes, with walking periods of 5 minutes in between. Sittings are held in the meditation room in the basement of the Buddhistische Gesellschaft in D-22337 Hamburg, Beisserstrasse 23. For more information call Stephan at +49-4122-858-194 or see bghh.de.

Koeln (Cologne)

Sittings with taped talks and/or group exchanges are held. Contact Astrid Schillings at 49-0221-562-5770 or 251299.

MEXICO

Oaxaca

Regular weekly sittings on Monday and Thurday mornings, Wednesday evenings. For more information contact D Allen at lindobird@gmail.com, or check the Casa del Angel website.

POLAND

Warsaw

Tuesday sittings weekly at Anna Sencerz' home in Warsaw. Email Jacek at jdobro@wp.pl for more information.

SPAIN

Barcelona Weekly sittings, taped talks, videos, readings, and discussion in English or German. Visit their website or contact: Torsten Cámara by e-mail at meditation.in.stillness@gmail.com.

SWEDEN

Stockholm

Sittings on Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. with occasional taped talks and discussions. For more info contact Per Nyfelt at per.nyfelt@gmail.com