Events and Offerings
Burlington Dharma Collective
I teach regularly at the Burlington Dharma Collective in Burlington, Vermont. We have weekly in-person meditation on Friday mornings, semi-monthly daylong retreats, and more. If you’re in the area, come check it out! Upcoming events are listed below.
Check out the website to learn more, join the mailing list, and see upcoming events.
Events
Ecodharma Practice Group
Online practice group hosted by Cambridge Insight Meditation Center.
Online, Sundays, 4:30-6pm EST, June 29 - August 3, 2025 (5 sessions).
The program will not meet on Sunday, July 6. The final session of this practice group on Sunday, August 3 will be offered both in-person at the Center and online (hybrid).
This weekly gathering will support and deepen your Dharma practice in a time of global turmoil and destabilization, bringing Buddhist wisdom to the intertwined socioecological crises touching all our lives. Our time together will include guided meditation, teachings, and discussion. We’ll explore the questions: How can the more-than-human world be our teacher? How do we engage Buddhist meditation and nature connection practices torespond skillfully to life in the Anthropocene – the current era in which humans have become the dominant force shaping Earth’s bio-geophysical composition and processes? Where do we find hope?
We will practice shamatha (from the Sanskrit “shama” meaning peace, and “tha” meaning to dwell) meditation to stabilize and clarify the mind, the Seven Homecomings practice to access refuge and guidance, mettā to connect with boundless compassion, and nature-based meditation to open to the wisdom of the earth.
There are no neat and tidy answers to the transitions we are experiencing. We will instead plant our questions in the soil of our practice and wait for insights to unfurl in the openness of our hearts. We’ll aspire to radical openness and discernment as we navigate practice in community— meditating together, sharing in dialogue, and discovering new ways of being with the reality of climate collapse.
No prior meditation experience necessary. All identities are warmly welcomed. Participants are expected to maintain a daily meditation practice based on the unfolding guidance throughout the 5 weeks of this course.
Full and partial scholarships are available.
More info and registration: https://cambridgeinsight.org/product/ecodharma-practice-group-online/
The Dharma of Parenting: Nurturing Life, Love, and Liberation
Online daylong retreat with Zac Ispa-Landa and Cara Lai, hosted by Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
How do we learn to practice with everything in our lives? As parents, we may feel like we aren’t truly on the path of liberation because our lives don’t look like the stereotypical life of a renunciate. But when we open to the profound opportunities for deep and authentic practice that our lives as parents present, we can move beyond this belief and step fully onto the path in the midst of our hectic lives. In the process, we may even discover that there couldn’t be better circumstances for deep and transformative engagement with the Dharma. When parenting becomes practice, the tension between our life as it is – with all its demands and distractions – and our desire for ideal conditions for Dharma practice dissolves. And, in the process, we can bring the benefit of the Dharma to ourselves and those around us during a phase of life when the fruits of contemplative practice are so deeply needed.
Learn more and register at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
Daylong Retreat
Daylong meditation retreat led by Zac and Lindsay Foreman on Saturday, Nov 9th at the Friends Meeting House on North Prospect Street in Burlington. The retreat will include guided and silent meditation, outdoor walking meditation, lovingkindness practices, movement, and opportunities for discussion and community connection. All experience levels are welcome.
Suggested donation is $30 - $50. This is a family-friendly gathering with childcare available. If you’re interested in bringing your child, please reach out to Zac at ispalanda@gmail.com to check for available space.
More information and registration at: https://www.burlingtondharmacollective.com/events