Programs

Monday: London, England, and Beyond

With Emma Donaldson-Feilder and Rosalie Dores

Open Dates
Online

Our Insight Dialogue group currently meets via Zoom every three to four weeks on a Monday evening (UK time). We also run occasional day-long and weekend retreats in person in London.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Open Dates
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The groups meets bi-weekly on Friday evening from 7:30-9:30 pm. Each evening has a theme and we follow the eightfold path in many aspects to support our practise in daily life.

Den Bosch, Netherlands

Open Dates
Den Bosch, Netherlands

For information, please contact Chris van der Velden via c.ofthefields@protonmail.com. Or visit the Vipassanameditatie Den Bosch website: www.vipassanameditatiedenbosch.net

Groningen, Netherlands

Open Dates
Groningen, Netherlands

The group meets every month, typically on Monday evening from 19:30 – 21:45. Insight Dialogue practice is facilitated by Marieke Duijvestijn.

Leiden, Netherlands

Open Dates
Leiden, Netherlands

The group meets from 7.30 – 9.30 am, typically on the first Monday of the month. Insight Dialogue practise is facilitated by Nynke Humalda.

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Open Dates
Nijmegen, Netherlands

This is a peer-led Insight Dialogue group. We meet on Monday evenings every fortnight in the home of a group member.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Open Dates
Utrecht, Netherlands

The group meets once a month on Friday from 19:30 – 21:30. Insight Dialogue practice is facilitated by the group members.

New York, New York, USA - In person/Online

Open Dates
New York, New York

The peer led group meets the first and third Friday of each month from 10 am–12 pm US eastern time. Facilitation is shared. New members are welcome.

Cascadia Community Online Sangha

Open Dates
online

Our Insight Dialogue sangha meets from 7:00 – 9:30 pm on the second Monday each month. We usually have two peer facilitators guiding each evening.

Monday Weekly Drop-in Sessions

With Sue Brown, Michael Wilder, Patricia Fontaine and Susie Clarion

Open Dates
Online via Zoom

Drop-in sessions are Monday, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Americas eastern time. These sessions are open to anyone with prior silent meditation practice experience and prior Insight Dialogue practice experience (e.g., participation in an Insight Dialogue retreat or introductory Insight Dialogue course). You may join this drop-in group once, occasionally, or every week, it's up to you.

Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany

Open Dates
Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany

The group meets once a month, Saturdays from 15:00 – 18:00. A group of experienced practitioners share responsibility for facilitating.

Thursday Weekly Drop-in Sessions

With Dave Leggatt, Angela Spaxman and Genevieve Heng

Open Dates
Online via Zoom

assisted by Qingqing Wang, Gen Heng, and Angela Spaxman. Drop-in sessions are Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 pm ET. Drop-in sessions are open to anyone with some experience in a contemplative practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice. You may join once or every week; it's up to you.

Vienna, Austria - Saturday

With Harald Reiter

Open Dates
Vienna, Austria

This group meets Saturday every second month, 9 am to 5 pm in Vienna, Austria and is facilitated by Harald Reiter.

New Castle, NSW, Australia

Open Dates
Newcastle, NSW

The Newcastle Insight Dialogue Group meets fortnightly during the year, except from late December to end of January.

Bern & Fribourg, Switzerland

Open Dates
Bern & Fribourg

The group meets monthly for two hours. Fribourg session is in French; the Bern session in English. Participants can practice in German. Possibility for other locations.

Wednesday: 八正道-慧談線上修習

With Jessica Mui

Open Dates
Online

This online drop-in group meets weekly on Wednesday, 8-9:30 pm Chinese standard time/ 8-9:30 am Americas eastern time. Practice in Mandarin and Cantonese is facilitated by Jessica Mui. Organized by Hong Kong Insight.

Friday, 2nd and 4th, Practice Group

With Anita Bermont and Marsha Lawson

Open Dates
Online via Zoom

This drop-in practice session meets the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month from 11:00 am-12:30 pm Americas Eastern Time. It is open to anyone with some experience in a contemplative practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice.

Thursday Weekly Practice Group

With Mary Burns

Open Dates
Online via Zoom

Two Thursday practice sessions are available, from 6:00 am-7:30 am Americas eastern time and 9:00 am - 10:30 am Americas eastern time. These are for experienced Insight Dialogue practitioners.

Wednesday Weekly Practice Group

With Jane Cutler

Open Dates
Online via Zoom
Every Wednesday practice group with Jane Cutler and guest teachers and facilitators, UK time 7pm – 8.30pm, Central European 8pm - 9:30pm, Americas Eastern 2pm – 3:30pm, Americas Pacific 11 am -12:30pm.

Saturday (First) Monthly Practice Group, RiverRun Insight Dialogue

With Jaylene Summers

Open Dates
Online via Zoom
The group meets on the first Saturday of each month from 10:30 am-12 pm Eastern time monthly. Jaylene Summers co-facilitates with another Insight Dialogue practitioner.

Tuesday/ Dienstag (Jeden 2 und 4 im Monat)

With Bhikkhu Sukhacitto and Harald Tichy

Open Dates
online via Zoom
Einsichtsdialog für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene – offene fortlaufende Online-Gruppe​
Mit Bhante Sukhacitto, Renate Löseke, Harald Tichy

Friday Monthly Insight Dialogue Practice in Dutch

With Riët Aarsse, Marieke Duijvestijn, Nynke Humalda and Simin Abravesh

Open Dates
online via zoom

Online Insight Dialogue practice (in Dutch) Twice a month practice with the Dutch Insight Dialogue Practice group. Every 2nd Friday morning of each month at 9.00-11.00 am CEST and every 4th Thursday evening of each month (7.30-9.00 pm CEST) you are welcome for online ID practice. The sessions will be guided by Riët Aarsse, Simin […]

Thursday Monthly Insight Dialogue Practice in Dutch

With Riët Aarsse, Marieke Duijvestijn, Nynke Humalda and Simin Abravesh

Open Dates
online via zoom

Online Insight Dialogue practice (in Dutch) Twice a month practice with the Dutch Insight Dialogue Practice group. Every 2nd Friday morning of each month at 9.00-11.00 am CEST and every 4th Thursday evening of each month (7.30-9.00 pm CEST) you are welcome for online ID practice. The sessions will be guided by Riët Aarsse, Simin […]

Sunday Weekly Drop-in Sessions

With Dave Leggatt

Open Dates
Online via Zoom

Drop-in sessions are Sundays from 10:30 am-12:00 pm Americas Eastern Time. Drop-in sessions are open to anyone with some experience in a contemplative practice and familiarity with Insight Dialogue through reading or practice. You may join once or every week; it's up to you.

Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe mensuel de pratique de Dialogue Conscient en français

With Sandrine Rauter and Alex Castanheira

Open Dates
Online via ZOOM
Notre groupe de pratique de Dialogue Conscient se rencontre environ une fois par mois, généralement de 19h00 à 21h15 (CET). Nous organisons parfois des journées ou des weekends non résidentiels. Ces sessions de pratique de Dialogue Conscient sont proposées par Alexandre Castanheira et Sandrine Rauter, facilitateurs de Dialogue Conscient.

Friday, first: Dhamma Contemplation

With Jessica Mui, Nolitha Tsengiwe, Rachel Hammerman and Yenkuei Chuang

Open Dates
online
Dhamma Contemplation on the first Friday of each month. Compatible with Americas, European, Africa and Asia time zones.

Thursday Bi-Weekly Practice

With Angela Spaxman and Genevieve Heng

Open Dates
online via Zoom
Bi-weekly on Thursdays, 8:00 - 9:30 pm Chinese standard time/ 7:00 - 8:30 am Americas Eastern Standard Time. Organized by Hong Kong Insight.

Thursday, third: Dharma Contemplation

With Janet Surrey and Marsha Lawson

Open Dates
online

Jan Surrey and Marsha Lawson offer a Dharma Contemplation relational practice on third Thursdays from 7:15 - 8:45 pm Americas Eastern Time (Boston). The practice of Dharma Contemplation provides would-be readers of the Buddhist suttas with an accessible doorway into this rich vein of wisdom through relational practice with these wisdom texts. For more information […]

Saturday, third: Dhamma Contemplation

With Jessica Mui, Nolitha Tsengiwe, Rachel Hammerman and Yenkuei Chuang

Open Dates
online
Dhamma Contemplation on the third Saturday of each month. Compatible with Americas and Asia time zones.

Saturday, monthly, Queer Insight Dialogue Sangha

With Elizabeth Faria, Patricia Fontaine and Rachel Hammerman

Open Dates
online via Zoom

The Queer Insight Dialogue (ID) Sangha is a two hour drop-in online practice group for LGBTQIA+ identifying relational dharma practitioners around the world to share practice, experience, support, learnings, and care. In addition to holding affinity space for practice, over time the Queer ID Sangha will also offer learning opportunities to the broader Insight Dialogue […]

Tuesdays: Grounding in the Insight Dialogue Guidelines

With Rachel Hammerman, Yenkuei Chuang, Brent Beresford, Marsha Lawson, Deanna Burkett, Ayya Anopama and Sandra Ramos Amézquita

Open Dates
online
This drop-in practice group will focus practice on deepening understanding of using the six guidelines of Insight Dialogue to cultivate freedom from suffering while in relationship with others. Each session will include silent meditation, focus on a particular Insight Dialogue guideline and contemplation practice in breakout rooms with meditation partners.

Sunday/ Los últimos domingos del mes: Sesión mensual de la práctica de Diálogo Consciente

With Beatriz Rodriguez Vega, Sandra Ramos Amézquita, Adriana Orellana de Rickebusch and Ayya Anopama

Open Dates
online

Sesión mensual de la práctica de| Zoom | En español | 90 minutos  Esta sesión es una oportunidad para practicar dialogo consciente en español para todas las personas con una práctica de meditación individual habitual y que hayan realizado alguna introducción al Dialogo Consciente Cada sesión es una práctica que aspira a profundizar en la […]

Lausanne, Switzerland

With Anne Michel and Adriana Orellana de Rickebusch

Open Dates
Lausanne, Suisse

Ce cours s’adresse à toutes les personnes intéressées par la pratique du Dialogue Conscient, avec ou sans expérience de méditation. La pratique de Dialogue Conscient offre la possibilité de cultiver les qualités méditatives que nous travaillons habituellement dans la méditation en silence, mais dans l’échange avec une ou plusieurs personnes. Souvent, une grande source de stress vient de nos relations avec […]

London, England, and Beyond

With Emma Donaldson-Feilder

Open Dates
Online

Our Insight Dialogue group currently meets via Zoom every three to four weeks on a Monday evening (UK time). We also run occasional day-long and weekend retreats in person in London.

Wednesday: Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific (IDAP)

With Anita Bermont, Elizabeth Faria and Jill Shepherd

Open Dates
online

Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific offers an online study and practice series which meets twice a month on Wednesday morning (Asia/Aust/NZ) or Tuesday afternoon (Americas). This group is based in Australia. Indriya Series In Buddhist practice, the five spiritual faculties known as the Indriya: confidence, energy, mindfulness, collectedness, and insight - are natural qualities of the […]

Insight Dialogue Sangha for BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority

With Nolitha Tsengiwe, Yenkuei Chuang, Brent Beresford and Tuere Sala

Open Dates
online

Please join us on select Mondays to cultivate a space to learn, share, and deepen in this relational practice of meditation. This is a group meant for people who self-identify as BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority.  Together we will explore the teachings of the Buddha using Insight Dialogue guidelines. We will cultivate internal and interpersonal awareness, wisdom, care, and resilience to meet the challenges of our lives.…]

Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient

With Adriana Orellana de Rickebusch, Alex Castanheira, Brent Beresford, Sandrine Rauter, Stéphane Benoist and Viveka Bhikkhu

Open Dates
En ligne et en direct sur Zoom.
Notre intention est de former une communauté autour de la pratique du dialogue conscient, dédiée au chemin d'une vie remplie de douceur et de sagesse, en relation avec les autres et avec le monde dont nous faisons partie.

Tuesdays, 2nd and 4th monthly: Cammeraygal Insight Dialogue Sangha

With Fabiana Gomes

Open Dates
We meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm Sydney, Australia time. The session last for 1.5 hours. This practice session is suitable for anyone who has a foundation in the Insight Dialogue guidelines.

Virtual Dhamma Hall

Open Dates
Online via Zoom

“Here, gone to the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, they sit down; having folded their legs crosswise, set their body erect, and establish mindfulness in front of them, mindful they breathe in, mindful they breathe out.” (Satipatthana, using the gender expansive pronoun they) This virtual Dhamma Hall […]

Friday Monthly - Active Hope Drop-in Group

With Angela Spaxman and Fabiana Gomes

Open Dates
online

We welcome anyone with Insight Dialogue experience and concern for our rapidly changing world to join this international group. We practice on the third Friday of each month:  mornings in the Americas, mid-day Europe and Africa, and evening Asia.  Please use a time zone converter to find your local time based on 7:30pm Hong Kong […]

Thursdays: Gota do Dhamma - Dhamma Drop

With Fabiana Gomes

Open Dates
online

The Gota do Dharma, Dhamma Drop, was created in 2020, during the pandemic, and has become a community of practitioners committed to self-development through practice and growth within a community. It fosters mutual support and the building of trusting connections that allow us to experientially learn the teachings of the Buddha. We meet weekly to […]

Vienna, Austria - Tuesday

Open Dates
Vienna, Austria

The group meets on the first Tuesday of each month from 18:30 – 21:00 and is led by Interpersonal-Mindfulness Teacher, Thomas Zaussinger.

Berlin, Germany

Open Dates
Berlin, Germany

The group meets once a month on Third Thursday, 7:30 – 9:30 pm. Both, experienced practitioners as well as individuals with a meditation practice who are new to Insight Dialogue are welcome.

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Open Dates
Evantson, Illinois

The group meets the second Wednesday of the month September through May. Doors open 6:00 pm, silent sit at 6:30 pm, Insight Dialogue practice from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Dharma Contemplation Online Practice Group

Open Dates
Online

Dhamma Contemplation Peer Group in English Language with the support of Tilorien Monastery from Belgium.

Insight Dialogue Practice Group

Open Dates
Online via Zoom

This group meets one Saturday and one Sunday a month at a time convenient for those in North America and Europe.

Sunday Sangha - Wisdom in Practice: Insight Dialogue Guidelines and Dhamma

September 1, 2024 - May 4, 2025
online
The guiding theme for the 2024-2025 Sunday Sangha sessions will be on the relationship between the Insight Dialogue guidelines and the Buddhist wisdom teachings.

Investigation into the Practice of the Bramaviharas

With Jane Cutler

January 22 - June 25, 2025
online
We will investigate the qualities of Mettā or Loving-kindness, Compassion, Empathetic joy or gladness, Equanimity. Supporting change in ourselves, for those dear to us close by and those we don't know.

Suffering and Liberation in Relationships - An Insight Dialogue Retreat in the Heart of Winter

With Brent Beresford, Rachel Hammerman and Yenkuei Chuang

January 28 - 31, 2025
Montreal, Canada
This 4-day meditation retreat offers an opportunity to immerse fully in mindfulness, both individually and relationally, through the interpersonal meditation practice of Insight Dialogue. Together we’ll settle into a balanced heartmind, and explore the fundamental teachings of the Four Noble Truths, of suffering and liberation in relationships.

Art & Soul: Metta - Lovingkindness

With Deborah Ennis

February 9, 2025
Online via Zoom
Welcome to Art & Soul of Insight Dialogue, a monthly series of mini retreats, organized by Insight Dialogue NE. We’ll use our mini-retreats this year to explore the Brahma Viharas..

Introduction to Insight Dialogue: Grounding in the Guidelines

With Rachel Hammerman and Anna-Brown Griswold

February 13 - March 6, 2025
online
Join us for four weeks to explore the six guidelines Insight Dialogue guidelines through a combination of guidance, silent meditation, contemplation, and breakout sessions. Through experiential learning your understanding of this transformative practice will deepen.

Awakening White Awareness: An Insight Dialogue and Race Equity Program

With Judy Bernstein, Susie Clarion, Holly Nelson-Johnson and Michele Zukerberg

February 13 - April 10, 2025
online
This nine-week series for white-bodied people integrates the transformative Buddhist practice of Insight Dialogue (relational mindfulness) with anti-racism education. We will explore and co-create white anti-racist culture within a dedicated, compassionate community of study and practice.

The Individual-Relational Dharma Paradox and Why it Matters to Your Life

With Gregory Kramer

February 16, 2025
Online
Join Gregory for this 90 minute session with the Sangha Live online Buddhist community. Sangha Live functions just like city-based Insight Meditation groups around the world, but you can attend from anywhere. Each Sunday renowned Insight Meditation teachers offer meditation instruction, teachings, and live Q&A on video.

Liberation Through Relationality: Around the World Insight Dialogue Retreat

February 21 - March 1, 2025
Online
As Insight Dialogue Community, we have the possibility to come together, connect, and open our hearts to each other and to ourselves. Especially in these challenging times marked by change and instability, we invite you to the strengthening and healing power of relational practice and the joyful and liberating support of the community.

Finding Freedom Together: A BCBS Path Program

With Nicola Redfern and Bart van Melik

February 28, 2025 - April 19, 2026
Barre, MA and online
An in-depth program, multi-month program where we will draw upon the practice of Insight Dialogue to explore the liberating potential of the Four Noble Truths in an immediate and relational way.

'A Life Well Lived' - A series of Dialogue Retreat Days

With Rosalie Dores

March 1, 2025
Brighton and Hove, UK

The Buddha’s teachings offer practical guidance on how to actively cultivate a life that leads towards greater freedom, wellbeing and happiness for ourselves and others. In this series of three daylong retreats, we will take time in silence and relational meditation (Insight Dialogue*) to investigate the role that Sila (ethics), Samadhi (absorption) and Panna (wisdom) play in […]

Art & Soul: Metta - Mudita

With Anita Bermont

March 16, 2025
Online via Zoom
Welcome to Art & Soul of Insight Dialogue, a monthly series of mini retreats, organized by Insight Dialogue NE. We’ll use our mini-retreats this year to explore the Brahma Viharas..

Introduction to Insight Dialogue: “Pause and Relax"

With Yenkuei Chuang

March 22, 2025
Easthampton, MA, USA

We human beings are intrinsically relational and individual at the same time. How we relate to this paradox lies at the core of our dhamma practice towards freedom and love. Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice based on bhavana (meditation), panna (wisdom), and sangha (relationality). It utilizes six guidelines: Pause, Relax, Open, Attune to […]

Caring for the World Together 慧谈静修营 – 携手关爱世界

With Jessica Mui, Elizabeth Faria and Dave Leggatt

March 28 - April 6, 2025
Malaysia
During this retreat, through the practice of Insight Dialogue, we will develop kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity and a wise response to the challenges of life, cultivate meditative qualities like mindfulness, calmness of the mind, and orientate our day-to-day life towards Dhamma.

Art & Soul

With Janet Surrey and Marsha Lawson

April 6, 2025
Cambridge, MA
Please join us for this in-person practice at the Peace House.
Peaceful group meditation during the Cascadia Insight Dialogue Retreat focused on mindfulness and relational meditation.

Cascadia Insight Dialogue Retreat

With Gregory Kramer, Mary Burns, Nicola Redfern and Sandra Ramos Amézquita

May 5 - 11, 2025
Samish Island, WA (located between Seattle, WA, USA and Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Early Registration: USD $725 by March 31
Regular Cost: USD $775 after March 31

Releasing the Views that Bind Us The Cascadia ID Retreat offers a rare opportunity to explore a range of different approaches to finding freedom, using the Insight Dialogue meditation practice to draw together wisdom from both the Insight and Zen traditions. We will explore one of the key obstacles to finding freedom: the ways we […]

Art & Soul: Mother's Day

With Janet Surrey

May 11, 2025
Online via Zoom
Welcome to Art & Soul of Insight Dialogue, a monthly series of mini retreats, organized by Insight Dialogue NE. This is our annual Mother's Day practice.

Truth Here and Now

With Ayya Anopama

May 28 - June 1, 2025
Devon, United Kingdom
with Laura Bridgman We will explore how we can be present within ourselves through the power of silent meditation and also through the relational practices of Insight Dialogue and inquiry by listening deeply and speaking from silence. In the unconditional acceptance of our inner experience and in relationship with others, the doors to compassion and liberating insight can open.

Two-day Insight Dialogue workshop

With Elizabeth Faria and Jill Shepherd

May 31 - June 1, 2025
Sydney, Australia

The only constant is change ... But even in the midst of life’s uncertainties, it IS possible to find a sense of stability and refuge. All of the Buddha’s teachings show us how to cultivate resilience, so that we can navigate life’s inevitable ups and downs with some degree of balance, steadiness, ease and equanimity. […]

'A Life Well Lived' - A series of Dialogue Retreat Days

With Rosalie Dores

June 28, 2025
Brighton and Hove, UK

The Buddha’s teachings offer practical guidance on how to actively cultivate a life that leads towards greater freedom, wellbeing and happiness for ourselves and others. In this series of three daylong retreats, we will take time in silence and relational meditation (Insight Dialogue*) to investigate the role that Sila (ethics), Samadhi (absorption) and Panna (wisdom) play in […]

Opening the heart, freeing the mind: An Insight Dialogue Retreat

With Phyllis K. Hicks

July 15 - 20, 2025
near Asheville, North Carolina

Join us for this relational meditation retreat. When we open to the immediacy of our experience, we have supportive conditions for seeing clearly, for loosening identification, and for transforming tension and reactivity into understanding.  As we cultivate meditative qualities together, the heart releases into connection.  We discover suffering and the end of suffering.[…]

Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat

With Tuere Sala and Peace Twesigye

August 1 - 6, 2025
Barre, MA
Together, we are stronger and more resilient, and we can support one another to go a little bit further on the path towards awakening. This program is about just that: supporting each other to awaken together. We will integrate the wisdom practice of Insight Dialogue with the Four Noble Truths.

Insight Dialogue: A Relational Meditation Retreat

With Rosalie Dores

August 15 - 21, 2025
Devon, United Kingdom
With Jenny Wilks. Silent meditation supports and nourishes the cultivation of non-reactive awareness and kind acceptance of our inner experience. However, we also need to bring these same qualities into our various interactions and relationships, as it is often in our exchanges with others that challenge and suffering can arise. In this retreat, we will explore how relationship itself can be a path of practice.

'A Life Well Lived' - A series of Dialogue Retreat Days

With Rosalie Dores

October 26, 2025
Brighton and Hove, UK

The Buddha’s teachings offer practical guidance on how to actively cultivate a life that leads towards greater freedom, wellbeing and happiness for ourselves and others. In this series of three daylong retreats, we will take time in silence and relational meditation (Insight Dialogue*) to investigate the role that Sila (ethics), Samadhi (absorption) and Panna (wisdom) play in […]

Gemeinsam erwachen - ein Vipassana-Meditationsretreat mit Einsichtsdialog

With Ayya Anopama and Irene Bumbacher

December 8 - 14, 2025
Unterwasser, Switzerland

In diesem Retreat werden wir erforschen, wie wir durch die Kraft der stillen Meditation und die Praxis des Einsichtsdialogs, des tiefen Zuhörens und des Sprechens aus der Stille, in uns selbst und mit anderen präsent sein können. In der bedingungslosen Akzeptanz unserer inneren Erfahrung und in der Beziehung zu anderen öffnet sich die Tür zu […]