We are a non-profit organization made up of directors, teachers, volunteers, and founding members dedicated to guiding meditation practitioners from suffering to awareness. We offer online classes and meditation retreats in various locations around beautiful Muskoka.
We are a non-profit organization made up of directors, teachers, volunteers, and founding members dedicated to guiding meditation practitioners from suffering to awareness. We offer online classes and meditation retreats in various locations around beautiful Muskoka.
The Freedom of Beginners' Mind
Each week we will explore a topic related to experiencing with beginners' mind. Spiritual Friendship is the foundation of this gathering and based on the principles of Insight Dialogue (ID). No previous experience with ID is required. Facilitated by Carolynn Barko.
Time & Location
Jan 26, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – Mar 16, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
Virtual Meditation Hall
About the event
Freedom of Beginners' mind
7 Sundays starting January 26 - from 7 to 8:30 pm ET - on Zoom
Habitual thoughts and subsequent actions condition the mind. This conditioning cloaks the truth of the present moment and hinders clear seeing leading to suffering. What we feed the mind becomes our reality. As a community of spiritual friends, we will bring a beginners' mind to these habits and patterns to find the freedom that waits beyond them.
Each week we will explore a topic related to releasing habits of mind through meditation, reflection and contemplative dialogue.
Spiritual Friendship is the foundation of this gathering and based on the principles of Insight Dialogue (ID). No previous experience with ID is required.
Registration fee is $35. Participants will have the opportunity to offer dana to the teacher at the end of the course.
About the facilitator, Carolynn Barko:
Carolynn is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher (CMT-P), Insight Dialogue Facilitator, Yoga Teacher, and more. In addition to Buddhist meditation retreats and regular practice, she is completing her Master of Theology, Buddhist Studies, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto. Several teachers have influenced Carolynn's practice including Bill Knight, Matt Flickstein, and Bikkhu Analayo. She currently lives in an off-grid farm in Nova Scotia.