Reflective Meditation is grounded in early Buddhist teachings and informed by Western psychology. Our practice evolved out of the Insight (Vipassana) tradition. This secular expression encourages meditators to include the full range of their inner experience: thoughts, emotions, sensations, and bodily awareness with a receptive, kind and curious attention.

After each meditation, practitioners take time to reflect and journal, describing what unfolded and the process of meditation itself. Through gentle dialogue with teachers and peers, these reflections become a shared inquiry that deepens understanding, compassion, and ethical clarity. This integrative approach supports a meditation practice that is both personally meaningful and grounded in everyday realities.

Our meditation events include:

  • silent meditation
  • time to reflect and journal after each meditation
  • group reflections: a process in which meditators voluntarily describe their meditation experiences, and with kindness and curiosity mutually explore them with a teacher or facilitator. What arises in our meditation–whether it’s a memory, an image, an emotion, or just restlessness–can be shaped, deepened, and more fully understood through dialogue and shared inquiry.
  • dharma talks
  • group discussions
Buddha statue holding flower

In order to honor each person’s process in meditation, our meditation periods are silent rather than guided. Basic meditation instructions are given for newcomers. People who already have a meditation practice are invited to meditate in the way that they are accustomed to or try this receptive and unstructured approach. We typically meditate for 15–30 minutes, on retreat for 40 minutes. Each meditator is free to end a meditation earlier. Afterwards, there is time for silent reflection and journaling.

We offer a variety of events that are designed to provide opportunities to accommodate different schedules, interests, and levels of involvement. Most events are open to both beginners and ongoing students.