5:30 – 6:50 PM
Guiding Teacher: Karen Summer

• The Monday sits are held on Zoom except for the third Monday of each month when the group meets in person at Friends Meeting House in Hanover, NH. On those weeks, there is no Zoom option. Each week, Karen emails the discussion topic and  Zoom login. Please email Karen to receive these messages. If you have not previously attended a sit, and want to attend that day, please email Karen by  Monday morning.

  Noting our moment-to-moment experience settles and brightens the mind. Curiosity about this inner flow can encourage us to “step back” into a healthy, detached observing stance. So we typically begin each sit with a 35 to 40-minute lightly guided meditation, followed by a brief personal check-in, then group discussion based on materials emailed to the group each week. Our most recent investigation, sustained over many weeks, was a detailed study of the Hindrances – sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, and doubt. We used Gil Fronsdal’s book Unhindered as our guide.

  Both the meditation and dharma discussion are appropriate for beginning and experienced meditators. If you are wholly new to meditation or wish to discuss your practice one-on-one, feel free to email Karen to set up a phone or in-person conversation.

  To offer dana to Karen, please visit our Giving web page for options.

  Consciously evoking metta for oneself and all beings warms the heart and inspires hope.

  With metta and a deep bow,

  ~karen~