River Valley Insight Meditation Community

A welcoming Buddhist Sangha in western Massachusetts

On Welcoming

by Devin R., Practice Leader At four this morning I woke up spontaneously, noticing that my mind had turned to writing a blog post in my head.  Did I want to be writing at four in the morning?  No I did not. And then I noticed the irony and began to chuckle–because the idea that […]

What is Mindfulness?

We hear a lot about mindfulness when we come to a meditation center or read about Buddhism. It is a very important factor in our practice, and I’d like to spend some time going into more depth about what it is and how to create the conditions for its arising.