Austin Insight Meditation

Events & Classes

Austin Insight Meditation (AIM) offers events and classes throughout the year. This page is updated regularly, but to get these and other sangha updates direct to your inbox, please join our email list.

Saturday August 29

August Daylong at Trinity: The Restorative Practice of Metta - lovingkindness

Join us for our monthly in person daylong at Trinity Church, led by Carolyn Kelley. We'll meet from 10am to 3pm Saturday JAugust 29, 2026.

Registration is open!

Monday Nights Sept 7 - 28

Deepening Practice: Four-week meditation class

Starting Sept 7th with Carolyn Bottler. We will meet in person in the Interfaith Chapel at Trinity Church every Monday night fron 7 -8:30 pm. Guided meditation, dharma talks and discussion of the 4th Foundation: Mindfulness of Dharmas.

2nd Saturdays Sept 12
Oct 10
Nov 14
Dec 12

Saturday Sangha with Children's Mindfulness Program

This gathering is peer-led by a sangha member and includes 45 minutes of meditation, followed by 30 minutes of reading and discussion based on a teaching selected by a sangha member.

Children (ages 4-12) will participate in a parallel mindfulness program with age-appropriate activities and lessons inspired by Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh.

We will meet from 10 to 11:15 am at the Interfaith Chapel at Trinity Church of Austin on Speedway on these dates: September 12, October 10, November 14, and December 12 (2027 dates TBD).

RSVPs are encouraged but not required. Use this form to let us know you're coming.

As always, this is a dāna based offering. Any financial donations are appreciated.

Email Heather (heather.galvano@gmail.com) or Melissa (melissatester@gmail.com) for more info.

Thurs, Nov 12 - Sun, Nov 15

Residential Retreat

At Ancient Yoga Center in Austin with Anushka Fernandopulle
(https://www.anushkaf.org). Check back later for more information.

Virtual Book Club: Saturday 9/25 at 4pm

A third opportunity to discuss Michael Pollan's A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness! If you haven't finished the book yet, or didn't attend the last meeting, we still encourage you to join.

Zoom link here!

---Interested in facilitating? Email cooper.brittannie@gmail.com.
---Discussion questions to come.

Kalyāṇa Mitta: Sunday, Aug 30th at 10am-12 noon

Kalyāṇa Mitta is Pāli for "spiritual friendship,” a crucial component of our practice. We’re planning informal, recurring monthly in-person meetups on the last Sunday of each month. Come and go as you’d like. A sangha member will “host” each meetup, so there will be at least one person there during the allotted time, and you can reach out to them with any day-of coordination issues.

Next: August 30th
Where: Easy Tiger at The Linc
Host: Brittannie Cooper

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