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February 2023 by Marc Hall
I love the people and the meditation.
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September 2021 by Mark Templeton
Excellent meditation instruction, wonderfully supportive teachers and community
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August 2020 by Michael Craig
I have been going for years. Everyone is welcome, including all religious backgrounds, ethnicities, races, genders, ages, and more. Many opportunities for learning and practicing positive life changing skills. Meditation and nice people too. Many events, presentations, and classes. No pressure. Also no prerequisites to participate in most events. Retreats for people ready for a more immersive experience happen throughout the year on various dates.
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March 2020 by Sandy R.
Started here a few year ago, back when Zen in our culture seemed more popular than mindfulness, before every publishing house was spitting out their monthly book mindfulness on every possible category. I began informally and on the sidelines, but by setting the table with foundational courses like non violent communication, which is a set of ideas about how our minds perceive information based on the unexamined beliefs behind them was my first step in transforming how I naturally, effortlessly respond to life challenges ( most of the time ) -- it taught me I can see the way, but cannot do it. So, drum roll please, failing miserably with NVC provided the felt understanding of motivation for developing a secular practice that would develop my mind's capacity to pay attention earlier than later, for longer vs shorter periods of time, with less intense impulses to act even when I have clarity and finally to see differences when I didn't act so quickly and often on half the info or all the info but wildly skewed. I'm grateful for ZLMC and their courage to create a relevant, practical, non religious spiritual community.
