Insight Meditation Chestertown
Instruction and support for the practices of insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness (metta) meditation, and to foster understanding of the Buddha's teachings (the Dharma).
Taking Refuge
Half-day Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
Saturday, October 17, 2026
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
When we meditate, we take refuge in the teachings and the life of the Buddha, and in the community of people who practice with us.
This will be a morning of sitting and walking meditation, with instruction and a dharma talk. Suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators.
At the Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship
914 Gateway Drive, Chestertown, Maryland. To register, send an email to imcchestertown@gmail.
Sponsored by the Insight Meditation Community of Chestertown
No registration fee; donations welcome
In addition to weekly meditation groups on Tuesday evenings, Friday mornings, and a peer-led Monday morning group, IMC-Chestertown offers occasional daylong and half-day retreats.
Our teachings and practices come from the Western "Insight Meditation" branch of the Theravadan lineage of Buddhism, as taught by Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and many others. We also welcome teachers and teachings from other lineages of Buddhism.
The Insight Meditation Community of Chestertown meets at different locations in Chestertown, Maryland.
All are welcome at any of the groups.