Recurring Meetings | Class Calendar
The Class Calendar will have the most up-to-date information on meeting times. Note that recurring meetings may not be available on some holidays. Please check the calendar for special dates.
- Empty Gate Zen Center
- Boise Insight Sangha
- Beginner’s Mind Sangha
- Recovery Dharma
- Moving Meditation – Yoga
Empty Gate Zen Center
Zen meditation group in the “Kwan Um” style of practice. Leaders in this school include Zen Master Bon Soeng. This is an international school and many people who sit with the Boise group are from other states and other countries. For information, contact emptygateboise@gmail.com.
Website: https://www.emptygatezen.com/
Resource: Chanting Book
Boise Insight Sangha
We are a Kalyana Mitta group who are grounded in the traditions of Insight Meditation. We also use teachings from other Buddhist traditions to support our practice and help us in making sense of our lives.
For information, contact boiseinsight@gmail.com.
Website: https://boiseinsightsangha.wordpress.com/
Tuesday
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
In-Person & Online
Every First Saturday
Half-Day Retreat
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
In-Person & Online
(Please contact for meeting information)
Beginner’s Mind Sangha
This group practices mindfulness meditation as taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, and peace activist. It encourages bringing mindful awareness into all aspects of your life.
Website: http://www.beginnersmindsangha.org/
Wednesday
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
In Person Only
Sunday
Book Group
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
In Person Only
Recovery Dharma
A peer-led community unified by the potential of each of person to recover and find freedom from the suffering of addiction. For more information, call (208) 514-3039.
Website: https://recoverydharma.org/
Mondays
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
In Person Only
Wednesdays
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
In Person Only
Saturdays
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
In Person Only
Sundays
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
In Person Only
Moving Meditation
This is an open-level Iyengar yoga class. It is open to students of all shapes, sizes, and abilities. In this class, new students will learn the basic points of “doing yoga” and intermediate and advanced students will be introduced to more challenging poses. We’ll do standing poses, seated, forward and backward extensions, twists, arm balances, and inverted poses. The poses will be approached as moving meditations. The goal is to learn to use the poses to quiet the mind. Once a month, we will do restorative poses and practice breathwork. Props, modifications, and alternatives will always be offered. Iyengar yoga is a safe and ethical system with the goal of alignment to experience divinity.
Zoom Studio: For Online Classes & Registration
Tuesdays
Therapeutics
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (MT)
Fridays
Level 1/2
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (MT)
Sundays
Level 1/2
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (MT)
Boise Institute for Buddhist Studies 
26 replies on “Class Calendar”
These are perfect opportunities for you! These particular classes are taught especially for the beginners in mind, and are offered without charge. There are few expenses and we operate from donations. Check it out for fun and see if it fits.
Cheers,
Dan
Hello. I am interested in your Beginning Mindfulness class that has already begun. I am also interested in learning to meditate. I am curious if there is a cost associated with this? I would like to attend tomorrow at 6:15pm (the second class). I know NOTHING about Buddhism and really would like to learn! Are these classes good for someone like me or can you point me in a direction that would be more beneficial?
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The “Calm Abiding” or “Shamatha” class, 150 Buddhist Medititation, is using “Calming the Mind” by Gen Lamrimpa, as its text. As of March 30, we have covered material corresponding to a bit more than half the book, which is a small paperback.
How best might a person “jump into” this class? Is there a way to know what book/passage will be studied in the upcoming class(es)? I’d like to join this class, but I’d like to come prepared as well.