Welcome to Portland Insight Meditation Center
Join us on the path to greater clarity and peace.
PIMC offers a variety of opportunities for practice in the insight (vipassanā) meditation tradition, both in-person and online. Our offerings support beginners, experienced practitioners, and everyone in between.
Featured Programs
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Mindful Movement
With Jim Dalton
Daylong Retreat
Saturday, May 3
Join Jim Dalton for a day of gentle, grounding Qigong practice. This retreat is open to all levels and will include standing movements, breath awareness, and time for reflection.
6-Week Class Series
Beginning Monday, May 5
Continue your Qigong journey in this six-week class series. Each session will build on the last, offering a supportive space to deepen your practice and embody mindful movement.
Upcoming Events & Guest Teachers
April 23 / Heart Cultivation & the Brahmaviharas
5:15pm - 6:45pm
First class of a five-week series with Doug Pullin focusing on the Brahmaviharas.
April 27 / Guest Teacher: Enrique Collazo
10am - 12pm
The Crucial Tools for Now: The Four Noble Truths, Metta and Our Journey Ahead
May 3 / Qigong & Mindful Movement Daylong Retreat
May 5 / Qigong & Mindful Movement Six-Class Series
May 10 / Daylong Retreat with Tim Geil
9am - 4pm
Embodying the Four Noble Truths: Exploration of each of the Noble Truths in an embodied way through Insight Meditation, dharma talks and questions.
May 18 / Guest Teacher Alexa Redner
10am - 12pm
Dharma Talk Topic TBD!
June 7 / Half Day Retreat with Betsy Toll
Engaged Spirituality: The interface of practice, the precepts or principles that ground us, and social action. Registration coming soon!
June 15 / Guest Teacher Carol Melkonian
10am - 12pm
Dharma Talk Topic TBD!
June 29 / Guest Teacher Kirsten Rudestam
10am - 12pm
Dharma Talk Topic TBD!
Based in Portland, Oregon, the Portland Insight Meditation Community is an experiment in American Buddhism. We welcome people of all faiths, orientations, genders, abilities, ages, and racial/cultural backgrounds. The purpose of PIMC is to improve the lives of participants, their families and the greater community through meditative practice and a lifestyle that supports liberation from suffering, the awakening of wisdom, and the manifestation of compassion.
Rooted in the essential teachings of the Buddha, we are dedicated to awakening beyond the ritualism, sexism, hierarchy and other cultural artifacts that have characterized traditional religion. We value diversity and welcome anyone who is interested in investigating the inner life.