Group Meditation
Meditation in community offers a way into the deeper experience and meaning of the practice by connecting personal experience to the shared field of the group. For many, joining a group can be one of the most natural introductions to meditation. For those already on the path, meeting in this way becomes a steady foundation for growing and deepening in one’s own practice.
In this circle, each person both gives and receives encouragement. We offer one another stability for the days when silence feels far away, and companionship for the long journey of returning home.
We enter together into prayerful stillness—sometimes moving into silence directly, other times beginning with lectio divina (in the Christian contemplative tradition, “divine reading”) using short contemplative quotes from across the world’s wisdom traditions. The length of meditation varies with the group, anywhere from 20 minutes to one or even two hours. After this time in silence, we open a space for sharing that emerges from the stillness. This is not conversation or analysis, but the kind of speaking that rises from the depths—sometimes in the form of questions, sometimes as insights offered from an open heart. Often, what is spoken feels as though it belongs to everyone in the room, a shared voice of the deeper self.
A typical gathering may include:
A brief contemplative reading or reflection to open the space.
A period of shared meditation in silence (20 minutes to 1–2 hours, depending on the group).
A time for insight dialogue, open-hearted sharing, or questions arising from the silence.
Each gathering is meant to be a welcoming, grounded space—an oasis of peace in a world that often pulls us in many directions.
