| Charlottesville, Virginia and surrounding communities are home to many active organizations supporting contemplative practice — offering meditation, mindful movement, and teachings in community. This calendar gathers these contemplative offerings each week. |
25 events this week 7 on the horizon |
Recurring This Week
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Mysore-style Ashtanga with individualized instruction, good for beginners and those deepening their practice. Open to all.
Cloud Floating FreeMorning sitting meditation, online only.
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Free drop-in midday contemplative break for the UVA and Charlottesville community, open to beginners and advanced practitioners.
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Immersive light and sound exhibit in the Conservatory with standing-wave acoustics, binaural beating patterns, and synchronized lighting. Open to all.
Monday, November 02
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Free-form conscious dance and embodiment practice facilitated by Samantha Lane. Open to all.
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Active Series yoga derived from traditional Ashtanga, linking movement with breath. Open to all.
Tuesday, November 03
Blue Ridge Zen GroupEvening period of zazen (sitting meditation). All are welcome. Sessions: Zazen (sitting meditation) - Tuesdays (5:30-6:00 P.M.); Zazen, walking or standing meditation, zazen - Sundays (9:00-10:15 A.M.).
Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville"Beyond 'Us' and 'Them': Meditation on Election Eve." A guided practice exploring how greed, hatred, and delusion operate in the mind, and how a natural-awareness emphasis can interrupt the habit of dividing the world into us and them.
Wednesday, November 04
Cloud Floating FreeSitting and walking meditation followed by dharma reading and dharma sharing, in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Thursday, November 05
See Recurring This Week, above
Friday, November 06
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Immersive light and sound exhibit in the Conservatory with standing-wave acoustics, binaural beating patterns, and synchronized lighting. Open to all.
Saturday, November 07
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Immersive light and sound exhibit in the Conservatory with standing-wave acoustics, binaural beating patterns, and synchronized lighting. Open to all.
White Hall MeditationGuided 20-minute meditation followed by a dharma (teaching) talk with discussion. All are welcome and no meditation experience is necessary.
Sunday, November 08
Blue Mountain DharmaVenerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class teaching both calm abiding and analytical meditation methods, followed by a short talk and Q&A. No charge; donations welcome.
Cloud Floating FreeSitting and walking meditation followed by dharma reading and dharma sharing, in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.
On the Horizon
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Debut of the Omnisonan Project's live neuroart immersive light and sound exhibit in the CSC Conservatory, in partnership with TechnoSonics Festival. Requires registration.
Serenity Ridge Retreat Center (Ligmincha)With Geshe Denma Gyaltsen. Sur Chö practice of burnt food offerings for those who have passed away, held at Serenity Ridge over two days.
White Hall MeditationGuided 20-minute meditation followed by a dharma (teaching) talk with discussion. All are welcome and no meditation experience is necessary.
Contemplative Sciences Center (UVA)Symposium convening changemakers in emerging technology, higher education, and the contemplative sciences to ask how to prepare young adults for the future of AI. Requires registration.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)Self-guided silent meditation retreats offer individuals the freedom to structure their own retreat experience within a container that supports all their material needs. Weeklong and weekend options available this week.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)With Marjolein Janssen, Deborah Ratner-Helzer. Join us to explore the body and mind with openness, clarity, and kindness. Create space to see habitual patterns clearly and discover greater clarity, freedom and inner peace.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)With Caverly Morgan. Rediscover the belonging already within you through meditation, inquiry, and community — and let it transform how you live.
