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The Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW) is a spiritual community that teaches and practices Vipassana meditation. IMCW has grown from a small group gathered around Tara Brach in the Fireside Room at the River Road Unitarian Church (RRUC) to a large and thriving community sponsoring an extensive program of o­ngoing meditation classes, day-long, weekend, week-long residential meditation retreats and special classes.

Tara Brach continues to lead the large weekly Wednesday night meditation class of 200 people at RRUC in Bethesda and there are now regular meditation classes throughout the Washington DC area led by the growing IMCW teacher body in Takoma Park, MD, Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Baltimore, MD.

In addition to founder and senior resident teacher, Tara Brach, IMCW is guided by a Board of Directors, Teacher's Council and several non-residential Vipassana teachers including Jack Kornfield, James Baraz, Carol Wilson, Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein. Over two dozen Kalyana Mitta groups of "spiritual friends" continue to support individual practice.

IMCW is committed to both the deepening of individual practice and the growth of spiritual community (sangha). The majority of programs and activities are generated and supported by active and dedicated volunteers, who do everything from managing retreats and teaching classes to running the annual Silent Auction and setting up chairs.

IMCW extends a warm welcome to both newcomers to meditation and long time practitioners. There are many opportunities to participate and support practice, explore expanding programs in the area of children and adolescents, mindfulness in the work place, stress management, addiction and recovery and non-violent communication.

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For more information, please visit IMCW.

~ source IMCW