Mindfulness Meditation Centers - Julian, California

Krista Lagus

The 30-day retreat over zoom was huge, amazing, transformative. Having meditated for 30+ years in different traditions, I am really glad that I found this one. The teaching is sublime, captivating, enriching, opening doors and helping release old baggages from the mind and body. I filled three notebooks in taking notes. I sat on the cushion more hours than I care to count.

Prior, I did not believe that doing a retreat from home, from across the world, was even a possibility, let alone so effective. While doing the meditations was at times challenging, the benefits that I experience afterwards are equally great. The online platform offered a chance to attend from a completely different timezone (+10 hours): some of the classes I participated in real time whereas some of the meditation sessions I did by myself. After the early struggles to settle in were past, this combination worked very well. The Sangha at the Retreat centre were extremely helpful and in good humor, supporting also us online attendees and helping us feel as an integral part of the practice community. Even learning tibetan yoga, breathing exercises and visualizations worked well this way.

With deep gratitude for everyone who teaches here or supports the online offering of these teachings. Hoping to one day visit the retreat center as well.

J. Silberstein

A beautiful, penetrating, 30-day retreat (2024) via Zoom. The progression of teachings and meditations from Mindfulness to Shamatha and Jhana into the practices of Mahamamudra and Dzogchen was very helpful in developing discipline and focused attention for deeper insight and recognition. Great group, and group meditation 3 times per day. Thank you Lama Michael, Davita, and everyone who made it possible.

Jon H

I've searched for years for a center and teachings I could feel confident in and rely upon. I've found that community here. These teachings are helpful and inspiring for all backgrounds and can be applied to all areas of life to improve your overall being and spread love and joy to others. Endless gratitude for this community of dedicated practitioners and the beautiful welcoming centers and teachers.

Teresa Keller

From the community, to the teachers and teachings, Mindfulness Meditation Centers (MMC) consistently and tirelessly provide clear, precise and rich meditation practice support. Coursework, retreats and activities honor noble lineage in accessible language and extraordinary location(s) with online study options. It is a rare and fortunate circumstance to experience such direct and genuinely compassionate Dharma teachings in the West. Expanding understandings of joy, love, and ease with unease are just a few of the blessings our family experiences because of the kind assistance received from MMC.

Elizabeth Lahey

I've studied the Buddhist path with various Tibetan and Indian teachers for over 3 decades. When I met the western born/Tibetan trained, teachers of Mindfulness Meditation Centers first in Colorado and then in Florida, over 10 years ago—I felt I had actually found the REAL DEAL. The compassionate, realized and empathetic teachings from Michael Gregory in plain English has completely demystified the extraordinary rich buddhist path. Although superlatives are easy to dismiss in the social media world of Google advertising, in this case it is no small statement to make that MMC helped me save my life, and showed me enlightenment is possible —it is simply true.

Rhona

Coming Home to Mindfulness Meditation Centers.

I started as a novice meditator a decade ago, attending a Sunday foundational program here in Sarasota. There was something so appealing about the straightforwardness, clarity and accessibility of these instructions presented by Michael Gregory, founder and director of MMC, I felt confident to continue studying, and learning with the community. I have never looked back. I've continued to deepen my practice by attending weekend, ten and thirty retreats and solo retreats at the center in Palmetto Florida.

Whether you are new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, MMC promises and delivers Buddha's precious teachings in a language we can understand, and in ways that support us to investigate the quality of our lives so we can come home to our hearts, and stop searching for answers.

Kathryn Gibbons

After trying a few churches locally with mixed success, I cam across MMC Denver on Meetup in 2012. Each week a new topic was posted and each one strongly intrigued me. I began attending Sunday classes and soon meditated regularly. I credit the wonderful instructors there. They moved me so much I became a teacher myself in 2016!
The opportunity to share the Dharma as an MMC member has lifted my spirit in so many ways. And finally to be told by friends that I seemed like a new person told me I had finally found the right path.

Adam Caron

MMC has been seminal in providing life-changing support to me, over the past seven years.

Many people have a general ideal that "meditation" can bring benefit to their lives however the paths, descriptions, and explanations of what meditation is and how to practice are numerable and abounded with information that can lead one astray. MMC has provided me with no-nonsense, scientifically-backed, rationally supported instruction about what meditation is and how to apply it in everyday life. The offerings made by this community require no "belief", "blind faith" or "mystical inclinations" of the practitioner, and every person is encouraged to question, research, and verify the validity of what's being taught. If the guidance didn't make sense to my experience, I was encouraged not to simply accept it.

In brief, there is a reason that so many people have pointed to meditation as a means and path to enjoy increased happiness, well being, peace and ease, and MMC has provided crystal clear instruction that has made the development of these qualities possible in my life.