Our Approach
Coast and City Sangha follow a broad, secular approach known as Reflective Meditation.
This approach values what it is that people actually experience, both in meditation and in daily life. Within the framework of the teachings of the Buddha, this approach gives us a way to explore, and come to understand more about, these experiences and our inner worlds.
We encourage you to approach meditation with gentleness and curiosity, allowing your own unique experience to unfold naturally; being open to, and cultivating awareness of, the rich variety of experiences that make up our inner lives. Coming to appreciate in a new way even those aspects we may usually view as unacceptable or mundane.
It is through deepening understanding, connection and love that liberation / freedom can be found.
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This approach values what it is that people actually experience, both in meditation and in daily life. Within the framework of the teachings of the Buddha, this approach gives us a way to explore, and come to understand more about, these experiences and our inner worlds.
We encourage you to approach meditation with gentleness and curiosity, allowing your own unique experience to unfold naturally; being open to, and cultivating awareness of, the rich variety of experiences that make up our inner lives. Coming to appreciate in a new way even those aspects we may usually view as unacceptable or mundane.
It is through deepening understanding, connection and love that liberation / freedom can be found.
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Teachers
Coast and City Sangha currently have two Reflective Meditation Teachers; Anna Markey and Tina Gibson. You can find out more about them here.
What We Offer
We currently support smaller Reflective Meditation groups both in person and online. Our teachers are part of a group offering daily online morning meditations. We also aim to offer two weekend silent retreats each year and several 1-day meditation retreats. See a list of our upcoming events.
