Long Beach Meditation

Victor Byrd's On-Line Book:
The Bare Bones of the Buddha's Teaching
is here!

Explore the Four Noble Truths, one chapter at a time. East meets West as Victor discusses Buddhist principles from a Western psychological perspective. It's provocative, funny and relevant to our lives today.

You can open each chapter to read on-line or download as a PDF file.

LENDING LIBRARY
Our sangha keeps a well-stocked lending library of helpful books and audio programs by noted dharma teachers who represent several schools of Buddhism as well as Advaita Vedanta.

We have shelves of goodies at The Unity Church where we have our Sunday sits and Beginners Classes. Everyone is welcome to borrow, return and donate.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR E-LIST
We send weekly updates about our upcoming events at Long Beach Meditation. Some of you may need to add www.longbeachmeditation.com to your safe senders list so our emails won't get caught in your email spam filter.

We post video excerpts of Victor's dharma talks on youtube. Click this link: http://www.youtube.com/user/longbeachmeditation

By popular demand, we have added a BEGINNERS CLASS IN VIPASSANA MEDITATION TECHNIQUE at The Unity Church of Long Beach. The class is the first Sunday of every month, from 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. There is no fee (although we love dana). No reservations necessary; just show up. Everyone is welcome.

Long Beach Meditation is now a CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER for MFT's (Marriage and Family Therapists) and LCSW's (Licensed Clinical Social Workers). CEU's, continuing education units may be earned at our One Day and Weekend Meditation Retreats. For more information, please contact Peggy, our Continuing Education Coordinator.

Our next ONE DAY MEDITATION RETREAT, in Rancho Palos Verdes, is Saturday, July 18, 2009, taught by Victor Byrd. We alternate sitting and walking meditation with two gentle yoga sessions which emphasize mindfulness to the body and movement. There is an afternoon dharma talk and we close with a "talking circle." This retreat is silent. The fee is $50.00 (but no one will be turned away for lack of funds). Space is limited to 40 yogis. Please register early ONLINE or snail mail a check, made out to "Long Beach Meditation" to: Long Beach Meditation, P.O. Box 227, Long Beach, CA 90801. Email Ann for information.

Visit our new website page: Retreat Reflections
Meditators share candid and personal comments about previous retreats. Dharma joys, frustrations, challenges and insights abound!

TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Our guiding teacher, Victor Byrd, offers students the opportunity to meet with him personally, and discuss their meditation practice in a private interview.

DIALOGUE WITH VICTOR
We post your questions and Victor's answers online. Please join our web-based satsang.