Laughing Buddha Meditation Centre

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Alexandria, Minnesota, United States

Donations are 100% tax deductible

Supporters

The practice of Mindfulness has become mainstream and secular, given our stressed-out nation and the scientific benefits mindfulness-based interventions has on mental health. It is also a metropolitan, privileged practice which is out of reach for vulnerable populations, particularly in rural Minnesota.

This totally secular, totally accessible, and super non-threatening environment is for EVERYONE, to find their breathe and find peace within themselves.

Laughing Buddha is unique, we are all about the SCIENCE of meditation and are not tied to any religious tradition. Our name is a NOD and an acknowledgment to these practices; our teachers and teachings come from a variety of backgrounds and approaches and are open to everyone. We aim to be inclusive at all levels, ensuring that those who need us most, will never pay for our support and space.

Twenty percent of rural Minnesota communities are lacking mental health services, even though mental health is the fourth highest ranking rural health concern leading to addiction, suicide, homelessness, and incarceration.

It is SCIENTIFICALLY proven that there is hope! The extraordinary power of meditation is proven to transform lives: treating depression, anxiety, and anger issues, as well as promoting well-being, joy, engaged compassionate living, and altruism.

Psychologists are now finding out through scientific inquiry (over 400 peer reviewed papers in the last ten years) that these teachings are based in fact. When we reach at-risk population groups with mindfulness (veterans, addicts, incarcerated, elderly, TBI, autism spectrum) we teach them a sustainable and accessible practice to self-regulate and self-heal. They are given back control.

Laughing Buddha Meditation Centre sets out to bring Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and similiar interventions to central Minnesota. The fees generated through meditation retreats, MBSR for the public, and drop-in classes underwrite the free 8-week MBSR course for those most at risk.

We are beginning the build-out our future home in the Alexandria Lakes Region, expected to be ready summer, 2019. This new home will help us underwrite our mission to provide a peaceful place where ALL are welcome to learn and be supported in practicing healthful, peaceful, mindful ways of living. In addition to providing a home for our daily donation-based meditation gatherings, this location will allow us to offer many life-enriching classes, workshops, and retreats, spreading peace and mindfulness to the community around us.

Between now and December 31, 2019 we are raising $36,000 for the essentials to get our doors open (oh, how we are a nimble organization)!

Meditation Props: (25) meditation chairs, (25) yoga mats, (25) blankets, and (25) bolsters, totaling $5,000.

MBSR Teacher Certification: This isn’t your basic meditation practice – this is evidence-based Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher training through the University of Mass Medical School, with only a handful of CFM MBSR teachers in Minnesota; we are raising the barn to credential our own teachers and bring MBSR to rural Minnesota. Total $7,000 (tuition only).

Our Bridge Fund: Our future meditation home requires a $2,000 monthly budget for lease/mortgage/utilities. We will build this fund to support our payment for twelve (12) months to get us into our building and until the time when memberships and fundraising balance our budget, total bridge fund, $24,000.

Amazing Perks for Inaugural Donors

DONATIONS OF $1,000 OR GREATER: METTA MEMBERS FOR LIFE

FREE access to our meditation space and classes for LIFE (excluding retreats and MBSR 8-week)

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation: includes an exploration of the intention behind mindfulness mediation practice, instructions for working with common obstacles, and an overview of the practices of loving-kindness.

Weekly Practice Groups: provide on-going instruction and teachings that help illuminate the simple and sometimes challenging practice of mindfulness.

Open Meditation Sessions: are available on a drop-in basis for anyone wishing to practice silent sitting or walking meditation.

Introduction to MBSR: is a monthly practice group for people interested in entering the 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training.

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS OF $150 OR GREATER:

Your personal donation of $150 or more will engraved your name on flagstone creating a one-of-a-kind Meditation Walking Path and meditation space. We’ll let you know when your stone is ready to walk on!

Pay $15 TODAY and fulfill your pledge by December 31, 2019. We will send you an invoice with payment details. Your name is forever etched on the meditative paths of this safe place!

BUSINESS OR GROUP DONATIONS OF $250 OR GREATER:

Your BUSINESS OR GROUP donation of $250 or more will engraved your name on flagstone creating a one-of-a-kind Meditation Walking Path and meditation space. We’ll let you know when your stone is ready to walk on!

Pay $25 TODAY and fulfill your pledge by December 31, 2019. We will send you an invoice with payment details. Your name is forever etched on the meditative paths of this safe place!

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