Indy Community Yoga and Meditation - For Everyday People

Led by Tony (he/him) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Led by Dustin (he/him) on Tuesday and Thursday

Hello! Our practice is a quiet meditation space where you can practice your Way in community with other humans. There’s nothing to achieve and nothing to attain. No special knowledge, experience, belief, or non-belief required. Just be yourself. New to meditation? We'll help you get started.

Our form is simple. We sit together in quiet for 25 minutes and practice returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. Afterwards, we usually offer a reading and everyone is welcome to share questions or reflections.

What can I expect?

Find a clean, comfortable, and quiet place to sit and join the meeting. You’ll enter our waiting room. Whoever is leading practice will let you in. Most people join a few minutes early to say hi and get settled in. The silent part of practice begins at the start of the stated practice times. If you join during the silent portion, please stay muted and begin practicing.
It’s ok to have your camera off, but it’s nice to be seen as well. If you are new, the practice leader will introduce themselves, offer an introduction to the practices offered that day, and ask you if you’d like any instructions on meditation. It’s ok to say yes. It’s ok to say no.

We typically practice seated meditation in silence for 25 minutes beginning with a recitation of an ancient dialogue between Zhaozhou and Nanquan, two ancient Chinese Zen Masters. It’s ok to sit in any way you find comfortable. Using a chair, cushion, mat, or bench is fine. Do your best to let your body rest in stillness, breathe in and out through your nose, and allow and tension (squeezing of muscles) to soften a little bit. Sitting with ease, breathing with ease, and being at ease are related. At the end of the practice period, the practice leader will invite a bell to ring three times. Each time you hear the bell, take a full breath, hold for a moment, and release. After the third breath, we bow to each other. After that, we typically offer a reading and hold an informal sharing and discussion period.

You can learn more about ease, the Foundations of Mindfulness, and Zen here.

Thank you for supporting community well-being.

Our practices are always free for participants. Donations are warmly accepted, but not expected. Your tax deductible donations allow us to pay our workers fairly and pay for software, services, supplies, and equipment to make our practice spaces welcoming, accessible, and free for everyone. Indy Community Yoga is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-3308687) and has earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Please click here to use our secure donation website or Venmo: @indycommunityyoga to make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you and see you soon!

Email: hello@indycommunityyoga.org
Web: https://indycommunityyoga.org
Instagram: @indycommunityyoga

Led by Tony (he/him)

Hello! Our practice is a quiet meditation space where you can practice your Way in community with other humans. There’s nothing to achieve and nothing to attain. No special knowledge, experience, belief, or non-belief required. Just be yourself. New to meditation? We'll help you get started.

Our form is simple. We sit together in quiet for 25 minutes and practice returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. Afterwards, we usually offer a reading and everyone is welcome to share questions or reflections.

What can I expect?

Find a clean, comfortable, and quiet place to sit and join the meeting. You’ll enter our waiting room. Whoever is leading practice will let you in. Most people join a few minutes early to say hi and get settled in. The silent part of practice begins at the start of the stated practice times. If you join during the silent portion, please stay muted and begin practicing.
It’s ok to have your camera off, but it’s nice to be seen as well. If you are new, the practice leader will introduce themselves, offer an introduction to the practices offered that day, and ask you if you’d like any instructions on meditation. It’s ok to say yes. It’s ok to say no.

We typically practice seated meditation in silence for 25 minutes beginning with a recitation of an ancient dialogue between Zhaozhou and Nanquan, two ancient Chinese Zen Masters. It’s ok to sit in any way you find comfortable. Using a chair, cushion, mat, or bench is fine. Do your best to let your body rest in stillness, breathe in and out through your nose, and allow and tension (squeezing of muscles) to soften a little bit. Sitting with ease, breathing with ease, and being at ease are related. At the end of the practice period, the practice leader will invite a bell to ring three times. Each time you hear the bell, take a full breath, hold for a moment, and release. After the third breath, we bow to each other. After that, we typically offer a reading and hold an informal sharing and discussion period.

You can learn more about ease, the Foundations of Mindfulness, and Zen here.

Thank you for supporting community well-being.

Our practices are always free for participants. Donations are warmly accepted, but not expected. Your tax deductible donations allow us to pay our workers fairly and pay for software, services, supplies, and equipment to make our practice spaces welcoming, accessible, and free for everyone. Indy Community Yoga is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-3308687) and has earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Please click here to use our secure donation website or Venmo: @indycommunityyoga to make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you and see you soon!

Email: hello@indycommunityyoga.org
Web: https://indycommunityyoga.org
Instagram: @indycommunityyoga

Hello! Tony here. My pronouns are he/him. I've been leading yoga and meditation practices here in Indianapolis since 2013 and have a daily meditation practice slightly older than that.

When you enter the building, you will go through a brief security screening and metal detector. Please tell the guard that you are there for the yoga class.

Mindful Movement 5:00 - 5:30pm: Either yoga or qi gong at a relaxed pace with space to breathe and practice your way. All of our movements are done in a standing position and can also be done seated in a chair.

Meditation 5:30 - 5:50pm: Space to relax in the quiet, returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. You are welcome to sit on the floor, in a chair, or lay down.

Sharing and Discussion 5:50 - 6:00pm-ish: Share any questions, reflections, and observations and hear what others have to share. It's ok to just listen, too.

Safety: If you have any symptoms of contagious illness (e.g. coughing, fever, runny nose, body aches, malaise, etc.), please stay home and recover. Thank you for caring for your health and the well-being of people attending practice.

Getting to the Julia M. Carson Government Center - Click for Google Map
300 E Fall Creek Pkwy N Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46205

• by car: There is free parking in the lot on the north side of Fall Creek Parkway across New Jersey St from the building.
• by bike: The building has a bike rack.
• by transit: The nearest stops are Central Ave and 28th St. (Buses 19 and 39), Fall Creek/Ivy Tech Station (90/Red Line), College Ave and 28th St. (Bus 38).

Thank you for supporting community well-being!
If you'd like to make a tax-deductible donation to support our work, please visit our donation page.

See you soon!
Tony

Led by Tony (he/him) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Led by Dustin (he/him) on Tuesday and Thursday

Hello! Our practice is a quiet meditation space where you can practice your Way in community with other humans. There’s nothing to achieve and nothing to attain. No special knowledge, experience, belief, or non-belief required. Just be yourself. New to meditation? We'll help you get started.

Our form is simple. We sit together in quiet for 25 minutes and practice returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. Afterwards, we usually offer a reading and everyone is welcome to share questions or reflections.

What can I expect?

Find a clean, comfortable, and quiet place to sit and join the meeting. You’ll enter our waiting room. Whoever is leading practice will let you in. Most people join a few minutes early to say hi and get settled in. The silent part of practice begins at the start of the stated practice times. If you join during the silent portion, please stay muted and begin practicing.
It’s ok to have your camera off, but it’s nice to be seen as well. If you are new, the practice leader will introduce themselves, offer an introduction to the practices offered that day, and ask you if you’d like any instructions on meditation. It’s ok to say yes. It’s ok to say no.

We typically practice seated meditation in silence for 25 minutes beginning with a recitation of an ancient dialogue between Zhaozhou and Nanquan, two ancient Chinese Zen Masters. It’s ok to sit in any way you find comfortable. Using a chair, cushion, mat, or bench is fine. Do your best to let your body rest in stillness, breathe in and out through your nose, and allow and tension (squeezing of muscles) to soften a little bit. Sitting with ease, breathing with ease, and being at ease are related. At the end of the practice period, the practice leader will invite a bell to ring three times. Each time you hear the bell, take a full breath, hold for a moment, and release. After the third breath, we bow to each other. After that, we typically offer a reading and hold an informal sharing and discussion period.

You can learn more about ease, the Foundations of Mindfulness, and Zen here.

Thank you for supporting community well-being.

Our practices are always free for participants. Donations are warmly accepted, but not expected. Your tax deductible donations allow us to pay our workers fairly and pay for software, services, supplies, and equipment to make our practice spaces welcoming, accessible, and free for everyone. Indy Community Yoga is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-3308687) and has earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Please click here to use our secure donation website or Venmo: @indycommunityyoga to make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you and see you soon!

Email: hello@indycommunityyoga.org
Web: https://indycommunityyoga.org
Instagram: @indycommunityyoga

Led by Tony (he/him)

Hello! Our practice is a quiet meditation space where you can practice your Way in community with other humans. There’s nothing to achieve and nothing to attain. No special knowledge, experience, belief, or non-belief required. Just be yourself. New to meditation? We'll help you get started.

Our form is simple. We sit together in quiet for 25 minutes and practice returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. Afterwards, we usually offer a reading and everyone is welcome to share questions or reflections.

What can I expect?

Find a clean, comfortable, and quiet place to sit and join the meeting. You’ll enter our waiting room. Whoever is leading practice will let you in. Most people join a few minutes early to say hi and get settled in. The silent part of practice begins at the start of the stated practice times. If you join during the silent portion, please stay muted and begin practicing.
It’s ok to have your camera off, but it’s nice to be seen as well. If you are new, the practice leader will introduce themselves, offer an introduction to the practices offered that day, and ask you if you’d like any instructions on meditation. It’s ok to say yes. It’s ok to say no.

We typically practice seated meditation in silence for 25 minutes beginning with a recitation of an ancient dialogue between Zhaozhou and Nanquan, two ancient Chinese Zen Masters. It’s ok to sit in any way you find comfortable. Using a chair, cushion, mat, or bench is fine. Do your best to let your body rest in stillness, breathe in and out through your nose, and allow and tension (squeezing of muscles) to soften a little bit. Sitting with ease, breathing with ease, and being at ease are related. At the end of the practice period, the practice leader will invite a bell to ring three times. Each time you hear the bell, take a full breath, hold for a moment, and release. After the third breath, we bow to each other. After that, we typically offer a reading and hold an informal sharing and discussion period.

You can learn more about ease, the Foundations of Mindfulness, and Zen here.

Thank you for supporting community well-being.

Our practices are always free for participants. Donations are warmly accepted, but not expected. Your tax deductible donations allow us to pay our workers fairly and pay for software, services, supplies, and equipment to make our practice spaces welcoming, accessible, and free for everyone. Indy Community Yoga is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-3308687) and has earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Please click here to use our secure donation website or Venmo: @indycommunityyoga to make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you and see you soon!

Email: hello@indycommunityyoga.org
Web: https://indycommunityyoga.org
Instagram: @indycommunityyoga

This practice is held both in-person at the 100 Acres: The Virginia Fairbanks Art & Nature Park in Indianapolis, and on Zoom. Please visit our Saturday Practice website for more info and to join via Zoom.

Note: Rain location is the Indianapolis Zen Center

No special knowledge or experience needed. Come as you are. Wear comfortable clothing.

You are welcome to come and go as you like. We usually enjoy snacks, drinks, and friendship between yoga and meditation.

Yoga 8:30 - 9:30am: You can expect yoga to be at a relaxed pace with space to breathe, with movements that facilitate gentle joint mobility and functional strength. A few mats are available for you to borrow, but please bring your own if you have one, or enjoy practicing directly on the cool grass.

Meditation 10:00 - 10:35am: Our meditation practice is quiet, continually returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. There is nothing to achieve or attain. You are welcome to practice your Way as long as you help maintain a quiet practice space for the group.

Mindful Dialogue and Active Listening 10:40 - 10:50am: We’ll practice either a paired or full group mindful listening and speaking exercise. Both are great practices that will improve every relationship in your life that involves communication.

Sharing and Discussion 10:50 - 11:30am: Share any questions and reflections and hear what others have to share. It's ok to just listen, too.

Walks on the 2nd Saturday of every month: On the 2nd Saturday of every month, we offer a Mindful Nature Walk after yoga beginning at 10:00am instead of holding meditation and mindful dialogue. Please RSVP for the Nature Walks at https://indycommunityyoga.org/walks

Safety

If you have any symptoms of contagious illness (e.g. coughing, fever, runny nose, body aches, malaise, etc.), please stay home and recover. Thank you for caring for your health and the well-being of people attending practice.

Directions (click for Google Map to the parking lot)

Car: Please carpool if possible. There are only 40 parking spots in the 100 Acres Parking Lot at the bottom of the White River Parkway East exit off of 38th St just west of Newfields. Walk into the park. Take your time. The walk is about 10 minutes to our spot. Life's too short to be in a hurry. Turn left at the lagoon. We're on the right at Funky Bones and the pollinator garden.

Overflow parking with easy access to the canal towpath is at the Indiana Interchurch Center at 42nd and Michigan. Take your time. The walk is about 20 minutes to our spot. Life's too short to be in a hurry. Walk down to Michigan, turn right, and cross the bridge over the canal. Walk down to the towpath and turn right to walk under the bridge and towards the 100 Acres. Take the canal towpath to the red bridge at Newfields (usually has a locked gate). Turn away from the canal and into the 100 Acres and turn left when you get to the lagoon. We're on the right at Funky Bones and the pollinator garden. Link to our spot.

Biking and Walking: Take the canal towpath to the red bridge at Newfields (usually has a locked gate). Turn away from the canal and into the 100 Acres and turn left when you get to the lagoon. We're on the right at Funky Bones and the pollinator garden. Link to our spot.

Bus: Take the bus to 42nd and Michigan (Bus #34) and follow the Overflow Parking instructions above. This walk is about 20 minutes.

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2. Venmo: @indycommunityyoga
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Thank you and see you soon!

Love,
Your friends at Indy Community Yoga

hello@indycommunityyoga.org
https://indycommunityyoga.org

JOIN IN PERSON OR ONLINE: Please visit https://indycommunityyoga.org/sunday to RSVP to attend in person.

Thank you to the Indianapolis Zen Center for the gift of warm practice space in the cold months. No special knowledge or experience needed. Come as you are. Wear comfortable clothing.

Hello! My name is Tony. My pronouns are he/him. I’ve been leading yoga, qi gong, and meditation practices here in Indianapolis since 2013 and have a daily meditation practice slightly older than that. I look forward to practicing with you on Sundays at the Indianapolis Zen Center (3703 N. Washington Blvd.)

Qi Gong 9:30 – 10:00am: We’ll loosen, stretch, and oxygenate and find ease in the body by practicing a sequence of gentle movement and breathing practices from a standing position. You may practice seated in a chair as well.

Meditation 10:00 – 10:30am: New to meditation? We'll show you everything you need to know at the beginning of practice. No special knowledge, experience, belief, or non-belief required. Just be yourself.

Our practice form is simple: a volunteer reads or recites the Heart Sutra (here is the version we use) and then we practice seated meditation together for 25 minutes. After the bell, participants are invited to share something true, ask questions, and discuss.

The Heart Sutra is one of the shortest Buddhist texts in length -- a typical reading lasts 4 minutes -- but it reminds us to see beyond the ideas and concepts you hold to come into contact with your ordinary heart and ordinary mind, and how we need each other to be free. It's a sutra that always brings to mind something about real life worth discussing no matter how many times I hear it.

Our Zen meditation practice is quiet so you can practice returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing, which you may find makes it easier to ease towards what you’re sensing, feeling, and experiencing. You are welcome to practice your Way as long as you support a quiet practice space for the group.

Sharing, Discussion, and Tea 10:30 – 11:00am: Enjoy tea and the company of fellow humans. Share any questions, reflections, and observations and hear what others have to share. It’s ok to just listen, too.

Safety
If you have any symptoms of contagious illness (e.g. coughing, fever, runny nose, body aches, malaise, etc.), please stay home and recover. Thank you for caring for your health and the well-being of people attending practice.

Directions
Practice is at the Indianapolis Zen Center (3703 N. Washington Blvd.) from November – April. Please enter through the front door.

Arriving by Car: Street parking is free.
Arriving by Bus: The nearest bus stops at 38th and Delaware and 38th and Central.

Thank you for supporting community well-being.
There is no cost to practice with us. Indy Community Yoga is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity that exists to support community well-being and promote harm reduction. If you'd like to make a tax deductible donation to support our free yoga and meditation classes, retreats, and Community Care projects, please use one of the following methods:

1. Use our secure donation website, powered by GiveLively and Stripe.
2. Venmo: @indycommunityyoga
3. Click the donate button on our Facebook page.

Thank you and see you soon!

Love,
Your friends at Indy Community Yoga
Contact: hello@indycommunityyoga.org
Website: https://indycommunityyoga.org

Led by Tony (he/him) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Led by Dustin (he/him) on Tuesday and Thursday

Hello! Our practice is a quiet meditation space where you can practice your Way in community with other humans. There’s nothing to achieve and nothing to attain. No special knowledge, experience, belief, or non-belief required. Just be yourself. New to meditation? We'll help you get started.

Our form is simple. We sit together in quiet for 25 minutes and practice returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. Afterwards, we usually offer a reading and everyone is welcome to share questions or reflections.

What can I expect?

Find a clean, comfortable, and quiet place to sit and join the meeting. You’ll enter our waiting room. Whoever is leading practice will let you in. Most people join a few minutes early to say hi and get settled in. The silent part of practice begins at the start of the stated practice times. If you join during the silent portion, please stay muted and begin practicing.
It’s ok to have your camera off, but it’s nice to be seen as well. If you are new, the practice leader will introduce themselves, offer an introduction to the practices offered that day, and ask you if you’d like any instructions on meditation. It’s ok to say yes. It’s ok to say no.

We typically practice seated meditation in silence for 25 minutes beginning with a recitation of an ancient dialogue between Zhaozhou and Nanquan, two ancient Chinese Zen Masters. It’s ok to sit in any way you find comfortable. Using a chair, cushion, mat, or bench is fine. Do your best to let your body rest in stillness, breathe in and out through your nose, and allow and tension (squeezing of muscles) to soften a little bit. Sitting with ease, breathing with ease, and being at ease are related. At the end of the practice period, the practice leader will invite a bell to ring three times. Each time you hear the bell, take a full breath, hold for a moment, and release. After the third breath, we bow to each other. After that, we typically offer a reading and hold an informal sharing and discussion period.

You can learn more about ease, the Foundations of Mindfulness, and Zen here.

Thank you for supporting community well-being.

Our practices are always free for participants. Donations are warmly accepted, but not expected. Your tax deductible donations allow us to pay our workers fairly and pay for software, services, supplies, and equipment to make our practice spaces welcoming, accessible, and free for everyone. Indy Community Yoga is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-3308687) and has earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Please click here to use our secure donation website or Venmo: @indycommunityyoga to make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you and see you soon!

Email: hello@indycommunityyoga.org
Web: https://indycommunityyoga.org
Instagram: @indycommunityyoga

Led by Tony (he/him)

Hello! Our practice is a quiet meditation space where you can practice your Way in community with other humans. There’s nothing to achieve and nothing to attain. No special knowledge, experience, belief, or non-belief required. Just be yourself. New to meditation? We'll help you get started.

Our form is simple. We sit together in quiet for 25 minutes and practice returning to ease in the body and ease in the breathing. Afterwards, we usually offer a reading and everyone is welcome to share questions or reflections.

What can I expect?

Find a clean, comfortable, and quiet place to sit and join the meeting. You’ll enter our waiting room. Whoever is leading practice will let you in. Most people join a few minutes early to say hi and get settled in. The silent part of practice begins at the start of the stated practice times. If you join during the silent portion, please stay muted and begin practicing.
It’s ok to have your camera off, but it’s nice to be seen as well. If you are new, the practice leader will introduce themselves, offer an introduction to the practices offered that day, and ask you if you’d like any instructions on meditation. It’s ok to say yes. It’s ok to say no.

We typically practice seated meditation in silence for 25 minutes beginning with a recitation of an ancient dialogue between Zhaozhou and Nanquan, two ancient Chinese Zen Masters. It’s ok to sit in any way you find comfortable. Using a chair, cushion, mat, or bench is fine. Do your best to let your body rest in stillness, breathe in and out through your nose, and allow and tension (squeezing of muscles) to soften a little bit. Sitting with ease, breathing with ease, and being at ease are related. At the end of the practice period, the practice leader will invite a bell to ring three times. Each time you hear the bell, take a full breath, hold for a moment, and release. After the third breath, we bow to each other. After that, we typically offer a reading and hold an informal sharing and discussion period.

You can learn more about ease, the Foundations of Mindfulness, and Zen here.

Thank you for supporting community well-being.

Our practices are always free for participants. Donations are warmly accepted, but not expected. Your tax deductible donations allow us to pay our workers fairly and pay for software, services, supplies, and equipment to make our practice spaces welcoming, accessible, and free for everyone. Indy Community Yoga is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-3308687) and has earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Please click here to use our secure donation website or Venmo: @indycommunityyoga to make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you and see you soon!

Email: hello@indycommunityyoga.org
Web: https://indycommunityyoga.org
Instagram: @indycommunityyoga