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Meditation & Runterkommen (Vipassana) at HZ Heuried, Zürich
Hallo!
Mein Name ist Michał und ich bin langjähriger Meditationspraktizierender und Bewusstseins-Coach.
(Die Veranstaltung findet im GZ Heuried – Döltschiweg 130, 8055 Zürich statt. **Ich bitte um eine schriftliche Bestätigung deiner Teilnahme bei der Anmeldung.)**
https://gz-zh.ch/gz-heuried/angebote/meditation-runterkommen/
In dieser geführten Meditation werden wir die Realität genau so beobachten, wie sie ist. Wir konzentrieren uns auf den Geist, den Körper und die Empfindungen im Körper.
Die von mir geleitete Meditation ist in der Vipassana-Tradition verwurzelt und enthält Elemente der non-dualen Bewusstheit.
Ich verwende keine Visualisierungen oder göttliche Bilder – sie ist so einfach wie möglich und meiner Erfahrung nach die effektivste Methode, die wahre Natur der Realität allmählich Tropfen für Tropfen zu erkennen.
Diese Meditation ist für alle spirituellen oder religiösen Hintergründe offen.
Der Abend besteht aus **einer Stunde Meditation**, gefolgt von **30 Minuten Fragen und Antworten**.
Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn du an diesem Abend teilnehmen würdest.
**Gebühr – 20 CHF**.
Wenn du finanzielle Schwierigkeiten hast, kontaktiere mich bitte, und wir können über andere Möglichkeiten sprechen.
Zurich Language AI meetup #21
**Update: We’re fully booked and running a waitlist.**
Get ready for the 21st edition of our community event for language AI and NLP experts and enthusiasts – with a **NEW LOCATION** at [Riffraff Kino/Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/g61d4Zmmjj7iCcu59)!
🧠 **3 straight-to-the-point talks** by experienced experts
🥂 **Casual networking** over drinks and snacks
📍 **NEW location:** [Riffraff Kino/Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/g61d4Zmmjj7iCcu59), Neugasse 57, 8005 Zurich
🎟 **Capacity:** 100 seats
**Schedule**
6:30 pm – Doors open and registration
7:00 pm – Presentations
🔹 **Overcorrection: Why LLMs Can't *Just* Proofread – and How to Fix It**
*[Heejin Do](https://www.linkedin.com/in/heejin-do-969bb3231/), Postdoctoral Fellow at ETH AI Center*
LLMs often over-edit text, sacrificing original meaning for fluency. This talk introduces PoCO, a two-stage method that harnesses 'intentional overcorrection' to catch more errors while using smaller models to restore accuracy and precision.
**🔹 Why Translation AI Fails (Even Though It Works)**
*[Christian Weih-Sum](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianweihsum/), Managing Director at foryouandyourcustomers*
The quality of modern translation AI is no longer the main issue. In practice, deployments fall short not because of models, but because of processes, roles, and decision-making. This impulse explores the non-technical challenges that decide whether translation AI becomes a competitive advantage—or another missed opportunity.
**🔹 Privacy vs Utility: The Anonymisation Tradeoff in Language AI Workflows**
*[Michael Anthony Mazourik](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mazourik/), Founder and CEO at AI4Privacy*
Every AI workflow leaks data it shouldn't. But most anonymisation tools either destroy context or miss entities entirely. To tackle this, AI4privacy built p5y, an open-source privacy framework modelled on i18n, that treats privacy as a language-level translation task. The talk covers reversible masking, synthetic identity generation, and policy-driven access control in production translation pipelines. No theory, just live examples of what actually works.
8:00 pm – Drinks reception
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📸 Please note: Photos will be taken at the meetup and may be used on Supertext’s communication channels. If you don’t want to be photographed, kindly let us know in advance.
🚀 *Don't miss out – sign up today!*
Proudly hosted by [Supertext](https://www.supertext.com/)
Qigong & Achtsamkeitsmeditation
Swiss Chan Circle – Session: Qigong, Ba Duan Jin & Achtsamkeitsmeditation (J
**👥 Für wen**: Alle, die ihr mentales Wohlbefinden fördern und ihre innere Balance finden möchten
**Beschreibung:**
Willkommen zu einem entspannenden und heilenden Treffen, bei dem wir Körper und Geist in Einklang bringen. In /\*/-\*dieser Veranstaltung werden wir traditionelle Praxisformen erleben: **Qigong (氣功)**, sowie **Achtsamkeitsmeditation (正念禪修)**.
**Qigong (氣功) (18:00 - 19:00)**
Diese alten chinesischen Übungen fördern die Lebensenergie (Qi) und stärken Körper und Geist. Durch fließende Bewegungen und gezielte Atemtechniken wird das Energiegleichgewicht wiederhergestellt, was zu mehr Vitalität, innerer Ruhe und körperlicher Ausgeglichenheit führt.
**Achtsamkeitsmeditation (正念禪修) (19:00 - 20:00):**
In der Meditation üben wir, mit voller Achtsamkeit im Moment zu leben. Durch gezielte Meditationstechniken bringen wir unsere Gedanken zur Ruhe und öffnen uns für das Hier und Jetzt. Diese Praxis hilft, Stress abzubauen, emotionale Klarheit zu gewinnen und ein tieferes Gefühl der inneren Ruhe zu erreichen.
**Was erwartet dich?**
* Sanfte Einführung in Qigong-Übungen
* Geführte Achtsamkeitsmeditation für Entspannung und Konzentration
* Gelegenheit zum Austausch und zur Stärkung der Gemeinschaft
**Für wen ist dieses Event geeignet?**
Diese Veranstaltung richtet sich an alle, die mehr über Achtsamkeit, Meditation und Qigong erfahren möchten – egal, ob du Anfänger oder erfahren bist. Komm mit einem offenen Herzen und einer Neugier für die Praxis!
**Anmeldung:**
Bitte melde dich im Voraus an, da die Plätze begrenzt sind. Wir freuen uns auf deine Teilnahme und darauf, gemeinsam diese tiefgehenden Praktiken zu erleben!
**Preisstuktur**
\- Erste Sitzung: Kostenlos
\- Einzelne Sitzung: CHF 15 pro Stunde \(z\.B\. Qigong für die erste Stunde \+ Meditation für die zweite Stunde = CHF 30\)
\- Alternativ: Ein 10er\-Paket für CHF 20 pro 2\-Stunden\-Sitzung
Daily Evening Meditation at 7 - 7:30pm - open to all
### Daily Evening Meditation
##### For all peace lovers and others, for beginners and advanced meditators.
We love silence.
We meditate with our eyes open—or closed, if you prefer. Come and enjoy the powerful vibrations of peace.
We are happy to offer guided meditation upon request.
**Welcome—join the wave of peace!**
[www.brahmakumaris.ch](www.brahmakumaris.ch)
Tägliche Abendmeditation von 19:00 -19:30 Uhr
### Tägliche Abendmeditation
##### Für alle Friedensliebhaber und andere, für Meditations-Anfänger\*innen und Fortgeschrittene.
Wir lieben die Stille.
Wir meditieren mit offenen Augen - oder mit geschlossenen, wenn Sie dies vorziehen. Kommen Sie und geniessen Sie die kraftvollen Schwingungen des Friedens.
Wenn Sie wünschen bieten wir auch gerne eine geführte Meditation an.
**Willkommen auf der Welle des Friedens!**
[www.brahmakumaris.ch](www.brahmakumaris.ch)
Russian language class (B1-B2 level)
Please contact me if you want to join the class.
Добрый день! This class is for learners with a level B1 or higher. We will meet one time per week.
Below is an information about the class.
Today's topic and material: to be added..
Cost:
2 students 35 chf per hour, 3 or more student 25 chf per hour per person.
Class Length: 1 hour
Class structure:
• We read a text or a chapter from a book, discuss new words students have. And/or we learn part of grammar and practice using it. We have a good grammar book for that.
• After that we discuss the topic and answer the text follow-up questions.
• I also give homework tasks to make sentences with new words or do a grammar exercises.
• If we finish the exercises earlier, we play word games or have a free chat.
If you have questions send me a message or post it in comments.
Meditation am Montag
**Meditations-Challenge Teil 2: Choose Love**
Montags, 23.–30. März & 13. April 2026, 18:30-19:30, KMC Schweiz in ZH-
Altstetten mit Kathrin Hald (Deutsch), 15CHF
[https://www.kadampa.ch/choose-love-woechentlicher-aufbau/](https://www.kadampa.ch/choose-love-woechentlicher-aufbau/)
Nach dem Starter-Retreat vertiefen wir unsere Geistesschulung in authentischer Liebe in einer drei- bis vierwöchigen Meditationsreihe. Der wöchentliche Aufbau hilft uns, Liebe im Alltag bewusst und praktisch zu leben.
In der Meditations-Challenge „Choose Love“ lernst du, wie reine Liebe ein kraftvolles Allheilmittel gegen Negativität, Unsicherheit und innere Unruhe ist. Richtig kultiviert, führt sie zu mehr innerem Frieden, Stabilität und tiefem Glück – selbst in herausfordernden Situationen.
**Du lernst:**
* was echte, angstfreie Liebe ist
* wie du Liebe in dir selbst entwickeln und vertiefen kannst
* wie Liebe dir hilft, alltägliche Probleme zu lösen
Eine Anmeldung für jeden Teil wird benötigt. Eine Teilnahme der Meditations-Challenge ist als Ganzes oder teilweise möglich.
Sangha Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Language Exchange (Flip Lingoes)
We keep it a fun and practical language exchange. First thing you'll notice is we match you with **fluent speakers** in your target language.
**Event Flow**
**18:45–19:15** → Registration
Scan the QR code to tell us your fluent and target languages.
**19:15–20:30** → Language Exchange
Powered by our **Learn by Flipping** method.
**20:30 onwards** → Stay, chat, or head off — totally up to you 😉
**What is "Learn by Flipping"?**
**Practical** → You speak with fluent speakers in your target language.
**Collaborative** → Every 5 minutes, you switch roles: learner ↔ helper.
**Fun** → Small groups, good energy, and a bar atmosphere — without the chaos.
Save some time by [Signing up to our web app](https://fliplingoes.com/) beforehand.
**Entrance:** 10 CHF (includes a tapa)
Please note, event registration closes after 7:15PM
Daily Evening Meditation at 7 - 7:30pm - open to all
### Daily Evening Meditation
##### For all peace lovers and others, for beginners and advanced meditators.
We love silence.
We meditate with our eyes open—or closed, if you prefer. Come and enjoy the powerful vibrations of peace.
We are happy to offer guided meditation upon request.
**Welcome—join the wave of peace!**
[www.brahmakumaris.ch](www.brahmakumaris.ch)
Language Exchange Zurich - Meet new people & Enjoy free snacks
Join the Language Exchange to meet new people, practice your foreign languages and spend a good time together. We will serve free tapas such as Bruschetta, Wedges, Nachos or similar.
**How it works**: Choose the country flag sticker of the languages that you speak or want to practice! Seat on the right language table and start your conversation with our conversation topic cards.
Average group size: 25 participants
**When**: Every Saturday, 20:00 - 22:00
**Where**: 2.Akt Zürich
**Price**: 10.- incl. Snacks
**Tickets**: https://tinyurl.com/LX-18-04-26 (please buy ticket online)
**WhatsApp Group**: https://chat.whatsapp.com/8jkvEUJ5jLp75fYglQFCNJ (join for updates & pics)
**After the Language Exchange:** Pub Crawl (optional)
For those who want to continue the night, we have a Bar Tour starting from the same place at 10PM. Watch [this video](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VrBFWgXQNhw) to know what expect! Language Exchange participant get a 10fr discount when buying the combo-ticket online.
Your Event Hosts
Didem, Sébastien & Katja, Fernando
More info: [https://www.pubcrawlzurich.com/languageexchange](https://www.pubcrawlzurich.com/languageexchange)
Event pictures? Follow us on [IG](https://www.instagram.com/languageexchangezurich) and [FB](https://www.facebook.com/zurichlanguageexchange)
Rest & Relaxation Circle: Gentle movement, Yoga Nidra & Sound Healing
**Deep Rest & Relaxation Circle – Yoga Nidra, Gentle Yoga & Sound Healing**
*(By donation – all are welcome)*
You’re warmly invited to a nourishing relaxation circle designed to help you slow down, soften, and reconnect with yourself. Together we’ll explore deep rest through gentle yoga, effortless Yoga Nidra meditation (practiced lying down), and soothing sound healing with Tibetan singing bowls — all held in a friendly, supportive circle.
This is a space to pause, breathe, and return to your heart, your inner calm, and your natural intuition.
**This practice can support:**
* Relief from stress, anxiety, and tension
* Deep relaxation and nervous system reset
* Better sleep
* Emotional balance and uplift
* Greater clarity, confidence, and creativity
* Enhanced intuition
* Meaningful, heart-centred connections with others
### What to expect
**🌿 Gentle, Nourishing Yoga**
Slow, accessible movements to release tension, support energy flow, and reconnect with your body’s wisdom and vitality.
**🌙 Yoga Nidra (guided deep rest)**
A zero-effort meditation practiced lying down. Yoga Nidra allows the body and mind to fully rest and restore, helping to calm the nervous system, release anxiety, improve sleep, and gently unwind exhaustion and overwhelm.
**🔔 Sound Healing**
Tibetan singing bowls guide you into deep presence and relaxation. The vibrations support the release of tension, stress, fatigue, and emotional holding, creating an optimal state for rest and self-healing.
Everything is provided — just bring comfortable clothes and an open heart.
**Contribution:**
Suggested donation: **30.–**
If cost is a barrier, please contribute what you can — everyone is welcome.
**Booking:**
Please WhatsApp or text me on **078 246 50 91** to join, as I don’t use Meetup regularly and bookings are managed via WhatsApp.
More info: **[www.reconnectiorest.org](http://www.reconnectiorest.org)**
I look forward to sharing this peaceful, nourishing time together.
With love,
**Myriam** 💛
Voice training meditation
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Du möchtest Deine Stimme entdecken und entfalten und dabei tiefste Herzenshingabe erfahren?
In diesem einzigartigen Workshop lernst Du eine uralte Stimm-Trainings-Methode aus der indischen Gesangskunst kennen, die gleichzeitig eine der besten Meditationstechniken ist, die es gibt! Begleitet von meditativen Tamboura-Saiten-Klängen singst Du Dich selbst nach und nach in die Tiefen Deines Seins und wirst von den „Raga“-Stimmungen erfüllt. So öffnet sich das Herz und deutliche Gefühle wie Liebe und das Feuer der Hingabe erwachen in Dir. Wir enden dann in der stillen Meditation, die sich nach dieser Art des Singens und Tönens ganz besonders offenbart.
Wen Du Deine Sing-Stimme entfalten willst und Selbstsicherheit gewinnen willst, oder einfach das meditative Singen geniessen willst, dann ist dieser Workshop genau für Dich.
Begrenzte Platzzahl, nur 6 Plätze insgesamt.
:::EN Version:::
Do you want to discover and unfold your voice and expierience deep heartfelt devotion?
In this unique workshop, you will learn an ancient Voice-Training-Method of the indian Art of Music, which is also one of the best Meditation techniques there is!
Accompanied by meditative Tamboura-String-Sounds you will sing yourself deeper and deeper into the depth of your beeing and will be filled with deep feelings of the „Raaga“-Moods. Thus the heart opens and feelings of love and the Fire of devotion will be awakend.
Then we’ll end in a silent meditation, wich will especially reveal itself after this way of singing and sounding.
If You would like to unfold your voice and gain confidence, or if You just like to meditatively flow with Your voice, this workshop is for You.
Limited seats; only 6 seats available.
Tickets only available here: www.eventfrog.ch/naada18
Meditation & Vortrag am Mittwoch
**Meditations-Challenge Teil 2: Choose Love**
Mittwochs, 25. März - 15. April, 2026, 18:30-20:00, KMC Schweiz in ZH-
Altstetten mit Gen Kelsang Devi (in Englisch mit deutscher Übersetzung), 20CHF
https://www.kadampa.ch/choose-love-woechentlicher-aufbau/
Nach dem Starter-Retreat vertiefen wir unsere Geistesschulung in authentischer Liebe in einer drei- bis vierwöchigen Meditationsreihe. Der wöchentliche Aufbau hilft uns, Liebe im Alltag bewusst und praktisch zu leben. Die wöchentlichen Abende können entweder am Montag oder am Mittwoch besucht werden.
In der Meditations-Challenge „Choose Love“ lernst du, wie reine Liebe ein kraftvolles Allheilmittel gegen Negativität, Unsicherheit und innere Unruhe ist. Richtig kultiviert, führt sie zu mehr innerem Frieden, Stabilität und tiefem Glück – selbst in herausfordernden Situationen.
**Du lernst:**
* was echte, angstfreie Liebe ist
* wie du Liebe in dir selbst entwickeln und vertiefen kannst
* wie Liebe dir hilft, alltägliche Probleme zu lösen
Eine Anmeldung für jeden Teil wird benötigt. Eine Teilnahme der Meditations-Challenge ist als Ganzes oder teilweise möglich.
Yoga & Meditation & Qi Gong & Wandern in Badenweiler
Drei Tage Retreat im heilklimatischen Kurort [Badenweiler](https://www.badenweiler.de/). Wellness mit Tradition. Schon die alten Römer nutzten das heilkräftige Wasser hier in ihrer Therme. Mit Yogalehrerin Heike Horwedel.
[Link mit Details](https://www.bernhardeisenbarth.ch/meditation/yoga-und-meditation/#cc-m-header-14589146627)
Sangha Events Near You
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Drunken
This month's prompt concerns the idea of the “warrior philosopher” (seemed appropriate in these times)--that is someone whose understanding of violence, power, and justice is forged through direct experience of war. We are looking at Major General Smedley D. Butler, a highly decorated U.S. Marine raised in a Quaker (pacifist) tradition who later became a prominent critic of American militarism (there is a wonderful biography of Gen. Butler called "Gangsters of Capitalism")
Butler's argument in *War Is a Racket* (1935): that many U.S. interventions were driven less by national defense than by corporate and financial interests, with Butler portraying himself as an enforcer for business and Wall Street. We can consider the moral ambiguity of his insider critique—whether complicity strengthens or undermines credibility and also consider some of the concrete reforms he proposed (e.g., “conscript” capital before soldiers, restrict the military to coastal defense, and have only those who fight decide on war).
Butler’s life arc clearly changed from pacifist upbringing to warrior to antiwar crusader—and asks whether true understanding of peace requires firsthand knowledge of war, and what that implies about the cost of suffering. So do we need to suffer to understand suffering? Do we have to experience war to appreciate peace? As one more question: in the movie "A Few Good Men" Jack Nicholson's character says that "you have the luxury of not knowing what I know" so do most of us go through life oblivious to real violence and suffering? See you at Drunken Philosophy!
American Sign Language Beginners Meetup Group
We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able!
Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!
Libera Animae - Freeing the Soul
Main Library, Meeting Room 3B
Join us for a welcoming evening of reflection, gentle music, and meaningful conversation. We’ll begin with a short grounding moment, followed by a brief reading from spiritual or philosophical traditions, and an open reflection circle where participants can share (or simply listen).
Libera Animae is an interfaith community focused on inner growth, creativity, and authentic connection.
All backgrounds are welcome.
Sunday Brunch
Sleep in on Sundays. When you've had your fill of pajama-time, roll out and have some tasty brunch with your fellow Humanists!
Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang
Semi in honor of March being International Women's Month
Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709)
Location: SOW Plated
Menu: [https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/](https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/)
Book summary:
In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she's recruited by Russia's largest intelligence agency. By 2018 she's in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America's most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life Balance 2.0); and work in gender equality (transfer the most annoying females from her team), she funnels intelligence back to the motherland. But now Russia's asking for more, and Julia's getting nervous. Alice Lu is a first generation Chinese American whose parents are delighted she's working at Tangerine (such a successful company!). Too bad she's slogging away in the lower echelons, recently dumped, and now sharing her expensive two-bedroom apartment with her cousin Cheri, a perennial "founder's girlfriend". One afternoon, while performing a server check, Alice discovers some unusual activity, and now she's burdened with two powerful but distressing suspicions: Tangerine's privacy settings aren't as rigorous as the company claims they are, and the person abusing this loophole might be Julia Lerner herself. The closer Alice gets to Julia, the more Julia questions her own loyalties. Russia may have placed her in the Valley, but she's the one who built her career; isn't she entitled to protect the lifestyle she's earned?
ASH UU Topic: TBD
ASH is Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists of First Unitarian Universalists of Columbus Ohio
TBD
Snacks are usually available, and you are welcome to bringing something to share!


















