Orlando Insight Meditation Group

Susan Baxter’s Six Week Course

Constantly stressed? Shift from Chaos to Calm in 6 weeks 🧘 Do you ever feel like you are spending your entire life on automatic pilot? You rush through your morning, jump from meeting to meeting, answer endless emails, and handle daily hassles—only to collapse at...

How to Change Your Mind-a One Day Retreat in Apopka on September 19th

A basic Buddhist concept acknowledges that the mind is in a constant flow state, changing from moment to moment. This day of practice provides support for training the mind to more skillfully manage how these changes occur, interrupting unwholesome self-creating...

LifeArt Meditation: 2nd, 3rd, 4th Mondays at 6:30pm ET

One hour guided meditation/talk/q&a sesssion 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Mondays 6:30pm (ONLINE ONLY) In addition to our weekly Sangha, we invite you to join the monthly LifeArt Meditation Group, offered on the second, third, and fourth Monday of every month online only....

Wednesday Night Meetings

Sangha meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm and can be attended in person or via zoom. The in person meetings are held at Peter Carlson's home at 1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. For those who haven’t been to the site, the house is the...

Meditation + Dharma Talk Every Wednesday Night, 7pm-9pm ET

Upcoming Schedule at a glance:

We begin at 7pm with a 45 minute silent meditation (sometimes there will be a guided one) and at around 7:50pm we will begin a dharma talk. Usually there is time for Q&A at the end.

All levels of practitioners, including absolute beginners, are welcome to attend. Support is available if you have questions. This weekly sangha gathering is hybrid with both online and in-person attendance available. Please see the logistics info below the schedule.

August 12 — Fierce Compassion: Setting Clear Boundaries with Kindness by Susan Baxter
Compassion isn’t just about gentle acceptance—it’s also about fierce protection. Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Kristin Neff, this presentation teaches you how to balance nurturing self-care with the action-oriented power required to stop harm, avoid burnout, and say “no” with confidence. Featuring a short guided meditation and an immediate 7-day action plan, you will leave this talk equipped with clean, practical micro-scripts to protect your peace without the guilt.
August 19 — Is Mindfulness Enough? by Susan Baxter
August 26 — The Fullness of Emptiness by April Koester
September 2 — “One Woman’s Problem with No Self” (Exploring Anatta and resistance, referencing Ezra Bayda) by Lezlie Laws

In-person Location: In the meditation hall behind Peter Carlson’s house.
1818 Carrigan Ave., Winter Park FL 32789
For more information call Peter at 407-339-5444

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We hope you can join us, and we wish you well.

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Fierce Self-Compassion

During this talk, Susan Baxter continues to explore the cultivation of self-compassion she began during the talk titled “Self Compassion” recorded on July 29, 2026 and posted in the audio archive. She continues to review the work of Dr. Kristen Neff, who has written “Fierce Self-Compassion: How to Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Your Power, and Thrive–A Personal Development Guide for Women Seeking Balance and Motivation”, which explores the importance of recognizing and cultivating effective boundaries for one’s own expectations as well as the expectations of others. During the talk she posed questions to the participants that invited self-inquiry regarding how we can identify and compassionately negotiate our way through the world.