Upcoming Events
Insight Meditation Society’s BIPOC Online Sangha
Aishah will be the featured teacher at Insight Meditation Society’s BIPOC sangha meeting on June 15, 2026.
Steady Refuge: Annual BIPOC Retreat
A six night BIPOC residential retreat offers a refuge of stillness rooted in the Four Noble Truths and the heart qualities of the Brahmaviharas.
Protecting What is Precious: Living Sīla
Aishah returns to Insight Meditation Community of Western, Massachussetts’ on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 7:00PM ET for their weekly evening meditation sit, dharma talk and inquiry. Practice together on Zoom with other sangha members in a relaxed atmosphere and enjoy a dharma talk.
Compassion at the Pace of Our Capacity: A Path to the Boundless Heart with Aishah Shahidah Simmons
A hybrid daylong retreat hosted by Delaware Valley Insight invites practitioners of all experience levels to turn toward what's hard, within and around us, together. Through meditation, dharma teachings, and periods of reflection, we'll explore compassion. All are welcome, exactly as they are.
The Courage to Be Real: A Retreat with Aishah Shahidah Simmons & nico hase (online daylong retreat)
In this one-day online retreat, Aishah Shahidah Simmons & nico hase will explore sacca (truthfulness) parami in depth—the courage required for radical honesty and authentic living.
Liberating the Heart: Navigating Seven Gates to Inner Freedom
A seven-day silent residential retreat designed for Black/African womxn only will begin with intentional community building and unfold into periods of silent sitting and walking, meditation instruction, daily embodied movement, Dharma talks, and meetings with teachers.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Rainbow (LGBTQ+) Online Sangha
Aishah is the featured teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Rainbow (LGBTQ+) online only sangha on September 23, 2026.
Online daylong retreat with Bernadine Mellis
Join Aishah Shahidah Simmons and Bernadine Mellis for an online day of sitting, walking, chanting, and relational practice as we strengthen the inner steadiness that allows the heart to remain open.
Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches
This retreat is specifically designed for professionals involved in mindfulness-based approaches, whether as teachers, trainers, psychotherapists, clinicians or researchers. A minimum requirement for attendance is prior completion of a recognized eight-week mindfulness course, or prior retreat experience together with a professional involvement with mindfulness. The teachers of this retreat are all involved in training mindfulness-based professionals or in teaching mindfulness.
As It Is: An Introduction to Mindfulness (Part Two)
Part two of a two-part Introduction to Mindfulness series designed for Lil’ Filmmakers Friends and Family
Buddhist Peace Fellowship hosts, “What Now?! Turning Towards Sudan
What is Sudan teaching us about weaving peace and interrupting war? And – how well are we listening?
Buddhist Peace Fellowship is hosting an event featuring artist, educator and public scholar shah noor in conversation with meditation guide and moderator Aishah Shahidah Simmons, for a grounded and heartfelt gathering, exploring what it means to turn – fully, intentionally, compassionately and actively – towards Sudan.
As It Is: An Introduction to Mindfulness (Part One)
Part one of a two-part Introduction to Mindfulness series designed for Lil’ Filmmakers Friends and Family
Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation
A seven-day residential silent retreat, open to all, that will explore the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness infused with lovingkindness.