Weekly Meditation at the Farm

About the Workshop

Meditation Sessions at the UBC Farm Yurt offer you a weekly opportunity to develop your personal meditation practice within UBC’s 60-acre organic farm with the support of other practitioners. Each hour-long session consists of 30 minutes of guided sitting meditation in the yurt, followed by a brief Q&A about your immediate experience. We conclude with approximately 30 minutes of discussion, exploring how mindfulness supports both personal well-being and the farm’s vision of resilient, thriving food systems. The sessions emphasize direct experience over theory. Open to all levels, including students, faculty and the wider community. We create space for genuine inquiry about how meditation can support your own health and our immediate and more distant communities.

About the Instructor

Chris Brookfield is organizing this opportunity for community meditation. He brings 25 years of Buddhist study taught primarily by Tibetan monks and former Theravada monks and practitioners. His current teacher in Vancouver is Karen Lawrie, a highly experienced teacher of Vipassana meditation and former full-time residential Zen practitioner. Chris also brings professional experience as a venture capital and impact investor. He is a co-founder of Cairnspring Mills, a fully regenerative flour mill in Washington’s Skagit Valley, and Elevar Equity, which pioneered commercial microcredit and impact investing.

Date and Time

Every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. starting January 14, 2026

Location

UBC Farm

Cost

This event is offered by donation.

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