Welcome to our Sangha

Sangha is a word in Pali and Sanskrit that can be translated as community or association. Insight Meditation (also known as Vipassana) is the practice of moment-to-moment mindfulness. Through careful and sustained attention to the present moment we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind-body process. Having this awareness we gain insight, compassion and happiness.

“…when you are in the present moment you are free. Free from the past, free from the future. Free from expectations, free from judgments. ...Free to awaken, to open, to tap into the happiness that is within you always – the happiness that is your true nature.  Free to be just as you are.  Free to just be.” 
       –  Howard Cohn,
            from his book Invitation to Meditation

Our primary activity is silent meditation, held each Tuesday evening at the First Congregational Church, 216 East Gurley, Prescott, Arizona. Our meditation hall is located downstairs – please enter through the lower door on the Alarcon St. (east) side of the building.
All are welcome, of any race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, culture, or ethnicity.

For brief meditation instructions, please visit here.
For a more detailed introduction to insight meditation, please visit here.
For the latest articles from our Sangha and links to articles by other teachers please visit The Insight Blog on this site.
Please consider contributing to
J.R. Broussard's Community Dharma Leaders training program

One of our Prescott Dharma leaders is embarking on a two-year Community Dharma Leaders training program offered by Spirit Rock Meditation Center. J.R. is asking us to please consider offering our support in this rare opportunity to bring the 2600 year-old Early Buddhist teachings to our community, and to develop community-based Sanghas and Dharma organizations.
To learn more continue to our Support page:

Tuesday Evening Schedule

  • 6:30 to 6:50 p.m. — Introduction to our practice and instruction
  • 6:50 to 7:00 p.m. — Break: an opportunity to meet others
  • 7:00 to 7:40 p.m. — Formal sit (meditation)
  • 7:40 to 7:45 p.m.  — Break: an opportunity to meet others
  • 7:45 to 8:30 p.m.  — Talk followed by discussion

You may participate in one or all segments. During the formal sit we request that you do not enter or leave once the bowl has been rung. Chairs and cushions are available.

Prescott Insight is committed to building inclusive community with an ongoing invitation to a practice of openness and compassion toward ourselves and others.
As part of this practice, we ask that you please not wear scented products to the sits. With the proliferation of fragrances in body care and laundry products, many people are affected by Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).  Due to allergies, asthma or MCS, they may have difficulty breathing, migraine headaches, flu-like symptoms and more.
Thank you for taking this seriously, and may we all be healthy and free from harm!

"And so we sit."