Useful Information for Workshops

Before You Arrive

• Remember to pre-register. Please do not assume there will be space available at the last minute.
• Please help protect workshop participants with chemical sensitivies by avoiding scented products such as lotions, perfumes, after-shave, and hair products when getting ready to come to the workshop.
• Comfortable clothing is recommended. Because the temperature of the hall can vary throughout the day, dressing in layers is also a good idea.
• There is no need to bring your own cushion. Zafus (round cushions), meditation benches, zabutons (large mats), and chairs are available at the Center.
• Remember to bring a bag lunch or plan to go out for lunch in the neighborhood. The CIMC kitchen will be available to workshop participants during the lunch break. This includes space in the refrigerator, and access to a microwave and toaster oven.

• Please plan to arrive on time. Allow an extra 10 or 20 minutes to check in, put your bag lunch in the kitchen, and settle into the Hall.
• Workshops are generally held in the upper Meditation Hall which can be reached by a wheelchair accessible elevator. Contact the office if you need the wheelchair accessible side entrance to be open on weekends.
• Shoes should be left in the shoe rack and coats in the first floor closet.
• Please bring your valuables with you into the Meditation Hall.
• Do not bring water bottles or food of any kind into the Meditation Hall.
• Cell phones, pagers, beeper watches, etc should be turned off at all times in the Center.
• After the workshop, please brush off your zabuton (large mat) and plump up your zafu (round cushion). Return any other items (i.e. benches, blankets) to their respective storage spaces so that you leave the hall as you found it.