Your Impact at a Glance: Key Achievements and How You Can Help Us Grow

Invitation to Double Your Impact with the Lori & David Schouela Matching Grant of $25,000

 

Your support is integral to sustaining and expanding our offerings in key areas:

  • Supporting Inclusivity and Diversity: We are committed to offering 50% of teaching opportunities to BIPOC teachers, strengthening our community with diverse voices and perspectives.
  • Expanding our Reach: Every contribution enables us to broaden our offerings with additional retreats, online programs, and urban gatherings.
  • Making Mindfulness Accessible: Scholarships remain a core part of our mission, ensuring financial circumstances never hinder access to our programs.

 

Our 2024 Highlights:

  • Residential Retreats: 11 retreats have provided sanctuary for practitioners to immerse themselves in teachings and practice.
  • Toronto Daylongs: We held two inaugural gatherings in Toronto by graduates of our teacher mentorship program, fostering a sense of community and shared practice.
  • Financial Assistance: 71 individuals attended our programs thanks to your generosity, removing financial barriers.
  • Online Programs: With 2 urban retreats in English and 2 online courses in French, we broadened access to mindfulness for diverse audiences.

 
Organization and the communities we serve beyond our core programs:

Earth Day Offerings:

  • Hosted 14 special events across Ontario and Quebec.
  • Led by TNI teachers, community leaders, and volunteers.
  • Celebrated mindfulness and our connection to the Earth.

Prison Program:

  • TNI volunteers visit a local prison twice a month.
  • Share meditation and mindfulness practices with incarcerated individuals.
  • Witnessing transformative impacts of mindfulness in the prison community.

Affinity Sanghas:

  • BIPOC Sangha:
    • 226 contacts on the mailing list.
    • 15-20 meditators meet weekly for subsidized group practice.
  • Queer Sangha:
    • Over 120 participants benefit from a supportive space for LGBTQ+ practitioners.
  • Caregiver Support Program:
    • Over 100 participants engaged.

Growth and Accessibility:

  • Online sanghas mailing lists grew by 26%.
  • YouTube subscribers increased by 10%.
  • YouTube views rose by 17%.

 

 

With Lori and David Schouela’s matching grant, your donation goes twice as far:

  • $25 offers scholarship aid for retreat access.
  • $50 provides software applications to reach broader, diverse audiences.
  • $500 funds travel expenses for teachers to retreats.
  • $3,000 funds compensation for BIPOC teachers.
  • $10,000 supports staff salaries and health benefits.

 

Metta May - Thank You

 

Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting non, great or the mighty, medium, short or small, seen and unseen, living near and far away, born and to-be-born - May all beings be at ease -

— Karaniya Metta Sutta

As we embarked on our Metta May fundraising campaign, we are overwhelmed with gratitude for the unwavering support of our community. We are grateful for your generous contributions and are happy to announce that we raised close to 4,000 $ for our first Metta May campaign.

This campaign wasn't just about raising funds; it's a testament to the power of compassion and generosity. With your help, we aimed to expand our outreach programs and provided video resources on loving-kindness. Together, we can cultivate a world where empathy and understanding flourish.

We were especially moved by some of your kind messages accompanying your donations. Here are some of them:

  • Recognition and gratitude for your commitment to the well-being of us all.
  • An essential organization that brings us back to the essence of being human.
  • Thank you for your work, which is so inspiring and essential, and for the constant support your teachings give me.
  • Thank you for the good you do, with Love! :)

True North Insight offers a place to sit and reconnect with our deepest intentions, to come back to our heart, again and again, and to remember we are all in this together. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey towards greater compassion and connection.

If you feel inspired to give now, you can find different ways to do so here.

 

 

 

Metta Meditations

Visit this page again, we will be adding more practices during the month of May. 

 

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