We are Olam, a meditation group based in Vancouver, BC.
Olam is led by Matthew Gindin. Currently meeting online, we sit together twice a month.
Our Meetings
Our meetings last for around an hour. Matthew typically shares a brief thought on meditation then guides us into a breath and body based meditation followed by open exploration of our conscious experience. Our approach is playful and non-dogmatic. Matthew draws on Buddhist, Vedantic, and neo-Hasidic meditation traditions.
Matthew Gindin
Matthew is the Master Teacher at Or Shalom, a Jewish Renewal Synagogue which believes in bringing the best of the Jewish tradition into conversation with other spiritual traditions and modern streams of insight such as feminism, antiracism, deep ecology, and critical gender theory. Matthew also works as a writer and independent journalist. He was a Buddhist monastic for three years and has taught meditation since 2004. You can follow Matthew’s writings at matthewgindin.substack.com
Do you have questions about our meetings?
Write Matthew at: mgindin@olammeditationcircle.ca
Olam
Founded in 2018 by Matthew Gindin, Deborah Ross-Grayman, and Henry Grayman, Olam is a meditation circle for contemplative exploration.
The name comes from a Hebrew word meaning “world, expanse, eternity.” Jewish mystics connect it to a root which means “concealed, hidden”, thus pointing out that concealed within the world of our experience are endless expanses.
Olam Meditation Circle 