The North Shore Meditation and Dharma Center provides a safe and supportive environment for learning and practicing meditation and the dharma on the North Shore and in the surrounding Chicago area. Under the guidance of resident teacher Xianyang Carl Jerome, the Center offers beginner and advanced meditation and dharma classes,  retreats, and special events at the Center, as well as continuing ed and wellness classes at area schools and interfaith facilities.

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Xianyang Carl Jerome currently teaches meditation and the dharma in Highland Park, IL at the North Shore Meditation & Dharma Center, as well as at the Recreation Center of Highland Park, and in Northbrook at the Cancer Wellness Center. He also teaches at Northwestern's Wellness Center in Libertyville, Common Ground in Deerfield, and at St John United Church of Christ in Kankakee. He leads classes and retreats in a local county jail and at a maximum-security prison in Missouri. Read more on our teachers page.

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