About us
Napa Valley Insight Meditation (NVIM) offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions. NVIM supports the cultivation of mindful awareness and compassion in daily life. Our mission is to support one another in applying the teachings and practice of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness within ourselves, our relationships, our work and our society. Our programs include (or will include) meditation classes, daylong retreats, sitting groups, workshops, and other classes.
NVIM’s weekly gatherings and sitting groups, events, daylong retreats and classes welcome new and experienced practitioners from all spiritual and meditation traditions.
Upcoming Events
Thursday Morning Online Meditation
NVIM will continue to host our Thursday morning meditations by Zoom. Morning meditation is led by Debbie Darrin, and others, and begins promptly at 9:00am. All are welcome. Thursday morning […]
Meditation & Discussion with Forrest Hill
The evening will be led by Forrest Hill. Forrest has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2004, starting at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland CA. He is the founding […]
Napa, CA 94559
Buddhism and Recovery
Join us for our monthly meeting of Buddhism & Recovery as we come together to support our various 12-step recovery journeys with mindfulness and compassion. This meeting offers a calm, […]
Napa, CA 94559
Our Teachers
Meet our local dharma teachers
Mike Coughlin
Forrest Hill
Lori Stelling
Debbie Darrin
Recent Blog Posts
Walking Through Tender Ground Of Our Suffering
“We call this ‘practice’ and it’s called practice for a reason. We’re practicing how to meet life, how to[…]
Leaning Into Stillness: Winter’s Call To Wonder
The cool, wet weather has arrived here in town. This, and the many tasks of a modern life, kept[…]
Making Our Practice Personal
“No one can ever explain to us how to have an experience. If they could, we would all be[…]