This Tuesday evening we warmly welcome Syra Smith back to NVIM. Syra Smith is an artist, organizer and mindfulness educator interested in deep ecology and manifesting a culture where we can turn toward fearless abundance and generosity. Presently, she co-leads the Mid-Day Dharma Collective at SF Insight (Mondays at noon!) and proudly serves as Core […]
NVIM will begin it's transition back to in-person gatherings at NVUU with a couple of outdoor gatherings this August. Please join us this Tuesday evening from 6:30 pm to 8:00pm for meditation and reflections. Bring your own chair, water/drink and blankets. Please dress in layers as temperatures can cool down at night. Masks are required […]
On Tuesday September 14th @ 7:00pm, Napa Valley Insight Meditation welcomes back Fresh "Lev" White back to our sangha. His presentation will be online via Zoom. Lev offers mindfulness, coaching, mediation, and diversity trainings as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. He teaches and writes about how love and self-compassion are […]
NVIM will begin it's transition back to in-person gatherings at NVUU with a couple of outdoor gatherings this August. Please join us this Tuesday evening from 6:30 pm to 8:00pm for meditation and reflections. Bring your own chair, water/drink and blankets. Please dress in layers as temperatures can cool down at night. Masks are required […]
On Tuesday September 28th, Napa Valley Insight Meditation will host an on-line presentation by Dharma Musician and Teacher, Eve Decker. Eve has been singing, song writing, and performing since she was 8 years old! In her 20’s she co-founded, played, recorded and toured with the feminist folk trio Rebecca Riots for 15 years. Rebecca Riots […]
Jill Satterfield is an international mindfulness and meditation teacher, consultant and mentor. Her integration of embodied mindfulness and meditation includes somatic practices and contemplative psychology along with 35 years of Buddhist practice and silent retreats. She has been teaching for decades in hospitals, trauma centers, addiction institutes, at risk youth facilities, corporations and meditation centers […]
NVIM will continue to offer one or two outdoor sangha gatherings in the month of October (air quality permitting). Please join us from 6:00pm to 7:00pm (time subject to change) for one hour of meditation and reflections. The weeks we are not in-person outdoors, we will meet online on Zoom. What to Bring: Bring your […]
NVIM warmly welcomes Lev back to our sangha. Lev is a love and compassion activist. He offers mindfulness, coaching, mediation, and diversity trainings as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. He teaches and writes about how love and self-compassion are the ultimate gateways to loving and understanding others; thus, healing our […]
NVIM will continue to offer one or two outdoor sangha gatherings in the month of October (air quality permitting). Please join us from 6:00pm to 7:00pm (time subject to change) for one hour of meditation and reflections. The weeks we are not in-person outdoors, we will meet online on Zoom. What to Bring: Bring your […]
Richard Shankman has been a meditator since 1970 and teaches internationally. He is the guiding teacher of the Metta Dharma Foundation, a non-residential meditation center in Berkeley, CA that offers a weekly meditation group, as well as monthly daylongs, classes, workshops, and residential retreats. Richard is the co-founder of Mindful Schools, a leading organization training […]
NVIM warmly welcomes Lev back to our sangha. Lev is a love and compassion activist. He offers mindfulness, coaching, mediation, and diversity trainings as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. He teaches and writes about how love and self-compassion are the ultimate gateways to loving and understanding others; thus, healing our […]
Please join us this Tuesday evening at 7:00pm for an on-line discussion and meditation via Zoom with Mike Coughlin. Mike is a public school administrator, trained mediator, and has been practicing mindfulness in the vipassana tradition for 15 years. He has received training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Mindful Schools and is a Certified Mindfulness […]
During this thanksgiving week we pause to reflect on all the benefits our practice has brought us in life. May the fruit of our practice be for the benefit of all beings. May peace and compassion fill the earth and may it begin with each one of us living in gratitude.
We warmly welcome Kevin Griffin back to NVIM this month. Kevin is an author, longtime Buddhist practitioner who trained as a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock, and innovator in the field of addiction treatment. His newest book is Buddhism & the Twelve Steps: Daily Reflections - Thoughts on Dharma and Recovery. Learn more about […]
NVIM warmly welcomes Lev back to our sangha. Lev is a love and compassion activist. He offers mindfulness, coaching, mediation, and diversity trainings as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. He teaches and writes about how love and self-compassion are the ultimate gateways to loving and understanding others; thus, healing our […]
This evening, Napa Valley Insight Meditation welcomes back insight meditatin teacher Dawn Scott. Dawn has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2008 and served as the Family Program Coordinator for eight years at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is a graduate of the Insight Meditation Society’s 2017 – 2021 teacher training program, a co-principal teacher of Marin […]
“The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well being.” ~ -His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. Happy New Year!
NVIM warmly welcomes Lev back to our sangha. Lev is a love and compassion activist. He offers mindfulness, coaching, mediation, and diversity trainings as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. He teaches and writes about how love and self-compassion are the ultimate gateways to loving and understanding others; thus, healing our […]
Please join us this Tuesday evening at 7:00pm for an on-line discussion and meditation via Zoom with Mike Coughlin. Mike is a public school administrator, trained mediator, and has been practicing mindfulness in the vipassana tradition for 15 years. He has received training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Mindful Schools and is a Certified Mindfulness […]