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 […]
NVIM warmly welcomes Matthew Brensilver, PhD back to our sangha. Matthew began practice in the Tibetan tradition, and since 2003 has studied with Shinzen Young. He served as a Buddhist chaplain at USC for four years and teaches about the intersection of mindfulness and mental health at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center and with Mindful […]
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 […]
Please join us this Tuesday evening at 7:00pm for an on-line discussion and meditation via Zoom with Mike Coughlin. Forrest has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2004 and is a founding member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation. He is a gratduate of the the 2 year Community Dharma Leaders Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. […]
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 […]
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 Debbie Darrin. Debbie has explored various aspects of mindfulness and meditation since the early 1980’s. In 2014 she began attending Napa Valley Insight Meditation sangha, became an active member on the NVIM board in 2017 and facilitates the […]
NVIM will begin meeting in-person and on Zoom, following a hybrid model, on Tuesday, March 1st. Full vaccination and masking is required for indoor participation. (See Guidelines below). Our first in-person indoor gathering will be led by Lori Stelling. Lori has practiced Insight Meditation since 2002 and serves as a local teacher and Board member […]
NVIM will begin meeting in-person and on Zoom, following a hybrid model, on Tuesday, March 1st. Full vaccination and masking is required for indoor participation. (See Guidelines below). This evenings gathering will be led by Forrest Hill. Forrest has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2004 and is a founding member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation. […]