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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-25/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-25/
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Forrest Hill
DESCRIPTION: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 member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation (NVIM) and has served as a facilitator at NVIM since its inception in 2011. Forrest is a graduate of the two-year Community Dharma Leaders Program\, a Buddhist teacher training program sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He is also a singer-songwriter and over the past ten years has released 6 albums inspired by the dharma and his meditation practice. He has a PhD from MIT in Biological Oceanography and currently works as a socially responsible financial advisor. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/an-evening-with-special-guest-syra-smith-2/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-18/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-18/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250916T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Mike Coughlin
DESCRIPTION:This Tuesday evening sangha will be led by Mike Coughlin. Mike is a public school administrator\, trained mediator\, and has been practicing mindfulness in the vipassana tradition for over 15 years. He has received training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, Mindful Schools and is a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator through the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior at the University of California\, Los Angeles. Mike has over 20 years of experience working with high-risk youth\, most specifically in residential and day treatment programs\, as well as years of mediation experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-mike-coughlin-7/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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CREATED:20250417T010759Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-11/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-11/
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Lori Stelling
DESCRIPTION:This Tuesday evening sangha will be led by Lori Stelling. Lori has practiced Insight Meditation since 2002 and serves as a local teacher and Board member for NVIM. She has received mentoring from vipassana teachers since 2007\, is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center\, and has engaged in on-going Buddhist Studies through Aloka Vihara\, Sacred Mountain Sangha\, Dharmagiri\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, and others\, for two decades. Lori is a certified life coach\, with advanced Enneagram training\, offering life coaching for women\, and community meditation classes for adults of all ages. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-lori-stelling-8/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250904T100000
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CREATED:20250417T010759Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-04/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-09-04/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
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SUMMARY:BUDDHISM & RECOVERY - Inaugural Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our inaugural recovery meeting. If you are interested in Buddhism\, mindfulness\, and the world of recovery\, Napa Valley Insight Meditation is offering the opportunity to gather together for a Buddhism & Recovery meeting. \nThis is a pilot meeting that will be led by practitioners in the NVIM community who are all in recovery. We urge all those who are interested to attend and help us establish this as a regular offering. \nFormat \n\nWelcome\nGroup agreements\nMindful movement\nShort guided meditation\nRead daily reflection (Buddhism & The Twelve Steps)\nGroup reflections on reading\nDiscussion on thoughts moving forward.\n\nThe meeting will be held in the sanctuary at the Napa Valley Unitarian Universalist (1625 Salvador Avenue). We look forward to sharing this opportunity with you.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/buddhism-recovery-inaugural-meeting/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Forrest Hill
DESCRIPTION: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 member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation (NVIM) and has served as a facilitator at NVIM since its inception in 2011. Forrest is a graduate of the two-year Community Dharma Leaders Program\, a Buddhist teacher training program sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He is also a singer-songwriter and over the past ten years has released 6 albums inspired by the dharma and his meditation practice. He has a PhD from MIT in Biological Oceanography and currently works as a socially responsible financial advisor. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-forrest-hill-5/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250828T090000
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DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-28/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250826T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250826T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250621T191332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T191332Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Mike Coughlin
DESCRIPTION:This Tuesday evening sangha will be led by Mike Coughlin. Mike is a public school administrator\, trained mediator\, and has been practicing mindfulness in the vipassana tradition for over 15 years. He has received training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, Mindful Schools and is a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator through the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior at the University of California\, Los Angeles. Mike has over 20 years of experience working with high-risk youth\, most specifically in residential and day treatment programs\, as well as years of mediation experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-mike-coughlin-6/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250821T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250821T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-21/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-21/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250819T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250621T191147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T191147Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Lori Stelling
DESCRIPTION:This Tuesday evening sangha will be led by Lori Stelling. Lori has practiced Insight Meditation since 2002 and serves as a local teacher and Board member for NVIM. She has received mentoring from vipassana teachers since 2007\, is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center\, and has engaged in on-going Buddhist Studies through Aloka Vihara\, Sacred Mountain Sangha\, Dharmagiri\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, and others\, for two decades. Lori is a certified life coach\, with advanced Enneagram training\, offering life coaching for women\, and community meditation classes for adults of all ages. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-lori-stelling-7/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250814T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250814T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-14/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-14/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250621T191001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T191001Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Forrest Hill
DESCRIPTION: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 member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation (NVIM) and has served as a facilitator at NVIM since its inception in 2011. Forrest is a graduate of the two-year Community Dharma Leaders Program\, a Buddhist teacher training program sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He is also a singer-songwriter and over the past ten years has released 6 albums inspired by the dharma and his meditation practice. He has a PhD from MIT in Biological Oceanography and currently works as a socially responsible financial advisor. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-forrest-hill-4/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250807T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250807T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-07/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-08-07/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250805T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250805T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T014636Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Special Guest Victoria Cary
DESCRIPTION:Victoria has been practicing insight meditation and studying the Dharma since 2006. She is a graduate of the 4-year Teacher Training programs at Spirit Rock Meditation Center as well as the Community Dharma Leaders program. Victoria is the co-founder and one of the core teachers of San Francisco People of Color Insight Sangha. She has worked as a volunteer at Zen Hospice where she is exploring how developing a relationship with impermanence and death can bring us more fully alive. Victoria states that she loves the Dhamma and is interested in supporting people in their practice by focusing on integrating Dhamma into everyday life. Her identity as a queer\, bi-racial black woman informs her approach to teaching the Dhamma as she seeks to support a kind internal and external investigation of our complex human experience. \nTo learn more\, please join our email list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/ \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/an-evening-with-special-guest-victoria-cary/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250731T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250731T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-31/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-31/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250729T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250729T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T014422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T014422Z
UID:10001857-1753815600-1753821000@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Mike Coughlin
DESCRIPTION:This Tuesday evening sangha will be led by Mike Coughlin. Mike is a public school administrator\, trained mediator\, and has been practicing mindfulness in the vipassana tradition for over 15 years. He has received training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, Mindful Schools and is a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator through the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior at the University of California\, Los Angeles. Mike has over 20 years of experience working with high-risk youth\, most specifically in residential and day treatment programs\, as well as years of mediation experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-mike-coughlin-5/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250724T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250724T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001602-1753347600-1753351200@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-24/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-24/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T014251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T014251Z
UID:10001856-1753210800-1753216200@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:An Evening with Special Guest Fresh "Lev" White
DESCRIPTION: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 communities\, and planet. Lev is also co-author of Real World Mindfulness for Beginners\, Ed. with Brenda Salgado and is mindfully grounded at the East Bay Meditation Center\, as well as a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leadership program. Learn more about Lev here: https://affirmativeacts.org/about-us/ \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/an-evening-with-special-guest-fresh-lev-white-2/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250717T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250717T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001601-1752742800-1752746400@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-17/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-17/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T014022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T191919Z
UID:10001855-1752606000-1752611400@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:An Evening With Special Guest Eve Decker
DESCRIPTION:Eve Decker (she/her) began Insight Meditation practice in 1991\, and has attended more than 50 silent retreats in the western Vipassana tradition of Buddhism ranging in length from 8-90 days. She is a graduate of University of California\, Berkeley; the Path of Engagement (social justice and spiritual practice training); and Community Dharma Leader training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. She has trained in the Hakomi Method (a mindfulness centered somatic healing practice)\, Awakening Joy developed by James Baraz\, Transforming Judgmental Mind developed by Donald Rothberg\, and Mindful Self Compassion developed by Kristen Neff and Christopher Germer. \nEve is also an accomplished musician\, and has released four collections of “Dharma Music” (songs inspired by Buddhist teachings) for adults\, and a fifth for children and families. She offers weekly classes and coaching\, and has a podcast\, “Loved: Mindful and Musical Perspectives on Daily Life”. Eve lives with her wife Diane in Berkeley\, CA. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-debbie-darrin/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001600-1752138000-1752141600@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-10/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-10/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T013731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250623T033516Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Lori Stelling
DESCRIPTION:This Tuesday evening sangha will be led by Lori Stelling. Lori has practiced Insight Meditation since 2002 and serves as a local teacher and Board member for NVIM. She has received mentoring from vipassana teachers since 2007\, is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center\, and has engaged in on-going Buddhist Studies through Aloka Vihara\, Sacred Mountain Sangha\, Dharmagiri\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, and others\, for two decades. Lori is a certified life coach\, with advanced Enneagram training\, offering life coaching for women\, and community meditation classes for adults of all ages. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-lori-stelling-6/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250703T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250703T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001599-1751533200-1751536800@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-03/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-07-03/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T013837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250623T033536Z
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Discussion with Forrest Hill
DESCRIPTION: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 member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation (NVIM) and has served as a facilitator at NVIM since its inception in 2011. Forrest is a graduate of the two-year Community Dharma Leaders Program\, a Buddhist teacher training program sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He is also a singer-songwriter and over the past ten years has released 6 albums inspired by the dharma and his meditation practice. He has a PhD from MIT in Biological Oceanography and currently works as a socially responsible financial advisor. \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-forrest-hill-3/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250626T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250626T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001598-1750928400-1750932000@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-06-26/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-06-26/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T013602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T025658Z
UID:10001852-1750791600-1750797000@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:An Evening with Special Guest Richard Shankman
DESCRIPTION: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 educators to learn mindfulness and teach it to youth. He is also co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies. Richard is the author of The Experience of Samadhi: An In-Depth Investigation of Buddhist Meditation (Shambhala Publications\, 2008)\, and The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation (New Harbinger Publications\, 2015). Learn more about Richard at: http://richardshankman.org/about/ \nCOVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely\n(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”): \n\nIf you have recently been exposed to COVID\, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID without symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days and wear a mask indoors through day 10.\nIf you test positive for COVID and have symptoms\, please do not attend sangha for at least 5 full days; and then do not return until your symptoms are mild\, improving\, and you are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Wear a mask indoors through Day 10.
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/an-evening-with-special-guest-richard-shankman-2/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250619T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250619T100000
DTSTAMP:20260414T100216
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001597-1750323600-1750327200@www.napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Online Meditation
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThursday morning sits begin with an inspirational reading\, followed by a 30-minute mostly silent meditation period and a short 10-minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice while the group listens in silence. \nTo receive the Zoom link one day in advance\,  sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-06-19/
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LOCATION:https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2025-06-19/
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