On Tuesday July 6th, Napa Valley Insight Meditation will host a talk by Kevin Griffin, online via Zoom. Kevin returns this month to continue sharing one-Tuesday-a-month with our sangha while Forrest is on sabbatical, offering teachings on the 8-Fold Path of Practice. Kevin Griffin is an author, longtime Buddhist practitioner who trained as a Community […]
On Tuesday July 13th, Napa Valley Insight Meditation warmly welcomes 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 the ultimate […]
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 […]
On Tuesday July 27th , at 7:00 Napa Valley Insight Meditation will host a presentation by Victoria Cary via Zoom. Victoria Cary has been practicing insight meditation and studying the Dharma since 2006. She is currently in Retreat Teacher Training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, where she previously graduated from the Community Dharma Leaders program. […]
On Tuesday August 3rd, Napa Valley Insight Meditation will host a talk by Kevin Griffin, online via Zoom. Kevin returns this month to continue sharing one-Tuesday-a-month with our sangha while Forrest is on sabbatical, offering teachings on the 8-Fold Path of Practice. Kevin Griffin is an author, longtime Buddhist practitioner who trained as a Community […]
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 7:00pm to 8:30pm 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 indoors […]
On Tuesday August 17th, 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 the ultimate […]
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 7:00pm to 8:30pm 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 indoors […]
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 […]