Buddhism and Recovery
2026-02-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
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, non-judgmental space where recovering individuals can practice meditation, deepen self-awareness, share experiences, and build supportive connections. The structure of the meeting will include movement, meditation, and reflections grounded in Kevin Griffin’s book Buddhism & the Twelve Steps: Daily Reflections – Thoughts On Dharma & Recovery.
COVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely
(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”):

If you have recently been exposed to COVID, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.
If 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.
If 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.

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-02-05 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-02-05/
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 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.
To receive the Zoom link one day in advance, sign up for our mailing list at: https://www.napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/

Meditation & Discussion with Mike Coughlin
2026-02-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
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.
COVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely
(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”):

If you have recently been exposed to COVID, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.
If 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.
If 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.

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-02-12 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-02-12/

An Evening with Lev Michael Moses
2026-02-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
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/
COVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely
(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”):

If you have recently been exposed to COVID, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.
If 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.
If 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.

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-02-19 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-02-19/

Meditation & Discussion with Lori Stelling
2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
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.
COVID Recommendations For Gathering Safely
(recommended by https://covid19.ca.gov “Current Safety Measures”):

If you have recently been exposed to COVID, it is recommended that you wear a mask indoors through day 10.
If 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.
If 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.

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-02-26 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-02-26/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-03-05 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-03-05/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-03-12 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-03-12/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-03-19 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-03-19/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-03-26 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-03-26/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-04-02 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-02/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-04-09 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-09/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-04-16 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-16/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-04-23 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-23/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-04-30 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-30/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-05-07 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-05-07/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-05-14 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-05-14/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-05-21 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-05-21/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-05-28 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-05-28/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-06-04 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-04/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-06-11 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-11/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-06-18 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-18/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-06-25 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-25/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-07-02 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-02/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-07-09 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-09/

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-07-16 09:00 - 10:00 | https://www.napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-16/
