On Tuesday August 1st, Napa Valley Insight Meditation will host a talk by mindfulness meditation teacher Walt Opie.

Walt is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders’ (CDL4) training program. He has practiced intensive insight meditation, including many residential retreats, since 2005 with prominent teachers including Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Sayadaw U Tejaniya (of Myanmar/Burma) and many others. He leads the weekly Berkeley Dharma & Recovery meditation group. In addition, he worked in the Spirit Rock Communications Department for seven years and is a published writer and photographer. Walt also currently serves as a volunteer with Buddhist Pathways Prison Project, bringing Buddhist practices into California state prisons.