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SUMMARY:Special Guest Art Jolly
DESCRIPTION:Art Jolly has been practicing insight meditation since the 1990s\, most of that time under the guidance of Phillip Moffitt. In addition to having attended numerous retreats\, he also completed Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program\, Community Dharma Leaders Program\, and Advanced Practitioners Program. In 2003 he spent five months as a monk in Burma\, which was a transformative experience for him. In addition to leading his own meditation group for many years\, he has taught at Marin Sangha\, East Bay Meditation Center and other groups around the San Francisco Bay Area. \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://napainsight.org/event/special-guest-art-jolly-3/
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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-18/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-18/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260623T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260623T203000
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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://napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-lori-stelling-15/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260625T100000
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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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-25/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-06-25/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T203000
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CREATED:20260409T203047Z
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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://napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-forrest-hill-14/
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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-02/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-02/
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SUMMARY:Special Guest Lev Michael Moses
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://napainsight.org/event/special-guest-lev-michael-moses-2/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
CATEGORIES:An Evening with
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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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-09/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-09/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T203000
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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://napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-mike-coughlin-16/
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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-16/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20260531T161841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T161841Z
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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://napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-lori-stelling-16/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T100000
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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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-23/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20260531T162055Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with 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://napainsight.org/event/an-evening-with-richard-shankman-2/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260730T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260730T100000
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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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-30/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-07-30/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260804T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260804T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20260531T162221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T162849Z
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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://napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-forrest-hill-15/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260806T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260806T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-06/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-06/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260811T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260811T203000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Special Guest Ayya Santacitta
DESCRIPTION:Ayya Santacitta was born in Austria and did her graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology\, focusing on dance\, theatre and ritual. She also worked in avant-garde dance theatre as a performer and costume designer. In 1988 she met Ajahn Buddhadasa in southern Thailand\, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She trained as a nun in England and Asia from 1993 until 2009\, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah. Since 2002\, she has also received teachings in the lineage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. \nAyya Santacitta co-founded Aloka Vihara in 2009 and received Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. She is committed to Gaia as a living being and resides at Aloka Earth Room (https://alokavihara.org/aloka-earth-room/)\, currently located in San Rafael\, CA. \nTo learn more about Ayya Santacitta go to: https://alokavihara.org/ \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://napainsight.org/event/an-evening-with-special-guest-ayya-santacitta-2/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-13/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-13/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260818T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20260531T162716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T162716Z
UID:10001962-1787079600-1787085000@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://napainsight.org/event/meditation-discussion-with-mike-coughlin-17/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260820T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260820T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001658-1787216400-1787220000@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-20/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-20/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260827T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260827T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001659-1787821200-1787824800@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-27/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-08-27/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260903T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260903T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001660-1788426000-1788429600@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-03/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-03/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001661-1789030800-1789034400@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-10/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-10/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260917T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260917T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001662-1789635600-1789639200@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-17/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-17/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20260531T161202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T161202Z
UID:10001955-1790103600-1790109000@napainsight.org
SUMMARY:Special Guest Art Jolly
DESCRIPTION:Art Jolly has been practicing insight meditation since the 1990s\, most of that time under the guidance of Phillip Moffitt. In addition to having attended numerous retreats\, he also completed Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program\, Community Dharma Leaders Program\, and Advanced Practitioners Program. In 2003 he spent five months as a monk in Burma\, which was a transformative experience for him. In addition to leading his own meditation group for many years\, he has taught at Marin Sangha\, East Bay Meditation Center and other groups around the San Francisco Bay Area. \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://napainsight.org/event/special-guest-art-jolly-2/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001663-1790240400-1790244000@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-24/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-24/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261001T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261001T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001664-1790845200-1790848800@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-01/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-01/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001665-1791450000-1791453600@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-08/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-08/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261015T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001666-1792054800-1792058400@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-15/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-15/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T100000
DTSTAMP:20260615T130516
CREATED:20250417T010759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T010759Z
UID:10001667-1792659600-1792663200@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://napainsight.org/contact/newsletter/
URL:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-22/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-10-22/
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