Napa Valley Insight Meditation

May 2, 2026 - Daylong Meditation Retreat with Victoria Cary
2026-05-02 09:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
On Saturday, May 2, from 9:30am – 4:00pm, NVIM is hosting our next daylong. We will be blessed to have Victoria Cary guide us on this day of practice.
Victoria is a deeply skilled teacher and the theme for this event will be Inclining Towards the Beautiful Factors of Mind. Victoria shares that “The Buddha taught that whatever the mind frequently inclines toward becomes the tendency of the heart. This teaching highlights the vital role of cultivating mental habits that support our well-being, deepen our practice, and open the way to liberating insight. These beautiful factors not only steady the heart and mind, but also serve as essential conditions for clarity, and wisdom.”
Victoria adds, “I teach not from a place of mastery, but from deep practice and love for this path. I’m heart-based and faith-based—trusting in the possibility of awakening, in the teachings, and in community. I do my best to meet people where they are, especially when they’re trying—however imperfectly—to live the Dhamma in their everyday lives.”
To learn more about Victoria go: https://www.victoriacary.com/
For more information and to register for this in person event go to: https://events.humanitix.com/daylong-with-victoria-cary.

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

Meditation & Discussion with Forrest Hill
2026-04-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-31 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
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.
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
2026-04-23 09:00 - 10:00 | https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-23/

Meditation & Discussion with Lori Stelling
2026-04-21 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-10 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
2026-04-16 09:00 - 10:00 | https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-16/

An Evening with Eve Decker
2026-04-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
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.
Eve 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.
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
2026-04-09 09:00 - 10:00 | https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-09/

Meditation & Discussion with Mike Coughlin
2026-04-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-03 19:30 - 20:00, 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
2026-04-02 09:00 - 10:00 | https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-04-02/

Buddhism and Recovery
2026-04-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-04 19:00 - 20:00 | 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
2026-03-26 09:00 - 10:00 | https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-03-26/

Special Guest Kevin Griffin
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
This Tuesday we again welcome Kevin Griffin back to NVIM for a second Tuesday in a row. Kevin is best known as the author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps (Rodale Press 2004). He has published four other books: A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery (Hay House 2010), Buddhism & The Twelve Steps Workbook (One Breath Books 2014), Recovering Joy: A Mindful Life after Addiction (Sounds True 2015), and Living Kindness: Metta Practice for the Whole of Our Lives (Shambhala Press, 2022). An audio version of One Breath at a Time was released in 2017.
A longtime Buddhist practitioner and 12 Step participant, he is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and one of the founders of the Buddhist Recovery Network. Kevin has trained with the leading Western Vipassana teachers, among them Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, and Ajahn Amaro. His teacher training was as a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, CA.
Learn more about Kevin and his books here: https://www.kevingriffin.net/

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

An Evening with Eve Decker
2026-03-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
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.
Eve 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.

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

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

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

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

Meditatin & Discussion with Lori Stelling
2026-02-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559

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

Thursday Morning Online Meditation
2026-02-05 09:00 - 10:00 | https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-02-05/
