Napa Valley Insight Meditation

Meditation and Discussion: Forrest Hill
2015-09-01 12:00 - 13:30, 2015-07-21 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Forrest Hill will facilitate this evening’s meditation and discussion. Forrest has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2004 and is a founding member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation. He is currently enrolled in the Community Dharma Leaders Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Our evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. The Facilitator will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.

Thursday Morning Meditation
2015-08-27 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-08-20 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-08-13 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-08-06 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-07-30 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-07-23 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-07-16 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-07-09 02:00 - 03:00 and 3 more dates | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
For those interested in supporting their morning practice, we invite you to join us on Thursday mornings for silent meditation. The meditation will begin promptly at 9 am in Universalist Unitarian Fellowship sanctuary.
There will be a 30 minute silent meditation period, followed by a short 10 – 20 minute period in which individuals may comment on their own practice, while the group listens in silence.

Meditation and Discussion: Mike Coughlin
2015-08-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2015-08-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Mike Coughlin will facilitate this evening’s meditation and discussion. Mike has been practicing mindfulness in the vipassana tradition for over a decade. He has received training in Buddhism and mindfulness through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Mindful Schools and is currently enrolled in UCLA’s Certification in Mindfulness Facilitation program.
Our evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. The Facilitator will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.

Meditation and Discussion: Lori Stelling
2015-08-18 12:00 - 13:30, 2015-07-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Lori Stelling will facilitate this evening’s meditation and discussion. Lori has practiced Insight Meditation since 2002. She has completed Insight Meditation Center’s 9-Month Eightfold Path Program and is currently engaged in year-long Buddhist studies through Dharmagiri and Dr. Rick Hanson’s Foundations of Well-Being Program.
Our evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. The Facilitator will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.

Special Guest: Nina Wise
2015-08-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Napa Valley Insight Meditation hosts a talk by spiritual author and performance artist Nina Wise.
Nina is a well-known performer who has devoted her career to investigating the relationship between art and spirit. Artistic Director of Motion, she is the recipient of multiple fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Marin Arts Council and has received seven Bay Area Critics Circle Awards. She is the author of A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life: Self-Expression and Spiritual Practice for Those Who Have Time for Neither. Her stories and articles have appeared in The Sun, Yoga Journal, Tricycle, Inquiring Mind and Whole Earth Review.

Special Guest: Margarita Loinaz
2015-07-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Margarita Loinaz, M.D. has been a Buddhist practitioner since 1977 in the Tibetan and Theravada traditions with an emphasis on Dzogchen practice for the past 10 years. She is a graduate of the first Community Dharma Leader’s program at SRMC where she contributed to the initial stages of the diversity program and taught at the first POC retreat. She also trained in MBSR at the UMass Stress Reduction Clinic and is a student of the Diamond Approach. She is originally from Dominican Republic.
Margarita is a physician and has provided health care for the homeless in San Francisco through the Tom Waddell Clinic. She has also taught mindfulness to medical students at the University of California San Francisco.

Daylong Retreat: Buddhism and the 12 Steps
2015-07-18 03:00 - 09:00 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Join us for this daylong event with Kevin Griffin as we explore the topics of Buddhism, mindful recovery and the 12 steps. The program will include sitting and walking meditation, and instructions.
What to Bring: Please bring a lunch, beverage and appropriate clothing for outside walking meditation.
Suggested Donation: $20 – $60; No one turned away for lack of funds.
All levels of experience welcomed!
For more Information: Contact Susan DuQuette at susandiorr@yahoo.com
Kevin Griffin is a longtime Buddhist practitioner who trained as a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock. He is the author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and the forthcoming God, Buddha, and the Path of Recovery. A co-founder of the Buddhist Recovery Network, he teaches regularly at Spirit Rock, as well as at treatment centers, Buddhist centers, professional conferences, and colleges across the U.S. Kevin has been a member of the Spirit Rock Family Program for ten years.
Visit Keven’s website on Buddhism and Recovery (http://www.kevingriffin.net/) for more information.

Meditation and Discussion: Syra Smith
2015-07-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Syra Smith will facilitate this evening’s meditation and discussion. Syra is Founder and Curator for Oakland’s Dana Cafe, a monthly gathering offering transformational teachings at no cost to participants. She co-leads and organizes East Bay Meditation Center’s weekly Teen Sangha and is a mindfulness and meditation instructor with the Mind Body Awareness Project. Syra graduated East Bay Meditation Center’s yearlong Commit to Dharma program in 2011 and is a current participant in Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s 2 year Community Dharma Leaders training program.
Our evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. The Facilitator will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.

Comic Performance by Nina Wise and Wes "Scoop" Nisker
2015-07-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street , Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Two of our favorite NVIM guest teachers, Nina Wise and Wes “Scoop” Nisker will be performing together at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, on Friday July 10th. Come see this comic duel as they roast the dharma with some crazy Buddhist wisdom. Warning, this evening may lead to enlightenment!

Meditation & Discussion: Forrest Hill
2015-06-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Forrest Hill will facilitate our Tuesday evening meditation and discussion.
Forrest has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2004 and is a founding member of Napa Valley Insight Meditation. He is currently enrolled in the Community Dharma Leaders Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Our evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. The Facilitator will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.

Visit Aloka Vihara
2015-06-27 00:30 - 2015-06-28 10:00 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Aloka Vihara is a community of bhikkhunis (fully-ordained nuns) living in the Sierra Foothills, dedicated to practicing the Buddha’s teaching in the style of the Theravada Forest Tradition. NVIM supports the nuns work to build a rural monastery where women can live and train as nuns and where the lay community can practice.
On Saturday June 27th, we have been asked to come up to the Vihara to help build a yurt that will be part of the new monastery. We will also have a chance to meet with the bhikkhunis to explore the monastery. For those that are interested, there is the option of camping out overnight till Sunday, June 28th.
For more information or RSVP, please contact Erika and erika@napainsight.org

Meditation & Discussion: Mike Coughlin
2015-06-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559
Mike Coughlin will facilitate our Tuesday evening meditation and discussion.
Mike has been practicing mindfulness in the vipassana tradition for over a decade. He has received training in Buddhism and mindfulness through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Mindful Schools and is currently enrolled in UCLA’s Certification in Mindfulness Facilitation program.
Our evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. The Facilitator will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.

Meditation & Discussion: Lori Stelling
2015-06-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
Lori Stelling will facilitate our Tuesday evening meditation and discussion.
Lori has practiced Insight Meditation since 2002. She has completed Insight Meditation Center’s 9-Month Eightfold Path Program and is currently engaged in year-long Buddhist studies through Dharmagiri and Dr. Rick Hanson’s Foundations of Well-Being Program.
Our evening sittings generally begin with a 30 minute meditation, followed by a short break for tea and greetings. The Facilitator will then give a short talk on relevant themes and lead a group discussion. All levels of experience are welcome.

Thursday Morning Meditation
2015-06-11 02:00 - 03:00, 2015-06-04 02:00 - 03:00 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559, United States

Special Guest: Carley Hauck
2015-06-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
Napa Valley Insight Meditation hosts a talk by mindfulness speaker, writer, coach and consultant Carley Hauck.
Carley is the founder and senior wellness architect at Intuitive Wellness, an integrated wellness practice serving individuals, organizations and the community, founded on the premise that mindfulness is the first step to wellness. She has over 15 years’ experience working with individuals and organizations in the area of healthy behavior change and wellness. Carley is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program and teaches classes on happiness, becoming a better you, food as medicine, and mindful training for healthy nutrition and well-being at Stanford University and the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine.

Meditation & Discussion: Forrest Hill
2015-06-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Napa Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
