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SUMMARY:SUNSET SANGHA with Forrest Hill
DESCRIPTION:SUNSET SANGHA – Continuing the Outdoors experience \nThis Tuesday we’ll continue meeting on the outdoor patio at the Unitarian Universalist church\, as we embrace the meditation experience in the cooler air and softer light\, with maybe a bird or two chiming in. Join us for this opportunity to re-connect with the natural world around us. \nThe 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/sunset-sangha-with-forrest-hill/
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-8/2026-09-03/
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SUMMARY:SUNSET SANGHA with Guest Teacher Stephanie Noble
DESCRIPTION:SUNSET SANGHA – Continuing the Outdoors experience \nThis Tuesday we’ll continue meeting on the outdoor patio at the Unitarian Universalist church\, as we embrace the meditation experience in the cooler air and softer light\, with maybe a bird or two chiming in. Join us for this opportunity to re-connect with the natural world around us. \nStephanie Noble is the author of Asking In\, Six Empowering Questions Only You Can Answer and several other books\, including a soon-to-be published novel exploring the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. Stephanie founded Marin Insight Women’s Sangha in 2008. She guest teaches at Marin Sangha and Boulder Insight. She is also a widely published poet\, twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Learn more about Stephanie here: https://stephanienoble.com/about-2/ \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/sunset-sangha-with-guest-teacher-stephanie-noble/
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-8/2026-09-10/
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SUMMARY:SUNSET SANGHA with Special Guest Kevin Griffin
DESCRIPTION:SUNSET SANGHA – Continuing the Outdoors experience \nThis Tuesday we’ll continue meeting on the outdoor patio at the Unitarian Universalist church\, as we embrace the meditation experience in the cooler air and softer light\, with maybe a bird or two chiming in. Join us for this opportunity to re-connect with the natural world around us. \nThis 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. \nA 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. \nLearn more about Kevin and his books here: https://www.kevingriffin.net/ \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/sunset-sangha-with-special-guest-kevin-griffin/
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-8/2026-09-17/
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LOCATION:https://napainsight.org/event/thursday-morning-online-meditation-8/2026-09-17/
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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-2/
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-8/2026-09-24/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260929T190000
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SUMMARY:Meditation & Reflections 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-reflections-with-mike-coughlin-5/
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1625 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, CA\, 94559
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