Online Retreat
Equanimity: Finding Balance in Difficult Times
Teaching Team
James Baraz
Teacher
James Baraz is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock. James started the Community Dharma Leader program and Spirit's Rock Family Program. James leads the online course "Awakening Joy" since 2003. He is a guiding teacher to One Earth Sangha, a platform devoted to Buddhist responses to Climate Change.
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