Other Sitting Groups
Northern California
Arcata
Heidi Bourne
Mondays, 4 - 5:10pm
Om Shala Yoga Studio, 858 10th Street, Arcata, CA
Info: 707.498.5562, Pacific Mindfulness
Auburn
Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm. Mary Helen (530) 887-9400. For more info visit www.mtstream.org or email [email protected]
Benicia/Vallejo
Sundays, 6 - 8pm, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 120 East J Street, Benicia. Visit beniciameditation.com. Join our Facebook Public Group. Tony Bernhard will be our guiding teacher through 2018. Heather Sundberg and Matthew Brensilver often teach at this group; check our calendar for dates.
Berkeley
Richard Shankman
Wednesday 7:15 - 9:15pm
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church
2837 Claremont Boulevard | Berkeley, CA
Info: (510) 559-9290 or visit mettadharma.org
Berkeley
Sanghapāla Meditation Group
Meets first Tuesday of every month at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 7:30-9:30 pm, 2304 McKinley Avenue, Berkeley, CA. Except during the Abhayagiri Winter Retreat (January-March), a monastic is in attendance and presents a Dhamma talk.
Email: [email protected]
Berkeley
Jill Satterfield
Wednesday evenings, 7:30 - 9 pm
Yoga Kula Berkeley, 1700 Shattuck Ave.
Info: (510) 486-0264 yogakula.com
Chico
Sky Creek Dharma Center
Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
120 Three Oaks Ct., Chico
Info: 530.893.8088; skycreekdharmacenter.org
Davis
The Davis Middle Path
Mondays, 7:15 - 9pm
Friends Meeting House, 4th & L Street
Info: [email protected]
Toni & Tony Bernhard (530) 758-2904
Davis
Davis Shambhala Center
Sitting: Mon.-Fri. 7-8 am; Sun. 9-10 am
Meditation Instruction: Sun. 9 am; Tues. 7 pm
133 D Street, Suite H, Davis, 95616
Info: davis.shambhala.org; [email protected], (530) 758-1440
Gilroy
Contact Laura Shulman with the Buddhist Wisdom Meditation Center at (408) 847-1890. email: [email protected]
Mill Valley
Catherine Flaxman
New night beginning September 21, 2016 - Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 pm
Mill Valley Community Center — Tamalpais Room
180 Camino Alto | Mill Valley, 94941
Contact: [email protected] | (415) 389-8633
Montara
Coastside Vipassana - CoastsideVipassana.org
Wednesdays, 7:30 - 9pm at the Lighthouse hostel.
Mountain View
Insight Meditation South Bay
Shaila Catherine -- Tuesdays 7:30 - 9pm
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall
2094 Grant Road | Mountain View
Info: imsb.org
Nevada City/Grass Valley
Mondays, 7:30 - 9pm. Mountain Stream Meditation Center - For more info visit mtstream.org or email [email protected]
Orinda
Wendy Beckerman
Thursdays 10-11am (By donation)
Orinda Community Church, 10 Irwin Way, Fireside Room
eastbayyoga.com
Penngrove (Santa Rosa Area)
Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm (possibly until 9:00pm)
(Short Guided followed by Silent) Meditation and Dhamma talk given by Dhammadharini Monastic or visiting monastic.
Dhammadharini Monastery, 6791 Sturtevant Dr., Penngrove, CA
Contact: [email protected]. For further info: dhammadharini.net
Petaluma
Refuge Recovery Petaluma
Saturdays, 9 - 10am, Elm Lutheran Church, 504 Baker St.
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:45pm, Church of the Oaks, Corner of West Sierra and Page, Cotati
Contact: Nira, (415) 754-5584; [email protected]
Pinole
Wendy Beckerman
Fridays 4-4:45 pm (Free)
Pinole Library, 2935 Pinole Valley Rd
eastbayyoga.com
Sacramento
Sundays, 7 - 8:45pm. Book discussion also available. Terry Wenner (916) 498-8700
Thursdays, 7 - 9pm
For more information visit the Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group website, sbmg.org
San Jose
San Jose Insight Meditation
Wednesdays, 7:30 - 9pm.
Friends Meeting House, 1041 Morse Street. Info: sanjoseinsight.org. Contact: [email protected] or Berget (408) 255-2783. Beginning instruction first Wednesday of each month, 6:15-7:15 pm.
San Francisco
Upper Market Insight, John Martin
Mondays, 6:00-7:15 p.m.
Sparks Arts
4229 18th Street @ Collingwood
(2 blocks from the Castro Muni Station)
Contact: [email protected]
San Francisco
Mid-day Mindfulness
Augusta Hopkins
Tuesdays, 12:15-1:00 p.m.
All levels of practice, Buddhist-focused guided meditation followed by short Dharma talk.
Contact: [email protected]
Santa Cruz
Insight Santa Cruz
ISC offers several sitting groups meeting throughout the week. They are currently in the process of moving, so check their website for up-to-date information about meeting places.
Info: (831) 854-7998, [email protected]
Website: insightsantacruz.org
San Rafael
Rick Hanson
San Rafael Meditation Gathering | Rick Hanson
Wednesday 6:00 - 7:30 pm, online
Info: rickhanson.net; [email protected]
Santa Rosa
Thomas Pope
Thursdays 6:30 - 8:00pm
Lomi Clinic, 534 B Street, Santa Rosa
lomi.org, Info (707) 579-0465 x 225
Santa Rosa
Sundays, 6:30 - 8pm, 818 Cherry Street
Patrick Thornton at (707) 584-8440 or email at [email protected]
Santa Rosa - 3rd Street Sangha
Mondays, 12:15 - 1:45pm. contact Bruce Gibbs, (707) 827-3176
Saratoga - Insight Meditation South Bay
Shaila Catherine, Thursdays 7:15- 9 PM, Westhope Presbyterian Church
Info: imsb.org
Sonoma Valley
2nd & 4th Thursdays, 7 - 8:30pm. Daphne Matthews (707) 996-5786
Walnut Creek
with Ernest Isaacs - meets once every month on the third Tuesday, 7:30 - 9pm
The Unity Center, 1871 Geary Rd. (510) 526-0711or [email protected]
Southern California
Glendale
Wednesdays 7:30 - 9pm. Jim Hopper, Metta Meditation Center, 401 S. Fisher St., #5, Glendale (818) 543-0669
Los Angeles
Insight LA
Trudy Goodman
Going for Refuge - Thursday, 7 - 9pm,
1739 Berkeley St, Santa Monica, contact (310) 395-0066: website: insightla.org
Los Angeles
Mondays, 7:30 - 9pm, (310) 226-6113. Michael Shiffman - insightcenter.org
Redondo Beach
Thursdays, 7 - 8:30pm. Kevin (310) 374-4979
Santa Barbara
Open Door Sangha
Alice Alldredge, (805) 685-2836, [email protected]
Vipassana sitting group; instruction provided on request
Santa Monica
Tuesdays, 7:30 - 9pm, (310) 226-6113. Michael Shiffman - insightcenter.org
Outside California
Eugene, OR
We are a community driven sangha, based in the Insight Meditation tradition. Our guiding teacher Linda Rose was a Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program participant.
Wednesdays: 10:00-11:15am on Zoom
First Saturday of the Month: 1:00-2:30pm UU Church
Third Saturday of the Month: 10:30-11:30am Buddha Eye Temple
Info: [email protected]
Scottsdale, AZ
Insight Meditation Scottsdale
Genevieve Tregor
Monday Nights 7- 8:30pm;
Scottsdale Congregational UCC, 4425 N. Granite Reef Rd
Info: insightscottsdale.org
Fort Collins, CO
Insight Fort Collins - Sundays 7pm-8pm
316 Willow Street, Fort Collins CO 80524
For more info: www.insightfortcollins.org
Carbondale, CO
Roaring Fork Insight | Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00pm
The Launchpad, 76 S 4th Street, Carbondale CO
Info: roaringforkinsight.org; (970) 510-0212
Fairfield County, CT
Paul Epstein (Community Dharma Leader), every other Thursday 7:30 - 9:15 pm
Norfield Grange, 12 Goodhill Road, Weston, CT
Info (203) 226-3923 or [email protected], (203) 259-9395 or [email protected]
Chicago, IL
Insight Chicago Meditation Community
ICMC has several sitting groups meeting throughout the Chicago area
Info: [email protected], insightchicago.org/
Urbana, IL
The Prairie Sangha
Monday evenings, 6:30 - 8:45 pm
Quaker Meetinghouse, 1904 East Main St., Urbana
Info: www.prairiesangha.org/
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Tuesday evenings, 7:30 - 9:30pm
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
Contact: Timothy Little at [email protected] or (978) 937-5652
Other facilitators: Carrie Little ([email protected]) and Brenda Rogers ([email protected])
Website: kalyanamittasangha.wordpress.com
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Insight meditation in Ann Arbor - Friendly, open Sunday morning sitting group, vipassana classes for beginning and continuing meditators. Weekend retreats several times a year, vipassana instruction in the traditional Theravadan tradition. Serving Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, Michigan, led by teacher Susan Weir.
Carson City, Nevada
Mondays 7 - 9pm. Christy Tews (775) 882-1662
Minden, Nevada
Mondays, 6:30 - 8pm. Constance Alexander (775) 267-2850
Reno, Nevada
Dharma Zephyr Sangha
Wednesdays, 7 - 9pm
Info Janet Scott (775) 690-0752 www:dharmazephyr.org/
Burnsville (Celo), North Carolina
Mondays, 7 - 9pm. Jane Zietlow (828) 675-5440, Kitty Couch (828 ) 675-5608
Eugene, Oregon
First Sunday of the Month - 10am
We are a peer-led, newly-forming sitting group seeking others already practicing in the Theravadan tradition -sitting together and listening to a dharma talk and/or discussing a reading on a mutually-agreed topic. Our organizer is a DPP participant. Contact Wendy Saville at [email protected].
Austin, Texas
Mariposa Sangha
Thursdays, 7 - 8:30 pm, and first Sunday of each month, 9 am - 12:30 pm
Contact: [email protected]
Visit our website for more about our schedule, location, retreats in Texas and contact information.
San Antonio, Texas
Insight Meditation San Antonio (Yellow Dog Sangha)
www.insightmeditationsanantonio.com
Randy Gribbin CDL
Mondays, 6:45pm New Student Orientation; 7:30-9:15pm Regular Sangha Meeting
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 7150 W. I-10, San Antonio, TX
Contact: [email protected] or (830) 964-3684
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Thursday evenings, 7:15 - 9:30 pm, Contact David Fisher (250) 754-2997
181 Bird Sanctuary Road, Nanaimo
There is no charge or Dana requested or accepted! Sometimes people bring cookies.