… He is a longtime Vipassana meditation practitioner and has done several long silent retreats up to 30 days. Briksha's main focus is Yoga of Conscious Breathing and Eating (Spiritual Nutrition). By using various tools and techniques of Integral Yoga and coaching, he creates a powerful environment to explore the journey of this mysterious Human Body, finding everything there, as it is said in an Asian proverb: 'What you can’t find in your Body, you will not find anywhere.' Briksha's main mission i …

Napa Valley Meditation Group is for anyone interested in joining a leaderless sangha that meets once per week. The proposed structure for each meeting is to sit for 30 - 40 minutes, followed by a short period for socializing, and then regrouping to discuss various Buddhist text by authors such as Jack Kornfield, Sharon Slazberg, Thich Nhat, Hanh, Joseph Goldstein, and others. NVMG is open to anyone looking for meditation support, instruction and fellowship. We will primarily practice teachings a …

The Bay Area Open Sangha exists to allow people to practice and study the Buddhadharma, the teachings of the Buddha, without concern for sectarianism or the historical lines between traditions of Buddhism. This is not to say that these lines are ignored and traditions are mixed without reflection or regard to their conflicts. The Buddha taught many ways to practice the Dharma and his teachings have come down over two and half thousand years to this day. Many of the differences in doctrine and p …

… Carley has studied and practiced Vipassana meditation since 2004 and is currently consulting on a NIH awarded four year study observing the effects of mindfulness on weight loss with UCSF. Carley is also a guided imagery practitioner, life coach, psychotherapist, personal trainer, and nutritional counselor. What participants have said about this class: "The Body Intuition weight management class was so helpful to me! I not only took off 12 pounds during the 10 weeks I was attending the …