SOME PAST MEDITATION RETREATS
Staying Grounded During the Pandemic, Vancouver BC Insight, 2020 (online)
Decolonizing Our Minds & Cultivating the Causes of Happiness, Gaia House Retreat UK (online) w Bonnie Duran 2020
Mindfulness & Leadership: Developing Compassion, Clarity and Courage 2012- 2018
9 day Insight Meditation Retreats w Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Carol Wilson, Kamala Masters and others 2008-present
Mindfulness of Mind Retreats 2015-2020
Labor Day Insight Retreat, Insight Meditation Society w Pascal Auclair 2012- present
Monthlong Insight Meditation Retreat, Spirit Rock March 2016, 2022
Scientists Meditation Retreat, w Rich Hanson, Wes Nisker, Sylvia Boorstein 2009, 2014, 2016
Mindfulness of the Body Retreat w Dori Langevin, Kate Lila Wheeler, Catherine McGee and others 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Vipassana Retreat for People of Color w Bonnie Duran, Larry Yang, Gina Sharpe, Bhante Buddharakkhita and others at IMS, Spirit Rock 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016
Meditation Retreats for LGBTQ community at IMS, Spirit Rock, Saratoga Springs 2006-present
Meditation Retreats for Young Adults at IMS 2008, 2009
Metta Retreat w Sharon Salzberg, Sally Armstrong and others 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020
Living Dharma Study Retreat w Tempel Smith, Sally Armstrong, Andrea Fella. 2011, 2012
Dedicated Practitioner Program, Spirit Rock, Core Teacher w Andrea Fella, Sally Armstrong, Tempel Smith, Philip Moffett, Pascal Auclair 2011-2013, Faculty 2014-2016, 2018
Whole Thinking Retreat for Activists, Vermont & Detroit (meditation & visioning) 2007-2012
Other Retreat Wknds: San Juan Island 2009; Insight Chicago 2012; Seattle Insight 2013-2017; San Diego Buddhist Studies, 2014, 2017; Mariposa Sangha Austin TX 2014-2017 MLK Wknd Retreat 2015, Vipassana Hawai’i 2015-2019, Vancouver 2018, 19
DAYLONG WORKSHOPS (selected topics 2005-2018)
Mindfulness & Innovation Dharma & Leadership
Mindfulness & Technology Intro to Insight Meditation
Mindfulness & the Body Mindfulness & Sports
Developing Compassion Music & Dharma
CLASSES (selected class topics from 2005-2015)
Intro to Mindfulness Noble Eightfold Path
Four Foundations of Mindfulness Wise Speech Class
Intermediate Mindfulness Brahma Viharas
Paramis: Cultivating Your Best Qualities Five Trainings For Life (ethical precepts)
Metta: Developing the Friendly Heart Leadership & Dharma
TALKS
- Lead Teacher, Monday Night Dharma (San Francisco)
- former Lead Teacher, SF LGBT Sangha
- former Teaching Team, San Francisco Insight
- former Leadership Sangha, East Bay Meditation Center
Visiting teacher:
Gaia House, UK London Insight
SVM Brasilia Rio de Janeiro Buddhist Vihara
Nirodha Sangha, Finland Stockholm Vipassana
Reykjavik Vipassana Vipassana Hawai’i
Seattle Insight Chicago Insight
Insight Community of Washington DC New York Insight
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Mariposa Sangha (Austin TX)
Insight South Bay IMC Redwood City
Mission Dharma Triratna Buddhist Sangha
Coastside Vipassana San Francisco Zen Center
Gay Buddhist Sangha Gay Buddhist Fellowship