Tuesday Night Schedule
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September Teachers
September 3: Howie Cohn September 10: Howie Cohn* September 17: Thanissara September 24: Howie Cohn |
Meditation begins at 7:00 at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1661 15th Street at Julian Ave., San Francisco
*Happy-ness Hour begins at 6:00. See the Happy-ness Hour page for more information
*Happy-ness Hour begins at 6:00. See the Happy-ness Hour page for more information
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Mary Davis fell in love with meditation in 1997 and has practiced and studied in Tibetan traditions before coming to Insight Meditation ten years ago. She is one of three co-leaders of Insight Richmond, weekly sangha in her hometown of Richmond. In addition, she graduated from Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader program 2017, and has taught beginning meditation classes at Mission Dharma. Mary has taken the lead in bringing mindfulness classes and sitting groups for staff and physicians at Kaiser San Francisco, where she works as an administrative manager.
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Thanissara is an Anglo-Irish teacher from London, and started Buddhist practice in the Burmese school of U Ba Khin in 1975. She was inspired to ordain after meeting Ajahn Chah, and spent 12 years as a Buddhist nun where she was a founding member of Chithurst and Amaravati Buddhist Monasteries in England. Her practice and teaching are also influenced by the teachings and practice of the Chinese meditation master, Master Hsuan Hua.
She has an MA in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy Practice from the Karuna Institute in the UK. With Kittisaro, she co-founded Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat and helped initiate and support a number of HIV/Aids response projects in South Africa. They also co-founded Chattanooga Insight, TN and Sacred Mountain Sangha, CA. She has supported a number of Climate Activist events, retreats, and programs, and is deeply engaged in applying the Dharma to our times of planetary emergency. Thanissara has facilitated meditation retreats internationally the last 30 years and teaches across the U.S.,in South Africa, Europe, and Israel. She is the author of several books, including her latest, Time To Stand Up, A Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth, and is co-author with Kittisaro of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism. |
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