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
Tara Mulay has been practicing insight meditation and lovingkindness since 2003, and Mission Dharma became her home sangha in 2010. The support of the Mission Dharma sangha and guiding teacher Howie Cohn were invaluable as Tara committed to a 24/7 daily practice and a number of long retreat practice periods in the United States and Myanmar. Tara is passionate about the capacity of dharma practice to free the mind from difficult patterns and to awaken practitioners to their own capacity for deep happiness and peace. She is committed to empowering people of all backgrounds to see this potential for awakening in dharma practice. She has taught a number of class series for Mission Dharma and in May 2016 co-founded the San Francisco People of Color Insight Meditation Group. In April 2017, she will graduate from Spirit Rock Meditation Center's Community Dharma Leaders Program and begin a four-year retreat teacher training program with Insight Mediation Society. She takes great joy in providing volunteer service to Mission Dharma and knowing the benefits it provides to practitioners in San Francisco, as it has benefitted her. Tara's daily practice also informs her work as an appellate attorney in San Francisco.
Devin Berry has practiced meditation since 1999 and has undertaken many long-term retreats. He practices within the Theravada lineages as taught by Mahasi Sayadaw, Sayadaw U Pandita, Anagarika Munindra, Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Dipa Ma. Devin teaches at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland and nationally. He has completed Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program and is currently a participant in the IMS Teacher Training Program. His teachers include Joseph Goldstein, Andrea Fella, Carol Wilson, Larry Yang, Gina Sharpe and Lyn Fine.
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Mark Coleman has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1984. He is a Spirit Rock Meditation Teacher and has been teaching Insight Meditation retreats since 1997. He also leads wilderness meditation retreats from Alaska to Peru, integrating mindfulness meditation with nature. He is author of Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery. Mark is a psychotherapist, life-coach and mindfulness consultant to corporations. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast and passionate about combining the forces of meditation, silence and nature. You may visit Mark's website at www.awakeinthewild.com
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David Lewis has been on the dharma path for 40 years and has a degree in comparative religious studies. David is a student of Howie Cohn, teaches at the Gay Buddhist Fellowship in San Francisco, and facilitates a weekly meditation group for seniors. He is a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Dedicated Practitioners Program has co-taught the Introduction to Insight Meditation class at Mission Dharma.
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Yvonne Ginsberg has led the Mission Dharma sitting group on many occasions over the last eleven years. She began practicing Vipassana meditation in 1970 with V. R. Dhiravamsa. Yvonneorganized the Vipassana Fellowship East in 1972 and has taught many weekend and three-month retreats.
Yvonne taught undergraduate psychology at Yale University and has worked as a therapist for 35 years in the San Francisco/Marin County area. She provides training and consulting in the Tavistock Group Relations model and has provided corporate/executive coaching to various companies including Google's "Search Inside Yourself" program. Yvonne is also the producer/director of a documentary distributed by PBS entitled, "Landmines of the Heart" which is a meditation on reconciliation through the story of Cambodia and Maha Ghosananda.
Contact information ~ 415.272.6074 ~ yvonne_ginsberg {at} comcast.net
Yvonne taught undergraduate psychology at Yale University and has worked as a therapist for 35 years in the San Francisco/Marin County area. She provides training and consulting in the Tavistock Group Relations model and has provided corporate/executive coaching to various companies including Google's "Search Inside Yourself" program. Yvonne is also the producer/director of a documentary distributed by PBS entitled, "Landmines of the Heart" which is a meditation on reconciliation through the story of Cambodia and Maha Ghosananda.
Contact information ~ 415.272.6074 ~ yvonne_ginsberg {at} comcast.net
Wes “Scoop” Nisker is a Buddhist meditation teacher, author and performer. His books include the newly edited version of his national bestseller, Essential Crazy Wisdom and Buddha’s Nature, The Big Bang, The Buddha, and the Baby Boom, and his most recent book Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again! Mr. Nisker is also the founder and co-editor of the international Buddhist journal “Inquiring Mind.”
Mr. Nisker has studied Buddhist meditation for over three decades with teachers in Asia and America, and for the past 15 years has been leading his own retreats and workshops in Buddhist insight meditation and philosophy at venues internationally. He is an affiliate teacher at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and does regular workshops at Esalen Institute and other retreat centers. Mr. Nisker’s teaching and performance schedule is listed on this website – wesnisker.com.
Mr. Nisker has studied Buddhist meditation for over three decades with teachers in Asia and America, and for the past 15 years has been leading his own retreats and workshops in Buddhist insight meditation and philosophy at venues internationally. He is an affiliate teacher at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and does regular workshops at Esalen Institute and other retreat centers. Mr. Nisker’s teaching and performance schedule is listed on this website – wesnisker.com.
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Tempel Smith began practicing intensive Insight and Metta retreats in 1989 under the guidance of Michele McDonald, Steve Armstrong and Joseph Goldstein. He spent a year as a monk in Burma with Sayadaw U Pandita and Pa Auk Sayadaw. He is the founder of BASE House, a collective of Buddhist activists and service providers in San Francisco. Tempel has been teaching since 1997 and leads pilgrimages to Thailand, Burma, and India. He recently completed a four-year teacher training program run by Jack Kornfield at SRMC and IMS in Massachusetts.
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Chandra Easton
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