Insight Meditation Talks, Workshops, Retreats

James Baraz is one of the pioneering Insight Meditation teachers who has helped spread the practices and principles of mindfulness in the West, both through his work as a founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Centre in the San Francisco Bay Area and through his book Awakening Joy and online programme of the same name. James & Jane lead retreats and workshops internationally. See the full schedule below...

James Baraz has been a meditation teacher since 1978. He is a co-founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He leads retreats, workshops and classes in U.S and abroad. James is the creator and teacher of the Awakening Joy course (since 2003). He is also the co-author of Awakening Joy, the book based on the course, and Awakening Joy for Kids, and is a guiding teacher for One Earth Sangha, a website devoted to expressing a Buddhist response to Climate Change. James lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, Jane. He has two sons and three grandchildren.

Jane Baraz has been a mindfulness practitioner since 1976 when she began sitting vipassana retreats. She was on the Spirit Rock Board of Directors for 8 years and helped start the Spirit Rock Family Program. Jane teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. She's also a trained teacher in Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), which she teaches at the Women's Cancer Resource Center in Oakland and privately in Berkeley. Jane enjoys teaching retreats and Awakening Joy workshops with her husband, James, in California and internationally.

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Melbourne schedule

Evening talk & Meditation - Kagyu E-Vam, Nth Carlton

James will lead a meditation and offer a dharma talk on Insight Meditation. There will be time for question and answer. 
Friday 16, November, 7pm - 8.30pm 
Kagyu E-Vam Institute, 673 Lygon St, Carlton North
Cost: $10 + dana for the teachings
No bookings are necessary. All are welcome

Awakening Joy - 1 Day retreat 

November 17, 2018. 9am - 5pm
Day long non-residential workshop
Don Bosco Retreat Centre, Lysterfield
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Equanimity: Finding Balance in our Practice - 1 Day retreat

November 18, 2018. 9am - 5pm
Day long non-residential workshop
Don Bosco Retreat Centre, Lysterfield
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Talk and Meditation

James will lead this evening and offer a dharma talk and guided meditation. No bookings required
Ceres, Brunswick. Melbourne Insight Meditation
Meditation and Talk
Monday November 19th, 7.15pm 
$10 Entry + Dana for the teachings

Talk and Meditation

James will lead this evening. There will be a guided meditation as well as a dharma talk. No bookings required
Buddhist Society of Victoria. Melbourne Insight Meditation
Meditation and Talk
Wednesday November 21st, 7.15pm
Dana for the teachings and the BSV appreciated

7-Day Residential Retreat

Theme: Connecting Heart and Mind
November 23-30, 2018. This is a fully residential retreat. 
Maitripa Centre, Healesville
Teachers: James and Jane Baraz, assisted by Anton Eastick 
Bookings and information click here 

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