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THE TEACHER

James Baraz

James Baraz has been teaching meditation since 1978 and the Awakening Joy course since 2003. He leads retreats, workshops and classes in the U.S. and abroad and is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. James is co-author with Shoshana Alexander of Awakening Joy due in 2010 (Bantam) which is based on the course. In addition, he is on the International Advisory Board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He lives with his wife in the Bay Area, has two sons and three grandchildren.

Audio Interviews and Talks

James was interviewed by Kris Welch on KPFA. You can download this interview to your computer using the link to James' Audio Talks below. The Kris Welch interview is dated 12/14/07.

List of Audio Talks by James

In the list of talks, right click on any one of them (or control click on a Mac)
and choose "Save Target As" to download it to your computer.

James also spoke about happiness on the KQED "Forum" program. You can listen to it at http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R512301000.

Articles Written by James

James is currently writing a book with Shoshana Alexander, not surprisingly, entitled Awakening Joy.

'O' Magazine Article on the Awakening Joy Course

Awakening Joy, An Experiment with a Smile

 
                                                                    © 2009 James Baraz