Awakening Joy

James Baraz -Teaching Schedule


DATE/TIME

San Francisco Time is UTC-8. (California practices Daylight Savings Time, during which San Francisco is UTC-7)

LOCATION AND EVENT

James' Weekly Meditation Group - Online

Every Thursday

7:30 - 9:00 PM PT
San Francisco Time

19:30 - 2100
(UTC-8, except during daylight savings time, when California is UTC-7)

 

Weekly Meditation Session with Dharma talk and discussion, sponsored by Insight Berkeley

Berkeley, California

www.insightberkeley.org

Annual Awakening Joy Course - Online starting Each Year in January

Every Other Tuesday

6:30 - 8:30 PM
San Francisco Time

18:30 - 20:30
(UTC-8, except during daylight savings time, when California is UTC-7

Starting Jan. 30
Ending June 4

2024 Awakening Joy Course runs for 5 months, January 30 - June 4

Ten themes are presented and practiced.

Recordings of online sessions are available through the end of 2024.

If interested in the accompanying Teacher Training, email admin@awakeningjoy.info

Participants may join during the course.

Register for the Awakening Joy Course.

JANUARY 2024

January 7

11-12:30 PM
San Francisco Time (UTC-8)

Online Session with James, sponsored by Sangha Live

“Changing the Channel: Opening to Goodness”

Register at Sangha Live: https://sangha.live/live

January 19 - 21

6:30 - 8:30 PM
San Francisco Time (UTC-8)

An in-person, long weekend with James, sponsored by Esalen Institute

Big Sur, California

“Being Present for Your Life”

Register at the Esalen Instistute:
https://www.esalen.org/workshops/being-present-for-your-life-introduction-to-mindfulness-meditation-011924

January 30

6:30 - 8:30 PM
San Francisco Time (UTC-8)

First Live Zoom session for the Awakening Joy Course

Register here for the Awakening Joy Course. Registrations accepted after the course begins.

FEBRUARY 2024

Feb. 3 - Mar. 2

 

February Month-Long--In-Person, Silent Meditation Retreat, sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Woodacre, California

Register through Spirit Rock Meditation Center:
https://calendar.spiritrock.org/events/february-insight-meditation-1-month-retreat-2024/

MARCH 2024

 

 

 

 

APRIL 2024

 

 


MAY 2024

May 31 - Jun 2

 

 

In-Person Ecology and Mindfulness Retreat www.teravana.org

Cazadero, CA

Information and registration:
www.teravana.org

JUNE 2024

June 15 - 21

 

 

5-day In-Person Retreat with James, sponsored by Spirit Rock Meitation Center

 

“The Magic of Awareness”

Information and registration:
https://calendar.spiritrock.org/events/the-magic-of-awareness-336r24

June 28 - 30

 

3-day In-Person MindfulnessSsilent Retreat, sponsored by Mindlead Instutite

Salzburg, Austria

Information and registration: https://www.mindlead-institut.com

JULY 2024

July 7 - 14

 

7-day In-Person Brahma Vihara Retreat, sponsored by Arbor-Seminare

Freiburg, Germany

Brahma Viharas are the four Buddhist heart practices of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathtic joy and equanimity.

Information and Registration: https://info@arbor-seminare.de

July 25 - Aug. 1

 

7-day In-Person Silent Retreat, sponsored by Nirodha Finland

Southern Finland

Information and Registration: https://nirodha@nirodha.fi

AUGUST 2024

Aug. 28 -
Sept. 2

 

In-person Labor Day Retreat, sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Woodacre, California

Information and Registration:
https://calendar.spiritrock.org/events/labor-day-insight-meditation-retreat-356r24

SEPTEMBER 2024

Sept. 10 -
Oct. 15

6 Tuesdays

6:30 - 8:30 PM
(18:30 - 20:30 UTC-7)

 

Introduction the Insight Meditation

6-week Online Course

Information and Registration

This live, online course will help you establish an Insight (mindfulness) meditation practice in your life and understand the teachings upon which mindfulness meditation is based.

Sept. 15

 

Online daylong, sponsored by Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group (SBMG)

 

Contact Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group

OCTOBER 2024

Oct. 29 -
Nov. 19

4 Tuesdays

6:30 - 8:30 PM
18:30 - 20:30
First class UTC-7 Other classes UTC-8)

 

The Four Buddisht Heart Practices (Brahma Viharas)
4-week Online Course

Information and Registration

This live, online course will focus on opening the heart, as a complement to Insight (mindfulness) meditation practice.
NOVEMBER 2024



 

 

DECEMBER 2024