James Baraz has been teaching Insight Meditation (Vipassana) since 1978. He is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. James started the Community Dharma Leader program, the Kalyana Mitta Network, and is teacher-advisor to the Spirit Rock Family and Teen program. He's been teaching the popular online Awakening Joy course (www.awakeningjoy.info) since 2003. James is co-author with Shoshana Alexander of Awakening Joy (Bantam), which is based on the course.
Visit our bookstore to purchase James's books.
James leads ongoing meditation and Awakening Joy classes in Berkeley. For more information, visit www.insightberkeley.org.
To listen to James's talks, visit DharmaSeed.org.
Upcoming events with James Baraz
 | 1/20/2013 | Sutta Study Series for Experienced Students |
| 5/13/2013 | Aging as Spiritual Opportunity: a retreat for those 55 and over |
| 6/16/2013 | Kalyana Mitta/Dharma Friends Workshop - Half Day Workshop |
| 8/28/2013 | Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat |