Events
Weekly Teaching at the Insight Meditation Center
Monday Night Dharma
Weekly on Mondays 7:15-8:30pm PT
In-person and streamed on YouTube
Teaching at Sacramento Insight Meditation
Thurs Jan 8; 7:00-9:00 PT, In-person and Zoom
Thurs Jan 22; 7:00–9:00 PT, In-person and Zoom
Courses
Poetics of Practice
Jan 2026 – July 2026
Second Wednesday of each month; 5:30 – 7:00 PT; Zoom only
with Brian Lesage
Exploring the Buddha’s Middle-Length Discourses Sutta study
Offered online asynchronously by the Sati Center
with Gil Fronsdal
Retreats
Daylong Retreat: Speaking from the Heart
Sat, Jan 24, 2026; 9:00am - 4:00pm
with Kim Allen, Ying Chen and David Lorey
In-person at Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA
3-Day Non-Residential Meditation Retreat, Feb
Wed-Fri, Feb 4-6, 2026; 8:00am–5:00pm PT each day
with Ying Chen, Kim Allen and David Lorey
Los Altos Community Center, Los Altos, CA; In-person only
1-Week Meditation Retreat, April
Sun-Sun, Mar 29-Apr 5, 2026
with Kim Allen, Ying Chen and David Lorey
Insight Retreat Center, Santa Cruz, CA; In-person only
2-week Online Hybrid Insight Retreat for Experienced Practitioners, April
Sun-Sun, Apr 12-26, 2026
with Gil Fronsdal
Insight Retreat Center, Santa Cruz, CA; Online
1-week Meditation Retreat, May
Wed-Wed, May 13-20, 2026
with Ying Chen, Kim Allen and David Lorey
Big Springs Retreat Center, Sierra City, CA; in-person only
1-week Meditation Retreat, July
Sun-Sun, Jul 12-19, 2026
with Kim Allen
Big Bear Retreat Center, Big Bear, CA; In-person only
3-Day Non-Residential Retreat, Aug
Fri-Sun, July 31-Aug 2, 2026
with Brian Lesage
Flagstaff Insight Meditation, Flagstaff, AZ; In-person only