Events
Teaching at Sacramento Insight Meditation
Mon-Wed Mar 16-18, 2026; Non-Residential retreat; In-person and Zoom (see below)
Thu Mar 19 7:00-9:00pm PT; In-person and Zoom
Sat Jun 27 Daylong 9:30am-3:30pm PT; In-person and Zoom
Thu Aug 6 7:00-9:00pm PT; In-person and Zoom
Thu Sep 24 7:00-9:00pm PT; In-person and Zoom
Sat Sep 26 Daylong 9:30am-3:30pm PT; In-person and Zoom
Tue Nov 3, 10, 17, 24: 4-week course on the Eightfold Path; 7:00-8:30pm PT; Zoom only
Thu Nov 5 7:00-9:00pm PT; In-person and Zoom
Teaching at the Insight Meditation Center
Monday Night Dharma
Weekly on Mondays 7:15-8:30pm PT
In-person and streamed on YouTube
Saturday daylong
Jun 13 9:30am-3:30pm; In-person only
No registration needed
Saturday daylong
Oct 3 9:30am-3:30pm
Hosted by Insight Retreat Center; online only
Registration required
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
Exploring the World of the Pali Canon
Immersive 10-week course: Sep 29 - Dec 8, 2026
with Kim Allen, David Lorey and Ying Chen
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Online only
Details coming soon
Retreats
3-Day Non-Residential Meditation Retreat, Mar
Mon-Wed, Mar 16-18, 2026; 9:00am-4:30pm PT
with Walt Opie
Sacramento Dharma Center; In-person and Online
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
Details coming soon
1-Month Meditation retreat, Aug
Aug 1-31, 2026 (I will be arriving two days late)
with Andrea Fella, in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Forest Refuge, Barre, MA; In-person only
5-Night Meditation retreat, Oct
Fri-Wed, Oct 9-14
with Neesha Patel, in the style of Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center; Castle Rock, WA