Bay Area Meditation and Education Centers The Bay Area is rich in meditation, mindfulness and Buddhist learning opportunities and resources. Following is a listing of a number of meditation centers in the Bay Area. There are many others. For additional information on a variety of other opportunities, visit: http://bayareabuddhism.blogspot.com
Berkeley Zen Center 1929 Russell St, Berkeley, CA 94703 - 510- 845-2403 - www.berkeleyzencenter.org Offers many sits each week plus lectures and other activities.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Located in Berkeley, with organizations around the world, Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a beacon of light for socially engaged Buddhism. To learn about its programs, visit www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org
Clear Water Zendo 607 Branciforte St, Vallejo, CA 94590 - 707- 649-2480 - www.vallejozencenter.org A Soto Zen Buddhist Temple that offers a variety of sits, ceremonies and other programs. Led by Mary Mocine. Offers daily sits and a full schedule of ceremonies, classes and events.
East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 - 510-268-0696 - www.eastbaymeditation.org Offers meditation training, weekly sits, and spiritual teachings from Buddhism and other traditions.
Insight Meditation Center 108 Birch Street, Redwood City, CA 94062 - 650-599-3456 - www.insightmeditationcenter.org Offers one of the most extensive array of programs and retreats in the Bay Area. There is no registration cost to any program. All programs are on a dana (volunteer contribution) basis.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley Berkeley Buddhist Monastery , 2304 McKinley Avenue (at Bancroft), Berkeley, CA 94703 - 510-237-6020 www.insightberkeley.org Offers weekly meetings - Thursday evenings, from 7:30 - 9:30 pm, led by Jaames Baraz.
Insight Retreat Center 1906 Glen Canyon Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 - 408- 663-1906 - www.insightretreatcenter.org Offers multiple-day retreats on a dana basis. Registrations typically fill immediately.
Kaiser Permanente "Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction" (MBSR) Courses Kaiser offers Jon-Kabat Zinn's MBSR course regularly at many of its locations. It is considered the "gold standard" of meditation teachings. It is taught all over the country. You do not need to be a Kaiser member to attend. Many Sangha members have completed the course. For information on MBSR, click here. NOTE: Click on the "UCLA Mindfulness Research Awareness Center" (the last entry on this page) for a selection of guided meditations.
Mountain Stream Meditation Center 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959 - 530- 265-6111 - www.mtstream.org Offers a variety of programs, sits and retreats. Led by John Travis, Heather Sundberg and others.
Shambhala 2288 Fulton Street, #202, Berkeley, CA 74707 - 510-841-3242 - berkeley.shambhala.org Shambhala is one of an international network of meditation centers. Shambhala holds to the belief that every human being has a fundamenal nature of goodness, warmth and intelligence. Offers a wide range of Shambhala, Buddhist, and contemplative education and practice programs.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Sir Frances Drake Blvd., Woodacre, CA - 415-488-0164 - www.spiritrock.org One of the leading Buddhist mediation centers in the country. Often affiliated with Buddhist leader, Jack Kornfield. Offers extensive programs - mornings, evenings, day-longs, and retreats of varying lengths.
Sacremento Insight Meditation Post Office Box 191951, Sacramento, California 95819 - 916- 471-6499 - www.sactoinsight.org Offers Buddhist meditation training, meetings, one-day retreats, residential retreats and more. Dennis Warren and other teachers.
ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Many organizations offer learning at a click, and downloads and podcasts that you can listen to at your leisure. Following is the most extensive and common collection of lessons.
Audiodharma www.audiodharma.org A rich collection of meditations and dharma talks.
Berkeley Insight Meditation www.berkeleyinsight.org Along with many other Buddhist websites, Berkeley Insight Meditation offers a number of dharma talks. In particular, there are talks by Bay Area teacher, James Baraz, who leads a Thursday evening Sangha.
Dharmaseed www.dharmaseed.org You can listen and learn for a lifetime from the Vipassana teachings available on this site.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center www.spiritrock.org Many of the Spirit Rock courses provide the opportunity to take the course either online or in person.
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22 A series of 3 - 19 minute guided meditations offered by the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.