Featured Live Courses from James Baraz
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2024 Awakening Joy Teacher Training Information & Application
CourseTraining Description, Application and Conference Call Dates
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The Four Buddhist Heart Practices (Brahma Viharas) - Oct. 31 - Nov. 21, 2023
CourseA 4-week live online course to open the heart as a complement to Insight (mindfulness) meditation practice.
Meet James

James Baraz
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James Baraz has been a meditation teacher since 1978 and leads retreats, workshops and classes in the U.S and abroad. He is the creator and teacher of the online Awakening Joy course, since 2003. He's also a co-founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. In recent years, he has also focused on dharma and climate change, and serves as an advisor to One Earth Sangha, a website devoted to Buddhist responses to climate change. His books include Awakening Joy with Shoshana Alexander, and Awakening Joy for Kids with Michele Lilyanna. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Jane, and has two sons and three grandchildren.
James Baraz is the author of Two Books
2024 Awakening Joy Course
Sign up for the 5-month, live, online course, which starts Jan. 30 and runs through mid-June, 2024
Featured Live Course with James Baraz
A 4-week live online course to open the heart as a complement to Insight (mindfulness) meditation practice.
Featured Course with James Baraz
A 6-week class series to help you establish an Insight (mindfulness) meditation practice in your life and understand the teachings upon which mindfulness meditation is based. (Sept. 12 - Oct 17, 2023)