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    $349.002024 Awakening Joy Course (Jan. 30 - June 4)

    Our signature course lasts 5 months with 10 bi-monthly themes and practices. Could be the best thing you ever do for yourself! Get $25 off the full price of $349 until Jan. 21.
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    Free2024 Awakening Joy Teacher Training Information & Application

    Find out in detail about James' Awakening Joy Teacher Training, which runs concurrent with the Awakening Joy course.
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Meet James

James Baraz

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.

2024 Awakening Joy Course

Sign up for the 5-month, live, online course, which starts Jan. 30 and runs through mid-June, 2024

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