Weekly Sittings & Talks

People of all experience levels are welcome to join our weekly sittings.

Our weekly Sunday sittings are led by one of our guiding teachers or a guest teacher. We meet from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. All meetings are held on Zoom and we have in-person sittings every second and fourth Sundays of the month. The Zoom link for the Sunday sitting is here. Please check the home page for the latest teacher updates.

Weekly Monday Women’s Sangha - Mondays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm with Juliana Sloane, Syra Smith, or a guest teacher.
To Join: Use the Zoom link or open the Zoom app and join Meeting ID: 869 3882 1553, password: SFIWomen

Dana Practice

Dana means “generosity.” The Buddha’s teachings are considered priceless but are given freely in a spirit of generosity. Offering dana (a donation) gives students an opportunity to express gratitude for the teachings and to cultivate the joy of giving.

To cover San Francisco Insight expenses and make an offering to the teacher, we ask participants for a donation.

You may make your offering online, or contact us if you’d like to mail a check (please do not use the P.O. Box for donations).

We also welcome your generosity through volunteering.

Classes

SF Insight sponsors both introductory and intermediate-level meditation classes periodically. We also hold classes on other Dharma-related topics. Our guiding teachers sometimes teach in association with retreats or classes offered by sanghas beyond SF Insight. Upcoming offerings are listed here.

Open Classes

Finding True Refuge

Hybrid Practice Intensive with Pamela Weiss
Online and In-person options available. Full participation in all offerings is encouraged. Attending single sessions is OK; registration is required.
May 19-June 14, includes classes, talks, and retreat days, via San Francisco Zen Center. 

Details and registration

About the Classes

Q. What if I can only come to some of the classes?

A. It really depends on the offering. Please contact the teacher or host sangha if you can’t make all the classes. Some classes build on the previous class, benefit from consistency to create deep community while others can be flexible with a drop-in style. Speak to the teacher directly, or email info@sfinsight.org.

Retreats

Retreats are open to all community members, and offer a way to deepen one’s practice in daily life. A traditional silent Vipassana retreat is a wonderful way to deepen your meditation practice, steep in the teachings of the Buddha and the Dharma of liberation, and develop a community of awakening.

Open Retreats

No retreats are currently open.

Past Retreats (a sampling)

"Do No Harm: The Precepts as a Practice of Compassion and Connection" with Pamela Weiss and Jozen Tamori Gibson: This online weekend retreat investigates the precepts - not killing, not stealing, not lying, and not misusing sexuality or intoxicants - as an embodied, relational path. Through guided meditation, dharma talks, interactive inquiry, and discussion, participants will explore what it means to stay awake and be compassionate, and explore the potential for engaging in our shared life without doing harm to ourselves, each other, and the planet. Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners.

5-Day Online Retreat with Pamela Weiss and Eugene Cash: A silent mindfulness retreat using Insight Retreat Center’s Zoom “meditation hall,” with periods of sitting and walking meditation, instruction, dharma talks, and practice discussion with the teachers. Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners.

"No Part Left Out: A meditation Retreat for Self-Identified Women" with Pamela Weiss and Co-Leaders Amana Brembry Johnson, Carole Cano, and Kate Johnson: This online mindfulness retreat through Spirit Rock Zoom "meditation hall" offers myths, stories, archetypes of Buddhist womxn, compassion and desire for freedom. It will include periods of silent sitting and walking, meditation instruction, Dharma talks, embodied movement, meetings with teachers, creative expression and practice discussion with the teachers. Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners.