Meditation Groups in San Francisco

There are so many places to practice meditation in the San Francisco Bay Area it can feel overwhelming to choose and just get started.

Wednesday Nights

Please join Augusta Hopkins at San Francisco Spiritual Friends Sangha where she can often be found leading the group.

SF Sangha – meets Wednesday nights 7-9pm for meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.  The general format for the weekly meditation gathering is 20 minutes of sitting meditation followed by 20 minutes of walking meditation and then another 20 minutes of sitting meditation. In the second hour there is a Dharma talk, often a reading from one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s books, sometimes a lay member of the Order of Interbeing gives an actual Dharma talk or leads an activity.  Then we practice deep listening and sharing from the heart what’s alive in the present moment.

Join us any Wednesday from 7-9 (6:45 arrival) at Sanchez + Clipper at Bethany United Methodist Church, 1270 Sanchez St, San Francisco, CA 94114 (enter on Clipper)

More

Here’s a list of more San Francisco meditation groups that I can personally recommend.  These are all in the Insight Tradition (mostly the teachers are from Spirit Rock) and generally meet from 7-9.  See their individual websites for more detailed information.

The standard structure is 30-40, maybe 45 minutes of sitting followed by a short break and a talk by the teacher.  Great teachings, great communities, great opportunities to practice!

Mondays

Monday Night Dharma with Anushka Fernandopulle at the California Institute of Integral Studies at 1453 Mission St Room 216.
San Francisco LGBT Sangha (5:30-6:30) at the LBGT Center on Market at Octavia teachers vary.

Tuesdays

Howie Cohn leads Mission Dharma just off 15th and Valencia at 1661 15th Street at Julian.

Wednesdays

Pamela Weiss and Trip Weil co-lead SF Insight in the Fireside Room of the Unitarian Universalist Church at Franklin & Geary.
SF Sangha meets at Sanchez + Clipper at Bethany United Methodist Church, 1270 Sanchez St, San Francisco, CA 94114 (enter on Clipper)

Thursdays

To be determined (if you want to recommend one let me know)

Fridays

Finny Ferraro and friends, led by Vinny Ferraro, Eve Ekman, Matthew Brensilver and others

Saturdays

To be determined (if you want to recommend one let me know)

Sundays

Eugene Cash leads San Francisco Insight in the Starr King Room of the Unitarian Universalist Church at Franklin & Geary.