Beginning and Beginning Again ... The Buddha's Meditation Instructions

Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 07:15 pm to Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm UTC-08:00

San Francisco Dharma Collective | San Francisco

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Beginning and Beginning Again ... The Buddha's Meditation Instructions
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New to meditation? Want to refresh your practice? Join us as we unpack and experience the Buddha’s meditation instructions together.
About this Event

with Kitty Costello and David Onek

Tuesdays, January 20 & 27 and February 10, 7:15 - 8:30 pm

& Half Day Retreat Saturday, February 14, 9 am - 1 pm


Whether you’re new to meditation or you want to revitalize your practice, let’s unpack and experience the Buddha’s meditation instructions together. This is an Insight-oriented meditation class, grounded in the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

Each session will include a combination of guided and silent meditations, short talks on the Four Foundations, short mindful movement sessions (chi gung or walking meditation), recommendations for home practice, plus reports, comments, and Q&A.

We encourage you to sign up for and attend all 4 sessions, for the continuity of learning and cohesion of the sangha group, but drop-ins are welcome.


About the teachers:

Kitty Costello has been teaching meditative and movement practices for more than forty years. She found her Dharma home in Insight Meditation practice in 2000 and since graduated from Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program. She teaches at various local sanghas, is a writer, a publisher, a poet, and a retiring psychotherapist.

David Onek is a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s two-year Dedicated Practitioners Program, a graduate of Phillip Moffitt’s two-year Life Balance Institute training, and a current participant in Spirit Rock’s two-year Community Dharma Leaders program. He is the CEO of a social impact nonprofit and lives in Bernal Heights in San Francisco.


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San Francisco Dharma Collective, 2929 24th Street, San Francisco, United States

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