Finding Ground in Uncertain Times

A Gentle Introduction to Meditation

Every 1st Thursday, 5:30 - 6:30

Meditation is not about perfect focus or stopping your thoughts.
It’s about the willingness to be present with what comes up — and begin again.

This beginner course provides clear instruction in meditation fundamentals — posture, breath, attention, and awareness — while honestly addressing what makes starting difficult. Whether you are brand new or returning after many attempts to “stick with it,” you are welcome here. In a world that feels fast, polarized, and often overwhelming, meditation offers something steady: the capacity to sit with clarity, compassion, and resilience.

We’ll explore how to work with:

- Overthinking and rumination

- Physical restlessness

- Fear of “doing it wrong”

- Emotional discomfort

- Impatience for results

You’ll learn practical techniques for stabilizing attention, regulating the nervous system, and developing a sustainable home practice.

You’ll receive practical tools for:

- Establishing supportive posture and breath awareness

- Stabilizing attention without force

- Regulating the nervous system

- Relating differently to thoughts and emotions

- Building a sustainable home practice

- Integrating mindfulness into daily life — from commutes to difficult conversations

Andrea has been teaching meditation for over ten years in a variety of settings, offering both guided practices and dharma talks that invite practitioners into deeper understanding, presence, and emotional resilience. Her approach is informed by extensive experiential training and a lifelong dedication to contemplative study. As a  scholar, and writer whose work weaves together contemplative practice, philosophical inquiry, and compassionate presence. She earned her PhD in Religion and Philosophy, focusing on Buddhism, and Hinduism, after spending more than six years living and studying in India, Bali, and Thailand, where she immersed herself in meditation, yoga, and transformational practices. 

For the past six years Andrea has been a teacher with the San Francisco Dharma Collective, where she has led weekday morning sits — and community events designed to support mindfulness, connection, and interconnection through the Dharma.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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