James Baraz

James has been a meditation teacher since 1978 and currently leads retreats, workshops, and classes in the U.S. and abroad. He is the creator and teacher of the Awakening Joy course (since 2003). He is a co-founding Teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He is the co-author of Awakening Joy, the book based on the course (with Shoshana Alexander). He is a Guiding Teacher for One Earth Sangha, a website devoted to expressing a Buddhist response to Climate Change. James lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, Jane and has two sons and three grandchildren.