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About Sharda

I began practicing meditation in 1976 as a last resort to deal with my perennial unhappiness. Transcendental Meditation was suggested to me as a way to help and I practiced this form of meditation with great discipline, gaining some favorable results for two years.

When I moved to San Francisco in 1978 to study holistic healing, I met James Baraz who was offering one of his first classes in Vipassana meditation. Once I stepped onto the Buddha’s path, something clicked and I became a dedicated practitioner.

I joined James at his San Franicsco sitting group when there were just three of us sitting in these early days!

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Then I began sitting many long retreats at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts under the guidance of Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. I joined their retreats when they came to California to teach. Sometimes, I also helped James organize their retreats and served as a cook.

I joined Wes Nisker and Barbara Gates as the graphic desig