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Sponsor a Retreat for Bhante Vimalaramsi in your country or city.  Here are the guidelines!

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Sitting Groups and TWIM Mentors in USA and Abroad

Listed below are either active sitting groups or people intListed below are either active sitting groups or people interested in TWIM, wishing to sit together and also discuss Bhante Vimalaramsi's teachings. People who may give instruction in TWIM and are familiar with the levels of progress are noted in bold***.

Also you may request to be added to the below list. Use the contact form at bottom.

Want to sponsor a retreat for Bhante - check the guidelines below. We are always looking for help.erested in TWIM, wishing to sit together and also discuss Bhante Vimalaramsi's teachings. People who may give instruction in TWIM and are familiar with the levels of progress are noted in bold***.

***People who are able to give instruction for TWIM practice and are familiar with the levels of practice are starred.

St. Louis
Starting Dec 15th weekly
Srinivas Chaganti
Also attending -David Johnson from DSMC
​email: david@dhammasukha.org
Address: 743 Lakeshore Manor Ct, Wildwood, Mo 63038
10AM to 11:30
Call Sree  - Srinivas Chaganti  - 636-399-3488


California, USA
San Diego Sitting Group
 
***Mark and Antra Berger
Phone: 619-225-0817
Email:   6Rs4all@gmail.com
7:00-9:00 PM Every 2 weeks
One Hour Sitting and Sutta Discussion
Schedule may change so please contact first.

Greater Sacramento
***Doug Kraft
Easing Awake TWIM Meditation Classes, Study Groups, and Retreats
Weekly introductory and advanced classes and study groups

www.DougkKraft.com

Mind Dharma of Petaluma
Ed Pytel
Petaluma, California (Near S.F.)
Phone: 650-305-0576
Email: epytel@gmail.com
Meetup Site https://www.meetup.com/sonomainsight/

​ I help lead a local sitting group and Bhante's method is already congruent with our group. I pretty much already lead our group in the TWIM method but to have TWIM so clearly laid out is nice. I would love to grow a stronger relationship with Bhante and dhammasukha.org...

Michigan
Glenn Derrick
Email: gderrick32661@gmail.com
Phone: 734-286-5894
Wyandotte Michigan

Minnesota
***Andrew Litchy
Email: litchy818@yahoo.com
Loving-Kindness Meditation Group
Discussion and meditation
Monday: 530 to 7PM, every other week.
at Pathways Minneapolis
3115 Hennepin Ave S 
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Also - Open meditation
Saturday: 11AM to 12PM.
Neighborhood Naturopathic
7200 France Ave #135
Edina, MN 55435

Washington
***Paul Johnson
Redmond, WA
Email: paul@prj2101gmail.com
TWIM Meditation Group
Discussion and meditation
Monday: 7PM 1 hour weekly on Thursdays
Email me for location and more details.

Outside the USA doing TWIM

CANADA
Robert Mari
robert.v.mari@gmail.com
www.robertmari.com
Phone: 250-743-9839

AUSTRIA
***Christian Kasper
Vienna
Email: metta.meditation.austria@gmail.com
Phone Number
+4369917097221
More Details here

Almost every Monday from 7:15pm till 9:00pm Metta-Meditation in the Centre of Vienna. If you are interested to join us, please write me a mail or phone me.
Language: German


INDONESIA
DHAMMASUKHA INDONESIA
Contact:***Brenda Ie-McRae   Primary leader for the Indonesian Group
Location:  Pusat, Jakarta
Email: brenda.iemcrae@gmail.com
Offering: Public talks
                group retreats 
                monthly meetings 
                some coaching.
Sites for Indonesia: http://library.dhammasukha.org/indonesian.html

Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Contact:***Pavel Katorgin
Email: info@dhammasukha.ru
Phone:+77055996928
More Details here
Address: Ayteke by 149, corner of Shagabutdinov st.
Every weekend sat or sun at 10:00. Decision made in whatsapp chat every week.
Duration: 1 hour mediation and short discussion. 
We rent a meditation hall at qigong center. 2000 kzt/hr. We share the price between all participants.

RUSSIA
***Oleg Pavlov
Samara/Russian Federation
Email: info@dhammasukha.ru or helgie.litens@gmail.com
Phone Number +79277453451
Pages: http://dhammasukha.ru
https://vk.com/dhammasukha_ru
https://www.facebook.com/DSMC.Russia/
Oleg is a qualified teacher of TWIM and has conducted both physical on-site retreats and online retreats.

MALAYSIA/INDIA
***Ven. Khanti (Sister) Khema
    Listen to Sister's new talks online HERE
Location:  Southeast Asian mentor right now [wherever she is located-Malaysia currently).
Offering:  Online retreats every other month - 9 day retreats, private coaching
Contact:   Email to:  VenKK@dhammasukha.org or sisterkhema@dhammasukha.org  
                 

more groups...Send us your group sitting info in the form at the bottom...

People Interested in TWIM
Let us know your interest to sit together and/or talk about TWIM in the form below...

     USA
1. Teresa Vazquez  -Lots of interest in getting a group going!
    2108 Bayview Dr.
    Fort Wayne, IN 46815
    Email: teaviemace@icloud.com
    (260) 418-4547

2.  Blake Salem 
     Lincoln, NE
     Email: blakeasalem@gmail.com
     Ph#  402-430-2437 

3.  ***Jordan    Lectures about TWIM in San Francisco Bay Area
     San Francisco and Big Island, Hawaii
     website: www.awakeninsights.org
     Email: thescottjordan@gmail.com

4.  Lance Potter
     Experienced zazen, Shambhala and Nyingma, but Theravada TWIM oriented.
     Naples, Florida
     Email:  lancepotter@bellsouth.net

5.  Jeannette Noble
     Los Angeles, CA
     Sitting group - contact below for more info-You can phone but email first
     Email: jnoblecmf@gmail.com

6.  Lyling Hom

     Pasadena, CA 
     Phone: 626-798-1210
     Email:8hom@sbcglobal.net

7.  Jeff Wright
      Washington D.C.
      Interested in meeting up with other TWIM practitioners in the greater Washington DC area.
      I live in Montgomery County, MD.
 
      Email:jeff.washcloth@gmail.com

8.  Nathan St. Armand
     Little River/myrtle beach
     S. Carolina
     Ph: 2154073212

     "I'm just starting out and looking for a sitting group."

9.  Phil Miller

     Manalapan, NJ
​     New to TWIM and want to meet like-minded people. Monmouth County, midway between Princeton and the Shore, off Route 9.

10. Tran Huynh
   Philadelphia, PA
   Email:huyn0098@gmail.com
   Phone Number: 16126698234
   More Details here:
   I am looking for people to sit together every other week or monthly group sitting and sutta study in Mainline/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
   Interested people may contact me via email to set up a group sitting together.


11. Puri Bender
      Houston, TX, USA
      Puribender@netscape.net

      805)816-8577
      Looking for people to practice together
​

     AUSTRALIA

     Nic Daniels
     Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia
     Email: olddragon72@bigpond.com
     Looking to start a sitting group in Cairns. :)

     Melissa Alomes
   
 Hobart, Tasmania
     Pineapplezen@gmail.com  email me!
     Would love to start a TWIM meditation group in Hobart.

     Mark Hall
    
 Perth
     Email: mshall64@gmail.com
     Phone: 0406422813

     I would love to hear from anyone in the West interested in TWIM meditation :-)

    ***Anne Llewellyn
     llewellyn5@westnet.com.au
     NSW
     Phone: 0432 330 225
     I have been a meditator for many years. The last three have been working from a TWIM book
     and  recently on one of David's online retreats.  
     

   Prasad Perera
     Quakers Hill, NSW 
     prasad.perera@outlook.com

    Kevin Burrett
    Adelaide
    email: kevinbvelotragic@gmail.com
    Phone: +61883881852
    Comment: No sitting group here in Adelaide...just me !

    BELGIUM
     Alex Carroll
     Brussels, Belgium
     Email: alexkeithcarroll@gmail.com
     Phone:  +32486558427
     Languages spoken: English, Dutch, French

     CANADA

     Anupama Konara
     Vancouver, BC
      Email: Anupamaishani@gmail.com
      Interested in discussing TWIM and sharing Experiences

     Said Massoud
     Montreal, Quebec
      Email: saidmassoud@yahoo.com
      Would love to connect with other TWIM meditators in Montreal to
      meditate together and discuss progress and challenges
     
​    CUBA / La Habana
      
Nelson Ochagavía
      Email: nelson.ochagavia@gmail.com
      Phone Number (+53)55389148
      More Details here:
  • Hace unos meses que practico TWIM por mi cuenta, tras haber practicado Vipassana al estilo de Goenkaji y anteriormente Anapanasati al estilo Zen. Encuentro muy gratificante TWIM, sobre todo cuando el objeto de meditación es Metta. Quisiera intercambiar y progresar en TWIM. Gracias.
  • A few months ago that I practice TWIM on my own, after having practiced Vipassana (Goenkaji style) and, before that, Anapanasati Zen style. I find TWIM very rewarding, especially when the object of meditation is Metta. I would like to talk about TWIM and progress. Thanks.

    DUBAI /UAE
    Jon Fortney 
    Email: jon.pierre.fortney@gmail.com
    Phone Number +971509908408
    More Details here: I live/work in Dubai and would love to meet other people here in Dubai, or in the UAE, who are interested in TWIM.
    If there is interest maybe we could put together a sitting and discussion group.



    FINLAND
    Matias Pajulahti 
    Email: matias.pajulahti@silppuri.iki.fi
    
Phone Number +358407763494
    
More Details here: Hei, terveisiä Suomesta! I live near Turku, Finland and would like to have a TWIM group here. Could also do online meditation meetings. 


    GUATEMALA
    Sergio Santos
     Guatemala City
     Email: tg9atx@intelnett.com
     Phone:  502-55700726
     Guatemala City. Interested in group sits and sutta discussion.
    
    INDIA
    Dr Major Madhusudan Cherekar
    
AHMEDPUR
     Email: mscherekar@gmail.com
     Phone: +919423776802

​     I am practising TWIM since Dec 2018. anybody interested can join me for group sitting almost every evening  7pm to 9.30pm. presently we are only two.

    SPAIN
    Gustavo C.
     Barcelona
     Email: twimbarcelona@yahoo.com
     Let's start a TWIM sitting group!

    THAILAND
    Tom Jansen
     
Banpong, Banpong, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand
     Email: tjthomasjansen81@gmail.com
     Phone Number: +668 7667 7932 If you are in Thailand, 08 7667 7932
     More Details here:
     Practicing and enjoying TMI for a couple of years. I accidentally ran across TWIM while searching for instructions  on practicing Metta. I am giving TWIM a trial run alongside my TMI practice. There is a really good summary of TWIM on the reddit forum called, A Crash Course in Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM)
I have been reading three or four books on TWIM, and this summary is great for its brevity and completeness.
  
   
 UK
     Indu Shakya
     Reigate, Surrey, UK
     Email: Ishakya@gmail.com
     Phone: 07877996735
  • I am working on organizing TWIM retreats and help establishing a Buddhist monastery in the UK soon. Please stay in touch with me if you can participate and/or offer any help.
   
    Jonathon Bibb
     Region: Hooton Pagnell

     Email: jonathanbibb59@yahoo.com
     Phone: 07588559759
     I would like to deepen my meditation practice and potentially look to start a TWIM group here in Yorkshire, UK.

​     
Pradeep Kumar
     Exeter, UK
     email: bindas@gmail.com

     ph: 07541480722

    VENEZUELA
     Pedro Fanega
     Caracas, Venezuela.
     Email:fanega@gmail.com
     Ph: 58-4166157500
     Interesado en compartir sobre TWIM en castellano. Soy principiante.




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