Each month, we invite the teachers at WITHIN to offer wisdom and inspiration around a particular topic. In September, we’re talking about impermanence, or the ever-changing nature of life.
On September 16th, three of our teachers will get together for an informal conversation on Zoom exploring this month’s theme: Zacha Belok, Herky Feroz Chopra, Shundo David Haye. Whether you join them live 3pm-4pm PDT / 6-7pm EDT, or listen to the recording afterwards, you’re sure to get a variety of perspectives and ideas to nourish your meditation practice.
Anyone can submit a question ahead of time for the teachers - just fill out this quick form. We also welcome your questions live! Please note, during the conversation we will record both the questions submitted and the responses from the teachers. If you’d prefer that we not mention your name, be sure to indicate that on the form or when you type your question in the Zoom chat.
This conversation will be held online via Zoom; the link will be provided to you via email when you register. Registration is $10.
If you’re a WITHIN Member, this is included in your membership - email us for the promo code!
Zacha Belok
Zacha Belok offers his spiritual teachings through somatic meditation and movement. For the past eight years, he has practiced tending the mind-body gap as a Somatic Movement Therapist, with techniques from somatic psychology and neurobiology. By way of dance, Zacha became interested in the body's capacity to direct a spiritual and healing path. Through nine years of study, this calling found refuge in The Discipline of Authentic Movement, The School for Body-Mind Centering, The Trauma Institute, and The Tamalpa Institute. By offering both psychological and physiological perspectives, Zacha's teaching fosters an individuals' capacity to correlate physiological homeostasis with their mental experience of self. His psycho-somatic approach supports individuals to navigate life, work, and spiritual turning points at the level of their unique nervous system.
Before post-graduate study, Zacha received a BA in Anthropology from Wesleyan University, where he researched environmental aptitudes for stress. Learning how to practically and tactfully regain control of the body amidst environmental stress has helped Zacha successfully guide hundreds of individuals using simple tools of embodiment and presence. His writings have been featured in well-being publications like We Create Space and Centered Mental Health Toolkit. Currently, Zacha teaches students individually, partners with corporations like Salesforce, AppDynamics, & Masco Corp to deliver evidence-based mental wellness programs, and in his free time practices the Discipline of Authentic Movement as a self-directed learner.
Herky Feroz Chopra
Herky Feroz Chopra had a deep meditative upbringing growing up in India with exposure to wisdom teachings, and the guidance of an enlightened master. She immigrated to the US at the age of 20 and even though Herky held a successful corporate career as a Project Manager, her deepest passion is in practicing and teaching meditation. She is also a life coach for women and helps them find well-being by creating an inward shift & tap into higher levels of self-compassion, self-worth, joy, and inner peace. She uses a variety of techniques in her practice but her core message is that we all have accessibility & must learn to tap into the inner dimensions of calm and presence amidst all the chaos we often experience in our outside world.
For the past 12 years, Herky has deep-dived in various modalities and practical applications in personal development, positive psychology, career and life coaching, mindfulness, and spirituality integrating east-west wisdom teachings.
In her own personal journey raising three children as a single mom and a full-time career, Herky has found meditation to be her constant companion to not only get grounded and overcome the stresses of modern living but also find meaning, joy, and beauty in her daily life.
Shundo David Haye
Shundo David Haye is an ordained Zen priest. He came from England in 2000 to live at the San Francisco Zen Center, and spent fifteen years in residential training, including five years of monastic practice at Tassajara. He helped found and run the successful Young Urban Zen practice group at the Zen Center. Although he loves the robes and the formal rituals, he is interested in reaching people who will never set foot inside a Zen temple. He has taught at tech companies, schools and colleges, yoga studios, retreat centers, and the county jail. He loves being outside, especially on a bike, and leads regular mindful hikes around San Francisco, as well as a weekly outdoor meditation.