Each month, we invite the teachers at WITHIN to offer wisdom and inspiration around a particular topic. In July, we’re talking about abundance: how you can experience more of it in your life with the help of meditation and mindfulness.
On July 12th, three of our teachers will get together for an informal conversation on Zoom exploring this month’s theme: Desiree Matloob, Herky Chopra and Hannah Knapp. Whether you join them live 3:30-4:30pmm PDT / 6:30-7:30pm 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 $15.
If you’re a WITHIN Member, this is included in your membership - email us for the promo code!
Desiree Matloob
Desiree is a leadership coach, national board certified health & wellness coach, and mindfulness teacher who is passionate about using mindfulness and coaching to help people clarify what matters most to them, work through limiting beliefs, and take action in their lives. She has been practicing meditation since 2009, and since 2016 has made a yearly 10-day silent meditation (Vipassana) retreat a part of her personal practice. She has led mindfulness workshops, classes, and strategy within various workplaces and community-based organizations.
In addition to her work with individuals, Desiree is passionate about the power of groups to create connection and catalyze personal transformation. She is currently a group health coach for One Medical's stress management and metabolic health programs, a career & leadership coach at The Grand, and hosts regular women's circles and mindful communication groups in San Francisco. She is passionate about creating environments -- whether in her meditation classes, her coaching, or her group work -- that encourage self-reflection, authentic connection, and insights that lead to growth.
Herky Chopra
Herky 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.
Hannah Knapp
Hannah has been meditating since 2012, when she dove in head-first with a 10-day Vipassana retreat. It was during that retreat that she realized she was ready for the adventure of pregnancy and parenting. Coming out of that experience, she knew she needed a community to practice with: there was just nothing like meditating with other people. Her passion for sharing the power of mindfulness has led her to launch (and lead) group meditations wherever she’s worked, and to start WITHIN Meditation.
Through mindfulness, she’s developed a deep resilience, focus, and capacity to love that she draws on every day, both as the mom of two children and as a start-up founder. She’s delighted to be leading meditation sessions in our online studio and in companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and across the country, while building an amazing team of teachers at WITHIN.