Noble Noise

January 28th — April 22nd, 2026

Noble Noise is the discovery of wisdom and Insight through meditative community. 

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Schedule & Structure:

12 facilitated sessions

  • Weekly on Wednesdays

  • 3:30 - 5 PM New York

  • 12:30 - 2 PM San Francisco

  • 8:30 - 10 PM London

12 group meditation sessions

  • Weekly on Mondays

  • Jan. 30th - April 27th

  • 3:30 PM - 4 PM ET 

  • sort-of mandatory but not strictly required

3 extended group practice sessions

  • 4 hours minimum

  • February 21st, March 21st, and

    April 18th

extra support

  • access to a private Discord space for check-ins and community connection during the three months and beyond.

More Info:

  • It means that when we come together consistently as a group of meditators, we find something greater than our individual practice and even something greater than the sum of the group's parts.  The learning, growth, awareness,  Insight, and more that happens in a meditative community create more relevant and permeating Insight and integration in individual practice.  Noble Noise is a possibility to experience the Buddha’s claim that Noble friendship is the entirety of the path.

  • By showing up!  Like meditation practice, showing up and participating is the first step in receiving the benefits of Noble Noise. It takes consistent commitment, but fortunately, you’ll have a group to share that commitment with and support you in the joys and challenges of commitment. Additionally, you’ll receive the structured support of facilitation by Upali for twelve weeks.

  • My role will be to facilitate our group for 8 weeks in hopes of creating a practice community that continues beyond the time that I’m the active facilitator.  In particular, my main role will be to facilitate peer-to-peer interaction in a relevant and supportive way as opposed to only teacher-student support found in Q&A Dharma talks or 1:1 student-teacher interviews. 

    Noble Noise is a relatively new experiment for our community, so we will all be part of co-creating this space and discovering what works bringing our meditator identities and abilities to a group, and I’ll be learning alongside you how to best utilize my facilitator skills in this context of Sangha outside of retreat.

  • Recommended listening is the latest episode from the Teaching Meditation Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1660645/episodes/17256017

Testimonials

  • “Perfect jump-start to practice! Compassionate, knowledgeable teachers that bring insight and humor into every session.”

  • “Upali and Kynan’s teaching style is gentle, encouraging and supportive. The Deepening Practice course was a good experience for me. I would sign up again in a flash.”

  • “Upali and Kynan are great meditation teachers! I loved the varied structure of the weekly meetings, the prompts given to us to think about, and the overall encouraging, chill vibe. I look forward to the next iteration of their course! 🤗👍”

  • "The Deepening Practice course helped give me confidence to be a steward of my own meditation journey, vs. just listening to expertise from others. Highly recommend." -- Tevi

Meet the Instructors

  • Upasaka Upali has been meditating since 2008 and has been a full-time meditation and Dharma teacher since 2018.  He teaches in a lineage that can be traced back to the Buddha and has thousands of hours of experience teaching courses and working individually with students. He has also taught over 200 days of silent meditation retreats.  

    Upali was the founding director of Open Dharma Foundation and currently serves as the Board Chair for Center Space, a non-profit community meditation studio.   He co-hosts the Teaching Meditation podcast and is a somatic facilitator for Neurosystemics Dharma.  He teaches with the hope that practitioners can experience and integrate the profound benefits of meditation in liberating ways.  

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  • Kynan Tan is a meditation teacher who is interested in helping students to achieve their meditation goals, whatever they may be. He takes a collaborative and student-centered approach to exploring the depths of what is possible through the many dimensions of practice. Kynan believes that meditation has enormous potential for creating positive change and opening up space for new ways of relating to experience.

    Kynan has experience across a range of meditative and introspective traditions and techniques. He brings his experience as an artist, musician, and programmer into his understanding and sharing of Dharma teachings in a way that is clear, practical, and creative. Kynan is authorized to teach by Dr. Tucker Peck, a clinical psychologist and meditation teacher.

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Benefactor - $1440

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Sustaining - $1020

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Supported – $720

Register for Noble Noise.

***We have created this pricing structure to offer the course at affordable rates while still providing a high level of supportive teaching. If you would like to attend but can’t afford to, even at the low-income rate, please get in touch with us. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.***