January 13th — March 31st, 2027

Noble Noise

Three months of wisdom and Insight through meditative community. 

Noble Noise is a twelve-week deep dive into meditative community. When we come together consistently as practitioners, something emerges that’s greater than individual practice alone: shared learning, awareness, and integration that deepen everyone’s experience.

Upali will guide the group while centering peer-to-peer connection rather than traditional teacher-student dynamics, with the intention of supporting a community that continues beyond the twelve weeks. Because this is a new experiment, we’ll co-create the space together and learn what supports us best as a Sangha. The most important step is simply showing up—your presence and participation are what make Noble Noise possible.

Schedule & Structure

Through the Noble Noise community you’ll have access to the following:

12 facilitated sessions

  • Weekly on Mondays

  • 7:00 - 8:30 PM Berlin

  • 1:00 - 2:30 PM New York

  • 10:00 - 11:30 AM San Francisco

  • 6:00 - 7:30 PM London

12 group meditation sessions

  • Weekly on Wednesdays

  • 7:00 - 7:30 PM Berlin

  • 1:00 - 1:30 PM New York

  • 10:00 - 10:30 AM San Francisco

  • 6:00 - 6:30 PM London

    • sort-of mandatory but not strictly required

3 extended group practice sessions

  • Optional Online Retreat Participation once a month on a Saturday

  • Dates TBA

extra support

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

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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 12 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 this episode about community vs freedom from the Teaching Meditation Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1660645/episodes/17256017

About Upali:

  • 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.  

    Learn More Here

Payment Options:

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Benefactor - $1440

One-time payment option.

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Sustaining - $1020

One-time payment option.

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Supported – $720

One-time payment option.

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Dana – $57 Admin Fee*

Pay the admin fee now, and contribute dana later.

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Custom Amount - Monthly Contributor

Pick an amount that feels good and give monthly.

*Dana is not tied to the sliding scale tiers.  It's a way to give generously and sustainably for you, the Sangha (meditation community), and the Dharma offered through Noble Noise.

Registration:

3% Cover the Fee

Questions? Email jessi@upalimeditation.com