Join Hannah, Devon, and Carley for a 45-minute fireside chat on forgiveness. We’ll explore what makes forgiveness so difficult, why it does not mean condoning an offense, and how anger—when held with compassion—can guide us toward healthy boundaries. Forgiveness begins on the inside: embracing our feelings with compassion and learning to free ourselves from the cycles of hurt and blame.
This free session will give you a taste of the practices we’ll deepen in the upcoming 8-week Forgiveness Series. Whether you join us live via Zoom or listen to the recording afterwards, you’re sure to get a variety of perspectives and ideas about forgiveness.
✨ Bring your attention and your questions.
Reflection prompts to bring with you:
What is one place in your life where forgiveness feels difficult right now?
What might shift if you began by offering forgiveness to yourself?
WITHIN Meditation Cofounder Hannah Knapp will be one of three teachers at the fireside chat.
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.
WITHIN Meditation Chief Inspiration Officer Devon Pipars will be a part of the fireside chat.
Devon is Chief Inspiration Officer for WITHIN Meditation, who also works with companies via wellness workshops, meditation sessions, and mindful communication coaching. She is a featured voice for Hyperice’s meditation training device Core, as well as a senior instructor on the Core app (hellocore.com).
Meditation is Devon’s passion and purpose. A meditator since 2002, the practice has been deeply transformative for her. After devoting four years to the study and practice of meditation under the guidance of a master teacher in the Indian Himalayas, Devon’s sessions incorporate multiple traditions and techniques including mindfulness, breath work, mantra, gratitude practice & loving kindness.
Devon is masterful at translating all she’s learned into simple terms, making her classes appropriate for first-time meditators as well as experts. No matter what your experience level, her approach effectively reduces stress and promotes well-being.
WITHIN Meditation Teacher Carley Hauck will be leading the conversation about forgiveness.
Carley Hauck is an integrative women’s health practitioner, a well being designer, leadership expert, and executive coach. She is passionate about supporting women through the difficult challenges of perimenopause and menopause to thrive in their vitality, purpose, and leadership.
With over 25 years of meditation practice and as a graduate of Spirit Rock’s 4th Dedicated Practitioners Program, Carley brings a grounded and integrative approach to healing and transformation. She holds a Master’s in Medical/Health Psychology and has served as lead consultant on three NIH-funded clinical trials exploring neurobiological markers of health and longevity.
Carley has taught as senior faculty at Stanford University, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and Stanford's Center for Integrative Medicine. She leads the Forgiveness Meditation Series at Within, an 8-week psycho-spiritual journey blending evidence-based practices and emotional healing to cultivate resilience, compassion, and inner freedom.
Carley had an extensive career in leadership and organizational development, guiding leaders and teams toward greater well-being and effectiveness. She is the author of Shine, named one of the top 10 business books of 2022 by Mindful Magazine. Carley's thought leadership can be seen at Mindful Magazine, the Greater Good Science Center, Superage, and many others.
Learn more at www.carleyhauck.com and www.leadingfromwholeness.com.