Join WITHIN Meditation teachers Hannah Knapp and Javier García Sánchez for a 45-minute exploration of our relationship to our restless minds.
Many of us assume meditation means “stopping thoughts.” When that doesn’t happen, we feel stuck or discouraged. But what if wandering, restlessness, and distraction aren’t signs of failure — but normal stages of training attention?
Together, we’ll unpack:
Why the mind moves the way it does
How to shift from self-criticism to skillful training
What it actually means to make progress
You’ll leave with clarity, reassurance, and practical insight into living well with your own mind.
This free session offers a taste of the foundations we’ll deepen in Javier’s upcoming 6-week meditation journey, Building a Lifelong Practice. Whether you join us live via Zoom 5:45-6:30pm PT, or listen to the recording afterwards, you’ll leave with practical tools, a clearer understanding of how meditation develops over time, and a more compassionate view of your own experience.
✨ Bring your attention. Bring your questions.
Reflection prompts:
What feels most challenging in your meditation right now?
What crazy patterns keep showing up for you?
What do you secretly wish meditation would fix?
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 when you type your question in the Zoom chat.
WITHIN Meditation Cofounder Hannah Knapp will be one of two 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 teacher Javier García Sánchez will be a part of the fireside chat.
Javier is an artist and educator weaving ancient wisdom into the fabric of contemporary life.
Rooted in over a decade of meditation practice, he explores how awareness can shape perception, movement, and creativity. Meditation has been a profound anchor in his life, cultivating presence, resilience, and a deeper way of seeing. He teaches to help others access the infinite potential of their minds, drawing on his own studies, retreats, and artistic sensibilities. His students value his gentle directness, poetic imagery, and the seamless integration of art into his meditations.
Javier has trained extensively in meditation, yoga, and breathwork, and regularly undertakes month-long silent retreats to deepen his practice. He is currently completing the 18 Foundational Buddhist Courses through the Asian Classic Institute—a rigorous study paralleling the core curriculum of a Geshe (Doctor of Theology) in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.
He is also a certified coach, an aikidō practitioner, and a student of the Japanese tea ceremony. He studied Art & Design at Central Saint Martins, International Commerce at the University of Salamanca, and Management at Gothenburg University. His consulting work has helped large organizations navigate vision and strategy, while his art has been commissioned by publications such as The New Yorker and exhibited internationally.