Janet Keyes has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1987, when she took James Baraz’s introductory class; she remains one of his senior students. Janet has done many months of intensive practice. She is a member of several Kalyana Mitta groups and participated in the first Dedicated Practitioners Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. A graduate of the Sati Center Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program, she is a volunteer chaplain for the Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley as well as for the larger East Bay community.