Welcome to WITHIN

What we do at WITHIN Meditation is pretty special - it’s so much more than a meditation app, and yet so different from an in-person meditation group.

We think that’s awesome, but it does bring up questions: How do you know what class to choose? What happens after you sign up? Do people keep their cameras on or off? Do you need a special cushion?

Don’t let those questions get the way of checking us out! Join WITHIN Meditation Cofounder Hannah Knapp and Chief Inspiration Officer Devon Pipars for a special free session to welcome you into all things WITHIN.

We’ll walk you through everything you need to know, from picking a class, to registering, to showing up - and we’ll share some tips for how to get the most out of your time with us. Plus, we’ll give a taste of what it’s like to be in class with a 10-minute guided meditation.

Sign up and we’ll send you a link to join us live via Zoom - and just in case you don’t make it, we’ll send you the recording afterwards, too.

About WITHIN Meditation

WITHIN Meditation is San Francisco’s first drop-in meditation studio, established in 2017. We’re a community for people who want to know themselves more deeply. Our teachers offer both practical tools and inspiration for living your life more fully, drawing on different wisdom traditions.

With the advent of COVID-19, we moved all of our classes online, where we’ve created a community of teachers and students from across the United States and as far away as London and the Philippines. We hold up to 3 classes per day, each with a different teacher, making it easy for anyone to drop in and reset. We also offer circles, retreats and events to deepen your practice and connect you with others in the WITHIN community.

Since our inception, we’ve offered that same inspiration and assistance in offices throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the last several years, we’ve expanded to offering virtual sessions to companies around the world.

What to expect at Welcome to WITHIN

This free live online session is a great way for you to get to know us! When you join us using the Zoom link we'll email you ahead of time, you'll meet two of our teachers, Hannah and Devon.

They'll walk you through our online class registration system so you feel completely comfortable registering for our classes. They'll also share everything about what happens when you join a class, and offer suggestions for how to get the most out of each one.

Finally, Devon will lead you in a 10-minute guided meditation to give you a taste of what our classes are like. There'll be time for you to ask questions, too!

You'll leave with a first-hand sense of what our classes and community are all about.

About Your Event Hosts

Devon Pipars is a teacher and blogger 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.

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.