Jim has been practicing with Insight Santa Cruz since 2006. In the years prior to, he studied meditation in the Soto Zen tradition. From 2010 to 2018, he served as technology manager for the Insight Retreat Center in Scotts Valley, California, where he was also able to deepen his silent retreat practice. Trained by Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella, he is a graduate of the Buddhist Dharma Mentor program. He has worked with the Eightfold Path Program at ISC since 2018 as a co-leader of the program.