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  • Location Benedict Canyon Retreat House
  • Experience Levels All
  • This class is a donation based class. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
  • Date/Time Sunday, May 18, 2025
    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

This event page is the online version of a hybrid event which will take place both in-person and online. To register for the in-person version, please click here.

Recovery from addiction is often depicted as a practical issue: establish abstinence, write inventory, make amends, and rebuild career and relationships. Those are all important steps. But sustained recovery depends on spiritual growth and transformation, the inner work.

For this part of the process, meditation and Dharma practice provide gateways to a new life. One cultivates serenity, clarity, and equanimity. No longer buffeted by the worldly winds, we learn to breathe with the pleasant and the unpleasant, neither grasping at pleasure nor pushing away pain. We cultivate kindness toward others, and especially, toward ourselves. This is spiritual recovery.

This daylong will include Dharma talks, interactive exercises, and Q&A. There will be guided meditations on mindfulness and loving kindness as well as teachings on mindful speech and wise reflection. We will focus on how to attain inner balance through the ups and downs of life.

Suggested donation: $85

 

Kevin Griffin Visiting Teacher

Kevin Griffin is an innovative Buddhist teacher and author, best known for his 2004 book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps. He has been in recovery since 1985 and a Buddhist practitioner for over 40 years. He teaches in a broad range of venues, from Dharma centers and universities to treatment... Read more

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