Everyday Addiction: Healing the Habits of Life

In this afternoon workshop we will look at the issues that trouble us in our daily lives, both internal and external. We will explore self-judgment and painful emotional habits; we will work with letting go of the habitual behaviors that undermine our happiness and serenity. Using themes like honesty, intention, and acceptance, we will come to understand the roots of our distress and develop tools to overcome and heal these persistent problems.

The day's teaching will include mindfulness meditation techniques and Buddhist/12-Step parallels.

Kevin Griffin is the author of the seminal 2004 book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and the recent A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery. He has been practicing Buddhist meditation for three decades and been in recovery since 1985. He’s been a meditation teacher for over fifteen years. His teacher training was at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where he currently leads Dharma and Recovery classes.   

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About Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin has been practicing meditation since 1978, and doing Buddhist Vipassana practice since 1980. He has studied with the leading Western Vipassana teachers, including Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Ruth Denison, Christopher Titmuss, Ajahn Amaro, James Baraz, Wes Nisker, and many others. He has been teaching meditation in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1996.

Kevin has been actively working with the Twelve Steps since 1985, maintaining continuous sobriety from alcohol and drugs during that time.

What Kevin is up to in May 2011...

Friday, May 6, Meditation and talk, Insight Meditation Center of Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA sitting group.

Saturday, May 7, Daylong retreat. Insight Meditation Center of Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA sitting group.

Sunday-Friday, May 9-13, Dharma and recovery retreat, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY.

Friday, May 13, 7:30-9:30pm, Dharma and Recovery class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA. (substitute teacher)

Friday, May 13, Meditation and talk, New York Insight, 28 W. 27th St, 10fl, New York, NY. 212-213-4802. nyinsight@earthlink.net

Saturday, May 14, Daylong retreat: "The Brahma Viharas in Recovery,", New York Insight, 28 W. 27th St, 10fl, New York, NY. 212-213-4802. nyinsight@earthlink.net

Sunday, May 15, Daylong retreat, Buddhism and the 12 Steps, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, 331 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.

Friday-Sunday May 20-22 Buddhist Recovery Network Conference, Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, 4300 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA.

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2011 Buddhist Recovery Conference

May 19 - 22
Los Angeles

CEUs Available for MFTs

Presenters:
Pablo Das
Kevin Griffin
Noah Levine
Joseph Rogers
Darren Littlejohn
Chönyi Taylor
Thérèse Jacobs-Stewart
Barbara West
Gregg Krech
Jeffrey McIntyre

Cost:
$400

Venue:
Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society
4300 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029

Conference Schedule and Additional Information Here. Register online Here.

The Conference will be honoring the late Professor G. Alan Marlatt

Buddhism & the 12 Steps

Kevin Griffin at OMEGA Rhinebeck Campus: Rhinebeck NY in May!
Register HERE

"This retreat focuses on mindfulness meditation and how to use that as a foundation for working with the 12 Steps. It offers us a new understanding of recovery from a Buddhist perspective, and we leave the retreat with a deeper experience of the spiritual dimensions of recovery and practical tools for maintaining a daily practice.

Buddhism and the 12 Steps combines the deep stillness and peace of Buddhist practice with the power of community sharing. The days include periods of silent sitting and walking meditation, exercises in mindful speech and mindful eating, periods of inquiry, lecture, and group sharing.

Interactive exercises are based on 12 Step and addiction recovery themes; lectures bring together traditional Buddhist teachings with a 12 Step understanding. During some evenings there will be a typical “meeting,” open to all Omega guests and all 12 Step orientations.

The retreat is open to anyone interested in the themes of recovery and Buddhism. You need not be in a 12 Step program nor do you need to have any experience in meditation. Introductory meditation instruction is provided.

People with substance abuse addiction should have at least 30 days clean and sober before attending this retreat. Bring a journal.

Kevin Griffin is author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and A Burning Desire: Dharma, God, and the Path of Recovery. A meditation teacher for 16 years, he trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, where he currently leads dharma and recovery classes and retreats. He has been in recovery since 1985. kevingriffin.net"

Kevin Griffin Buddhism and Recovery

Principles of Mindful Recovery I
Friday, February 4, 1:00-5:00pm
Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society
4300 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA.

What Is Real, What Is True: Clear Seeing. First in a series of four workshops this year for addiction professionals and anyone interested in using mindfulness as a tool for healing addictions. 4 CEUs available. Optional meditation training, 10am-12 Noon. To register contact events@recoveryview.com

Buddhist Recovery Network

For those of you in recovery who are interested in Buddhism this is a great place to get started. Look for a meeting near you!

"The Buddhist Recovery Network supports the use of Buddhist teachings, traditions and practices to help people recover from the suffering caused by addictive behaviors. Open to people of all backgrounds, and respectful of all recovery paths, the organization promotes mindfulness and meditation, and is grounded in Buddhist principles of non-harming, compassion and interdependence. It seeks to serve an international audience through teaching, training, treatment, research, publication, advocacy and community-building initiatives."

Visit The Buddhist Recovery Network