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URL:https://kevingriffin.net/events/dharma-and-recovery-intensive-retreat/
SUMMARY:Dharma and Recovery Intensive Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a unique meditation retreat combining traditional B
 uddhist practices with recovery and Twelve Step work. Primarily conducted 
 in silence\, the retreat focuses on mindfulness meditation and heart pract
 ices\, with additional interactive exercises\, lectures\, and meetings exp
 loring ways that Buddhism\, recovery\, and the Steps can complement each o
 ther. The emphasis will be on bringing mindfulness to all our activities\,
  whether in formal meditation\, movement\, speaking\, listening\, or eatin
 g. Daily Qigong practice offered by Greg Pergament will bring added healin
 g and energy to the retreat.\n\nTo register contact: InsightMeditationRetr
 eat@gmail.com\n\nParticipants will practice Noble Silence outside of the i
 nteractive exercises and 12-Step-style meetings. All recovery paths are we
 lcome\, whether Twelve Step\, Refuge Recovery\, substance\, process\, or r
 elationship-oriented. The intensive nature of the retreat allows for profo
 und personal openings\, insight\, and transformation. The support of the c
 ommunity carries us through the sometimes challenging\, sometimes inspirin
 g elements of this deep inner work. You must be at least 30 days clean and
  sober in order to attend the retreat.\n\nA minimum of 90 days clean and s
 ober is required for attendance.\n\nSee a printable flyer here.\n\nKevin G
 riffin is a Buddhist teacher and author best known for 2004 book One Breat
 h at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps. He is one of the founders of t
 he Buddhist Recovery Network and teaches widely on meditation and healing.
  He has been a Buddhist practitioner for forty years and a teacher for ove
 r two decades. His latest book is Sought Through Meditation: Exploring Ste
 p Eleven Through the Lens of Dharma..\n\nGreg Pergament is the author of C
 hi Kung and Recovery. Greg has been in recovery for over three decades and
  has studied and taught Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan for many years. He has an
  extensive background in Buddhist Vipassana meditation\, is a firetender f
 or Lakota Inipi ceremonies\, and has helped facilitate many Vision Quests.
 \n\nAnn B. Peruzzi is a longtime Buddhist practitioner and a founding mem
 ber of the Buddhist Recovery Network. As a clinical psychologist specializ
 ing in addiction\, she has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and i
 s a graduate of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation T
 eacher Certification Program. She currently facilitates a Buddhism and rec
 overy group at Insight Santa Cruz.\n\nSingle rooms: $990 Double: $775 Dorm
 : $550\n\nThese prices reflect costs for housing\, food\, and expenses. So
 me scholarship assistance may be available.\n\nTeachers and retreat manage
 r may be offered donations (dana) at the end of the retreat. They receive 
 no other financial compensation.                            
                     For registration and information contact:\n\
 ninsightmeditationretreat@gmail.com\n\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Redwood Glen Conference Center\, 100 Wright Drive\, Loma Mar\, CA\
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