Gary Sanders lives in Los Angeles, CA where he was the founder of SCV Mindfulness. He was empowered to lead Buddhist meditation and dharma groups at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society where he also helped found Refuge Recovery, a Buddhist based recovery program for all addictions, which has now spread worldwide. After moving to Portland, OR in 2015, Gary was asked to join the teaching staff at Portland Insight Meditation Community and was empowered to teach in the lineage of the great Ruth Denison. Gary travels frequently and teaches daylongs and workshops all around North America and specializes in the heart based practices of The Buddha.
Gary originally got sober in 12 step groups using Kevin Griffin’s book One Breath at a Time, a non theistic Buddhist approach to the 12 Steps. Through the years he’s been involved in various Buddhist based and other alternative non theistic recovery programs. Currently, Gary practices Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation and has woven that into a unique mashup of mindfulness and recovery that he offers to others.
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Previous Teachings
Gary Sanders – Just assume the answer to every question is compassion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TglK7eM4csU "Just assume the answer to every question is compassion” - Father Greg Boyle in his book Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion In Buddhism, compassion is the appropriate response to pain...
Forgiveness on the Path to Recovery
So many of us come into sobriety with a really poor relationship with ourselves and so heavily burdened with resentments towards ourselves and others. By practicing forgiveness, not in a theistic Christian outside ourselves way, but as self empowerin...
Emotional Sobriety: Comfortable in Your Own Skin
Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1400167713509983/</p>Gary Sanders lives in Portland, OR. He is originally from the Los Angeles area, where he was the founder of SCV Mindfulness and led up to three weekly meditation gro...
Gratitude Turns What We Have Into Enough and More
“Recovery and gratitude seem to go hand in hand. In the heat of our addictions, whether substance or process, we all tend to really focus on the hardships of our lives, our trials and tribulations and get stuck in the old comparison game, compa...
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