Academy Teachings

As we embark into a new year, we will explore the importance of cultivating generosity (d?na) and gratitude (kataññuta) and turning our intentions toward the interrelationship of the two. The...

Sixteen years ago, I sat my first 10-day silent ‘Anapansati’ retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh monastery in southern Thailand.  Wat Suan Mokkh has a separate retreat centre famous for its...

In this session we will release self-doubt and/or self-blame, and engage in a practice of self-love and self-forgiveness.  Fresh “Lev” White is a love and compassionate activist. He offers mindfulness,...

The Effortless Mindfulness approach to addiction draws on Buddhist meditation from Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism. Effortless Mindfulness is a direct approach that considered an advanced, yet simple way to access...

"Nothing in the whole universe is comparable to the mind or can take its place.  Everything is mind-made." _Ayya KhemeI will guide our meditation on the cultivation of kindness and...

We will offer a meditation and an opportunity to be together in Sangha, with an emphasis on sustaining practice in these challenging times. Please join us this Sunday, June 7th,...

Having just passed the milestone of 35 years sober, exactly half his life, Kevin looks back on his own path and the lessons he has learned as a clean and...

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...

In a progressive path approach to practice, we sometimes fall for the idea that liberation is in the future.  We are conditioned to believe that we must end thinking, master...

With the American election coming up, and the spike in COVID cases around the world, it is inevitable that many people may be experiencing PTSD, panic attacks, worry and concern....

In this talk Mary will talk about identifying those constricted and frightened parts of ourselves that we may not even be aware of. When we're caught in any type of...