Kevin Griffin - Zoom Classes
2026-02-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-31 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-04-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-04-14 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 3 more dates
One hour Zoom classes, Tuesdays at 10am Pacific Time. Fridays at 5pm Pacific are now community classes with rotating leaders (except 2nd Fridays which are hosted by Spirit Rock). These classes are casual, drop-in events. We start with 20 minutes of guided meditation, followed by a short talk on Buddhism and recovery. Offer dana through Paypal or Venmo.

Eight Step Recovery BIPOC meeting
2026-02-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 3 more dates
8 Step Recovery Meeting for Black Indigenous People of Color and Black Asian Minority Ethnic
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6794136360?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 679 413 6360
Passcode: brn

Contact: Email- eightstepsrecovery@gmail.com

Happiness Follows Like a Never-Departing Shadow
2026-03-01 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
More About George

George Beecher first encountered the Dharma in 2010 when he read Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung’s book Savor, about mindful eating and the Buddhist path. Over the next 11 months, George lost 110 pounds and found a passion for the Dharma. This passion for sharing the Dharma led him to found his own local meditation group, Two Hands Sangha, in 2012, and in the Mindful Eating and Living Sangha (M.E.A.L.S.) program in 2014. He has since launched and led various in-person and online Buddhist communities including over 30 Recovery Dharma chapters. He served the Recovery Dharma community at both the local and national level as it formed and grew to over 500 chapters worldwide.
In 2018, he graduated as a Certified Facilitator through the original Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, taught by Vinny Ferraro and JoAnna Hardy, and in June 2022 he completed the Dharmacharya training program with Venerables Pannavati and Pannadipa of Heartwood Refuge and ordained as Reverend George Beecher (Dharmacharya Khantu-Abatti).
In 2020, he started the first ever Recovery Dharma meeting in virtual reality and enjoys teaching the Dharma and leading meditations twice a week with the MindfulnessVR Community.
Read more about Rev. George Beecher and Listen to his Podcast : Teas with Mara Here
https://bio.reverendgeorgebeecher.com/

More About the Academy
The Academy has invited some of the leading teachers in the field of Buddhist recovery. On the first Sunday of every month for an hour each teacher will explore the sharp edges of suffering through the lens of the Buddhist Teachings.
The Academy brings together teachers from different Buddhist lineages and approaches. Themes like addiction, alcoholism, depression, stinking thinking and compulsive behaviors will be explored.
During this event we will meditate, listen to the teaching, then have time for a Q & A at the end.

Refuge Recovery - Oregon Silent Retreat- 2 or 5 Day March 2026
2026-03-13 - 2026-03-18
Noble Silent Retreat – Corbett, Oregon
March 13–15 or March 13–18, 2026

Held at the beautiful Menucha retreat center, Corbett, Oregon
Choose a weekend retreat or a five-day retreat

Insight Recovery Sangha
2026-03-19 21:30 - 22:45, 2026-04-16 21:30 - 22:45 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Insight Recovery Sangha will meet monthly on Zoom and is for anyone (self-identified) who is working with strong cravings or addictions. We will meditate, hear short dharma talks related to Buddhist teachings and recovery, and share candidly with each other in community. The purpose of this group is to foster community and learn how to apply teachings on mindfulness, compassion and wisdom to our recovery program.
The emphasis will be on how craving causes suffering and how cultivating insight into the nature of craving can greatly ease our suffering, and help us lead more peaceful and contented lives. We have no affiliations with any other organizations and this is not a 12-Step group, although various known addiction recovery modalities may be referred to from time to time.
This group is open to everyone. There is no need to qualify for membership when you introduce yourself to the group. However, we do believe this group will work best for those committed to a life free from substance abuse and harmful addictive behaviors.
The teachers, Walt Opie and Dalila Bothwell, will serve as group facilitators, dharma teachers, and sangha (community) members. Over time, there will be guest teachers, as well.
There is no fee to enroll in the Insight Recovery Sangha. If you would like to support this program or your teachers, you may make an offering within the program platform after you enroll.
Enroll at
ims.dharma.org/courses/insight-recovery-sangha-2025

Transforming the Heart
2026-04-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
April BRN Academy
SUNDAY April 5, 2026 at 10AM PST
With BRN Board President Walt Opie
Transforming the Heart
Both Buddhist practice and recovery from addiction point to an inner transformation of the heart. As practicing addicts, our hearts may have been pretty shut down, which we may not even realize until it starts to open in recovery, perhaps quite slowly at first. One of the wonderful things about Buddhist practice is that we learn we can train the heart through certain practices like lovingkindness (metta). Then we realize we’re not practicing Buddhist recovery for ourselves alone–we’re also learning how to benefit others. In fact, the Buddha encouraged us to be a refuge for all beings.

Freedom Within: Mindfulness Tools for Sustaining Recovery – April 2026
2026-04-23 - 2026-04-26 | Metta Meditation Center, 3864 – 420th Avenue, Janesville, MN, 56048, United States
A Buddhist Meditation Retreat for People in Recovery
Deadline for enrollment extended to April 15th!
Experience a path toward genuine freedom through Buddhist mindfulness practices designed to support ongoing recovery from impulses and compulsive patterns. This supportive retreat offers ancient wisdom tools to help interrupt cycles of craving, urges, triggers, and habitual behaviors. Participants will learn to meet challenges with mindful awareness rather than automatic reactions, cultivating an inner sense of safety, grounding, and resilience that supports long-term recovery. Please note: This retreat is not a substitute for direct treatment for active addiction. It is intended for participants who are already in recovery—ideally with at least one year on their recovery journey—particularly if their experiences with craving, urges, triggers, or compulsive patterns relate to substance use or process addictions. Family members of individuals experiencing active addiction are also welcome, as the retreat aims to deepen understanding of the roots of addiction and strengthen supportive pathways for recovery.
Read more at the event sign up and information link

Buddhist Daylong with Kathy Cherry - Finding Stability in the Current
2026-05-02 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Unitarian Society of Germantown, 359 W Johnson St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Sponsored by PA Recovery Dharma & Friends

Buddhist Daylong with Kathy Cherry (Dharma Punx NYC)

In Buddhist teachings, there is a story of a person being carried by currents in a strong river, reaching for reeds and branches that cannot keep them from being washed further down stream. This reflects how, when we feel agitated or out of sorts, we often cling to familiar thoughts,tendencies, feelings, and identities, even when they no longer help.
In this daylong retreat, we’ll explore this metaphor as a way to better understand ourselves, our nervous system and how the body responds to stress. We’ll also look at how the Dharma works hand in hand with this desire for a felt sense of safety, offering practical guidance for meeting difficulties with awareness, kindness, and wisdom. Together, these perspectives help us recognize our survival patterns as natural, intelligent efforts to find stability and protection.
Throughout the day, you’ll be invited to slow down, practice, and notice your direct experience. Through guided meditations, mindfulness, Somatic Experiencing® techniques, relational practices, guided inquiry, and group reflection, you’ll learn to tune into sensation, move at a supportive pace, and create the conditions for your system to settle and restore balance so that wisdom can emerge.
As steadiness deepens, insight and choice become more accessible. This retreat is open to everyone, and all practices are gentle, optional, and adaptable to your individual needs.

Location & details – see registration page

The Mind in the Body: Breathing with the Nervous System with Kevin Griffin
2026-05-03 10:00 - 11:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87579202512?pwd=[REDACTED]
