with Dr. Vimalasara Valerie Mason – John and Shahara Godfrey and Guest Speakers

The daylong will include two panels including speakers from the 12-step, Buddhist Recovery and mindfulness communities.  Speakers will discuss the relationship between Buddhist Recovery and 12-step programs, and also discuss what does the World need in the midst of the current addiction crisis. There will be an opportunity to attend a recovery meeting in the morning at 9:30am prompt.

Guest Speakers:

Father Tom – 12 step Programs

Enrique Collazo – Refuge Recovery

Laura Burges –  San Francisco Zen Center

Dr. Vimalasara Mason-John – 8 Step Recovery

George Gomez – Heart of Recovery

Kevin Griffin – Buddhism & 12 Steps

Steve Tierney – San Francisco Zen Centre

Augusta Hopkins – Mindfulness Coach

Panels hosted by Shahara Godfrey and Walt Opie

Space is limited and registration is requested. REGISTER HERE

Cost: There is no registration fee for attending this event, nor most EBMC events. However, EBMC is not independently funded. The Center and the teachers will be sustained only by your voluntary donations (the practice of generous giving, or “dana”). Please donate generously, in proportion to your ability:

* Either online (you will be offered an opportunity during the online registration process to donate to EBMC; the teachers will not receive any part of this online donation).
* Or at the event, in the two baskets at EBMC, one for the Center, the second for the Teacher.

Thank you for your generosity. EBMC will be only be sustained through our collective generosity.

Fragrance-free: In order to protect the health of community members with environmental illness, please do not wear fragranced products (including “natural” fragrances) or clothes laundered in fragranced products to EBMC.

EBMC is wheelchair accessible.