ONE BREATH AT A TIME
Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
Kevin Griffin
BIOGRAPHY
Kevin Griffin has been practicing meditation since 1978, and doing Buddhist Vipassana practice since 1980. He has studied with the leading Western Vipassana teachers, including Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Ruth Denison, Christopher Titmuss, Ajahn Amaro, James Baraz, Wes Nisker, and many others. He has been teaching meditation in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1996.
Kevin has been actively working with the Twelve Steps since 1985, maintaining continuous sobriety from alcohol and drugs during that time.
Kevin has been trained as a Community Dharma Leader (CDL) with the Spirit Rock Teaching Collective, a two and a half year program of study, retreat, and teacher training. He has been mentored in that program by James Baraz, one of the founders of Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Kevin has been writing fiction and non-fiction for fifteen years. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine.
Kevin has this teaching experience:
· Currently leads the Berkeley Wednesday Night meditation group, founded by Wes Nisker in 1994 and inherited by Kevin in 2000. This group has over 75 regular members.
* Teaches weekly meditation class for recovering addicts and alcoholics at Options Recovery Services in Berkeley.
* Leads workshops and daylongs on Buddhism and the Twelve Steps in the Bay Area.
* Teaches a college course called "What Is Buddhism?" an introduction to meditation and the teachings of Buddhism at St. Mary's College of California.
* Visiting teacher at: Zen Hospice in San Francisco; the Mill Valley Vipassana Group; the Walnut Creek Meditation Group.
* Teaches individuals privately and leads private meditation groups and study groups in Berkeley.
Kevin has been involved on an organizational levels with several groups:
* A founding Board member of the East Bay Dharma Center, an emerging urban meditation center affiliated with Spirit Rock Meditation Center which serves the diverse spiritual community of the Bay Area.
* One of the founders of the East Bay Family Sangha, a meditation group for parents and children in Berkeley and Oakland.
* Helped organize and teach a meditation program for the homeless through the Berkeley Ecumenical Chaplaincy for the Homeless.
Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
Kevin Griffin
BIOGRAPHY
Kevin Griffin has been practicing meditation since 1978, and doing Buddhist Vipassana practice since 1980. He has studied with the leading Western Vipassana teachers, including Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Ruth Denison, Christopher Titmuss, Ajahn Amaro, James Baraz, Wes Nisker, and many others. He has been teaching meditation in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1996.
Kevin has been actively working with the Twelve Steps since 1985, maintaining continuous sobriety from alcohol and drugs during that time.
Kevin has been trained as a Community Dharma Leader (CDL) with the Spirit Rock Teaching Collective, a two and a half year program of study, retreat, and teacher training. He has been mentored in that program by James Baraz, one of the founders of Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Kevin has been writing fiction and non-fiction for fifteen years. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine.
Kevin has this teaching experience:
- · Currently leads the Berkeley Wednesday Night meditation group, founded by Wes Nisker in 1994 and inherited by Kevin in 2000. This group has over 75 regular members.
* Teaches weekly meditation class for recovering addicts and alcoholics at Options Recovery Services in Berkeley.
* Leads workshops and daylongs on Buddhism and the Twelve Steps in the Bay Area.
* Teaches a college course called "What Is Buddhism?" an introduction to meditation and the teachings of Buddhism at St. Mary's College of California.
* Visiting teacher at: Zen Hospice in San Francisco; the Mill Valley Vipassana Group; the Walnut Creek Meditation Group.
* Teaches individuals privately and leads private meditation groups and study groups in Berkeley.
Kevin has been involved on an organizational levels with several groups:
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* A founding Board member of the East Bay Dharma Center, an emerging urban meditation center affiliated with Spirit Rock Meditation Center which serves the diverse spiritual community of the Bay Area.
* One of the founders of the East Bay Family Sangha, a meditation group for parents and children in Berkeley and Oakland.
* Helped organize and teach a meditation program for the homeless through the Berkeley Ecumenical Chaplaincy for the Homeless.