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In this episode we have meditation teacher, writer and poet Walt Opie. Walt Opie is a dharma teacher in the Insight Meditation tradition.  He began leading sitting groups specifically for people in addiction recovery in 2011. he has been a volunteer teacher with Boundless Freedom Project (formerly known as Buddhist Pathways Prison Project) inside prisons in California.…

Sometimes urges hit us at the worst time, if we look deeply we can find patterns in our cravings. Usually cravings arise when we do activities that were associated with using. We need to put in some work to rewire our brain to understand that this activity is no longer associated with drinking. I know…

In this episode Kevin Griffin is talking about mindfulness, dharma and how it helped him in his recovery journey. We also talk about Ānāpānasati and how mindfulness encompasses the full range of meditation benefits and how the dharma is reflected inside of it.  Anapanasati literally translates to “mindfulness of breathing” in Pali. It holds a…

This metta meditation was created in order to cultivate a loving-kindness towards ourselves. Develop an understanding of our recovery journey and provide a tool for when the urges strike.  The 3 stages of relapse are important to recoginze within ourselves in order to catch it in time and act. The earlier we act the better…

This meditation was created for those rough times. Times of struggle. Making the right choice now is the best opportunity to grow.  In this meditation we’ll spend 5 minutes doing  a 1-2-3 Pranayama breathing practice. It is meant to regulate emotions by activating the vagus nerve.  This nerve connects the brain to the guy and…

In this meditation we ride the urge like a wave. Just like everything else urges are temporary. We can learn to notice the urge, observe it and decide not to follow it, just for today. It happens all the time, hunger, thirst, even the need to go to the bathroom, they all come and go.…