Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction

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The illness of I

Fri, 18 Mar, 2016 - 23:00

From the “Illness of I” to the “Wellness of We” A Buddhist approach to recovery.
Dori LangevinThrough the lens of interconnectedness~interdependence~interbeing the addicted mind can open up and out of the narrow habituated cycle of wanting/getting/wanting ad nauseam and glimpse the deeper wholesome desires of simply being human.
Saturday March 19th 6pm UK time 11am Pacific time

What is this hunger I feel in the marrow of my bones?
What is this thirst I feel in the...

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Jon Kabat Zinn

Fri, 11 Mar, 2016 - 03:47

Jon Kabat Zinn

Fri, 11 Mar, 2016 - 03:47

March 12th this Saturday 7pm UK time - Jon Kabat Zinn - a trained Dharma practitioner - who has mainstreamed mindfulness - said he brought mindfulness to the general public because he wanted to give his dharma friends a livelihood.

He will be talking about how to bring about well being on Healing and Insight this week. He will be taking questions, leading a meditation and a short talk.

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March 5th - Spiritual death and Rebirth

Thu, 3 Mar, 2016 - 14:54

March 5th - Spiritual death and Rebirth

Thu, 3 Mar, 2016 - 14:54

Spiritual Death - Spiritual Rebirth - This Saturday March 5th 11am Pacific time on

Heaing and Insight

‘When we accept Step One - ‘This human life will bring suffering’ we are receptive to the four reminders - Our Precious Birth, Death is inevitable - Actions have Consequences, and the ocean of karmic suffering. By reflecting on the reminders they can wake you out of the addictive hell realm, and bring about a gradual awakening through a Spiritual death and Spiritual rebirth. Join...

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Going forth from the prison of our minds

Thu, 4 Feb, 2016 - 18:50

Going forth from the prison of our minds

Thu, 4 Feb, 2016 - 18:50

Please join me this Saturday February 6th - 7pm UK time - 11am Pacific time on World Wide Insight - as I explore free ourselves from the prison of our minds. Healing and Insight

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Refuge Recovery - Mary Stancavage

Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 02:29

Refuge Recovery - Mary Stancavage

Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 02:29

Mary Stancavage a senior teacher from Refuge Recovery. Part of Noah Levines Lineage - Against the Stream. She will talk about ”An Undefended Heart: using Buddhist practices to stay present with our pain so we don’t seek relief in addictive behaviors. When we crave things to be different and chase an illusory good time, we only compound our suffering. On Healing and Insight
this Saturday 30th. Please join us 7pm UK time

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Recovery 2.0

Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 06:06

Recovery 2.0

Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 06:06

Recovery 2.0 Free to sign up. Speakers include Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John, Noah Levine, Gabor Mate, and many others.

And if you are wanting to take your recovery one step further - 8 Step recovery meetings are beginning to set up in the UK. If you live in Brighton and want to attend a meeting please let me know. If you live in Bristol and are interested please let me know too.

Also we have some great Triratna OMs teaching on ...

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Healing and Insight

Tue, 29 Dec, 2015 - 05:40

Healing and Insight

Tue, 29 Dec, 2015 - 05:40

www.WorldwideInsight.org is pleased to announce the launch of its online channel, Healing & Insight: Buddhist Health and Wellness dharma teachings. Every Saturday beginning January 2nd, 11am Pacific time, 7pm Greenwich Mean time.

Free sign up and more information:

Worldwide Insight has offered an interactive live weekly Sunday dharma session, taught by renowned meditation teachers over the internet, for nearly a year now with great success. With nearly 5,000 people signed up from 70 countries and a growing weekly sangha...

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Buddhist Health and Wellness

Tue, 29 Dec, 2015 - 05:30

Buddhist Health and Wellness

Tue, 29 Dec, 2015 - 05:30

At the heart of Buddhist Recovery is ethics, placing positive values at the centre of our lives, awareness and kindness.
Launching Saturday January 2nd
Buddhist Health and Wellness - Healing and Insight.

11am Pacific Time

7pm Greenwich mean time

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The weight we need to lose is of our minds

Sun, 14 Jun, 2015 - 05:06

The weight we need to lose is of our minds

Sun, 14 Jun, 2015 - 05:06

I was asked to talk about weight loss - and I balked at the idea - and then I thought let me add to this dialogue - because as far as i am concerned The weight we need to lose is of our minds, we carry so much crap around in our thoughts, that they weigh us down and trigger us to eat. And how sugar can really affect our moods.If we lose weight of our minds, our bodies will...

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Walking My Talk

Sat, 11 Apr, 2015 - 06:59

Walking My Talk

Sat, 11 Apr, 2015 - 06:59

I decided it was about time I make some more effort at walking my talk. So what better opportunity do I have but to work through the 8 steps that I co-founded to take me out of my misery? Although many of the teachings I speak about in the book, were inspirations for me to change my life. I’ve not surrendered to a mentor/sponsor to take me systematically through the set of 8 steps.

While writing the notes on...