Mindfulness Meditation Series with Wes Nisker & Kevin Griffin / Wednesdays

Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation: taught by Wes Nisker, Kevin Griffin and other teachers affiliated with Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

The class will focus on the development and application of mindfulness, offering instruction, guided meditations, talks and discussion. We will explore Buddhist psychology and philosophy, making use of information from modern science and culture, as we bring these timeless teachings alive in each of us, for the benefit of all.

Kevin Griffin’s classes are currently working with a translated text called Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, each month taking up a different chapter, connecting this ancient teaching with contemporary concerns.

Schedule: Basic Buddhist Philosophy and Practices

April 24th – Wes

May 1st – Kevin

May 8th – Kevin

May 15th – Phillip Moffitt

May 22nd – Wes

May 29th – James Baraz (tentative)

June 5th – Kevin

June 12th – Bill Mahony

June 19th – Wes

June 26th – Kevin

July 3rd – Wes

Dec 4th – Love Your Body with Kimber Simpkins

Wes `Scoop’ Nisker is a teacher of Buddhist meditation, an author,radio commentator, and performer. His books include the bestselling classic Essential Crazy Wisdom; Buddha’s Nature; and his latest, Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again! Wes is also the founder and co-editor of the international Buddhist journal “Inquiring Mind.” He is an affiliate teacher at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre,California, and does regular workshops at Esalen Institute and other venues. For the past several years Wes has been performing a comic monologue entitled Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again! which was recently staged at the esteemed Berkeley Repertory theater. Wes’s famous tag line is: “If you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own.”0

Website: wesnisker.com or scoopnisker.com.

Kevin Griffin is the author of the seminal 2004 book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and the recent A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery. He has been practicing Buddhist meditation for three decades and been in recovery since 1985. He’s been a meditation teacher for over fifteen years. His teacher training was at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where he currently leads Dharma and Recovery classes.