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Sangha in Recovery 2009

Year-long Sangha in Recovery Program 
with Jeffrey Schneider and Laura Burges





First Meeting:
Fall Semester
Sunday, September 13 - Saturday, December 19, 2009

Sunday, September 13
10 am - 3 pm
Small Groups: Fridays, September 25, October 16, November 13, December 4
7:30 - 9 pm
Introduction to
Buddhism class
:
Thursdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19
7:30 - 9 pm
Yoga Workshop: with Victoria Austin
Saturday, September 19
1:30 - 5 pm
Sejiki Ceremony
(optional):
Friday, October 30
6 pm
Forgiveness and Recovery Workshop: with Laura Burges
Saturday, November 7
1:30 - 5 pm
All-day sitting
and retreat:
Sunday, November 22
10 am - 5 pm
Thanksgiving
celebration (optional):
Thursday, November 26
Afternoon
Final Meeting: Saturday, December 19
6 - 9 pm
   
The Sangha, along with the Buddha and the Dharma, is one of the Three Refuges of Buddhism. It is the community of men and women who practice together. In recovery, we share our “experience, strength and hope” with one another. Encouraging each other in sangha helps us to realize our intention to live an awakened life.

The San Francisco Zen Center is offering, in two semesters, a nine-month experience of sangha for people in recovery. Many in our community have found Buddhist practice and our work in recovery equally affirming. Those who join this group will commit to the practice of meditation three times a week (either at home or at Zen Center), attending a class on basic Buddhist concepts, meeting together and individually with the organizing teachers. Other opportunities will be offered throughout the two periods as electives. These will include half-day, full-day and multiple-day retreats, workshops, a week of work practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, and other events.

This program is open to all men and women in recovery from substance abuse or behavioral disorder. We ask that you be already involved in a recovery program and that you have a minimum of a year of continuous sobriety. Sangha in Recovery is not meant to replace, but to augment, our efforts elsewhere.

The year will be divided into two semesters and the events are scheduled to accommodate working men and women. The fees cover the class, the group meetings, the November 22 retreat and meetings with teachers. Other elective events are at an additional cost.

Fees: $250 per semester. Some partial scholarships are available.

Application deadline: due by August 28

A printable version of the application is available here or can be picked up in the City Center office at 300 Page Street.

Send application to:
San Francisco Zen Center
Attn: Jeffrey Schneider
300 Page Street
San Francisco, CA 94102


Related Bio(s):

Jeffrey Schneider
Jeffrey Schneider has been practicing at San Francisco Zen Center, where he is a priest, since 1978. He began the Meditation and Recovery Group at Zen Center in 2000 and has led retreats on Buddhism and Recovery in a variety of venues. He is a member of the California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators.

Laura Burges
Laura Burges is a lay teacher in the Soto Zen tradition, and she lectures and leads retreats at different practice centers in Northern California. She recently received Lay Entrustment with her teacher Eijun Linda Cutts.

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