Shannon sits down with good friend and Dharma teacher, Lisa Goddard.

Lisa Goddard has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1999 and has been facilitating these practices since 2000.

Inspired by the teachings of Suzuki Roshi and Ajahn Chah, Lisa received training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Zen Hospice Project and Mindful Schools. She is a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator through UCLA's Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, and the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.

Lisa teaches weekly in Carbondale and Aspen. https://www.roaringforkinsight.org/

Dave gets the opportunity to talk about Addiction, breaking from of habits and creatively working with feeling tone ( Vedana). Enjoy

Martine Batchelor was born in France in 1953. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan at Songgwang Sa monastery until 1984. Following Master Kusan’s death she returned her nun’s vows and left Korea. She returned to Europe with her husband, Stephen, in 1985. She was a member of the Sharpham North Community in Devon, England for six years. She worked as a lecturer and spiritual counsellor both at Gaia House and elsewhere in Britain. She is the author of Meditation for Life, Let Go, and Women in Korean Zen (2007) and The Spirit of the Buddha (2010). With her husband she co-leads meditation retreats worldwide. They now live in France.

https://bodhi-college.org/

Dave Smith is interviewed by long time friend and student, Andrew Chapman. Andrew is the guiding teacher at the Wild Heart Meditation Center in Nashville TN. https://wildheartmeditationcenter.org/

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Shannon Smith sits down with Kara Haney. Kara is a long time friend and has been a leader in the Buddhist Recovery world for many years.

Kara has been practicing meditation since 1993 and leading Vipassana meditation since 1996. Kara practices the fifth precept of full renunciation from intoxicants with over twenty years sober and utilizes the Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths for process addiction. In 2013 she assisted in starting Buddhist recovery groups in Santa Cruz and has been a foundational member and mentor for the community. Kara attends multiple silent Vipassana retreats each year. She has been empowered to teach by Bob Stahl, trained to facilitate Mindfulness and Buddhist meditation through the former Against the Stream Meditation Society and is currently in the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader two-year program. Kara has been active as the Program Coordinator for Insight Santa Cruz for five years and was a member of the Board for four years. She teaches weekly meditation groups at Insight Santa Cruz and offers daylong retreats. Kara currently lives in downtown Santa Cruz with her teenaged son and recently went back to school for a master’s degree in Social Work.

She has a Meditation group called Fierce Hearts.

https://www.facebook.com/fiercehearts108/

Dave interviews Dr. Chris Willard on his experience both personally and professionally with Buddhism. Secular Mindfulness, Recovery and more. To find out more about Chris you can go to his site: http://drchristopherwillard.com/

Dave Smith sits down on zoom to discuss Buddhist Recovery with George Haas. To find out more about George, click here: https://www.mettagroup.org/