The Heart of Recovery Meditation Group (Los Angeles Area)

The Heart of Recovery is a meditation and sharing support group with the purpose of bringing together the practice of meditation, the Shambhala and Buddhist teachings, and the Twelve Steps of Recovery with the goal of integrating the basic sanity of the Dharma and the basic goodness of meditation with our commitment to abstinence. We welcome all those who wish to share in these common interests.

There are no requirements to our meetings

We welcome all Buddhist and meditation practitioners from all traditions, Twelve Step practitioners from all programs and/or anyone struggling with addiction. We find that our group is a very mix bunch that come from many different backgrounds. We get people from AA, NA, OA, MA, and Al-Alon as well as people with no 12 step affiliation. The common factor is that addiction has touched all of us in way or another and now we are looking for some way to understand what that means.

Group Reading List

Our group reads from the following list of books. Books are not required to attend the meeting:

One Breath At A Time by Kevin Griffin
Taking A Leap by Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
The 12-Step Buddhist by Darren Littlejohn

For more information you can email the group's coordinator at heartofrecovery@gmail.com

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