Each meeting includes a 30-minute guided meditation, a community check-in, and a dharma talk. This week will be guided by Mary Davis.
We will meet via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/452542682?pwd=bUNmZDMreU5UdGtjNEhBRnU2cDI3dz09
About Mary Davis
Mary fell in love with the teachings of the Buddha about 30 years ago. She started her Buddhist studies while practicing in a Tibetan tradition where she also took on leadership and teaching roles. She has been practicing in the Insight Meditation tradition for almost 20 years during which time she has attended over 25 residential retreats, including long retreat, and completed Spirit Rock's two-year Community Dharma Leader program in 2017. She has been mentored by Howie Cohn for over a decade.
During her career as a manager at Kaiser Permanente, she served as the Mindfulness Leader for the San Francisco Medical Center. In that role she wrote a weekly newsletter, led two lunchtime sits a week, and offered a number of Lunch and Learn lectures on mindfulness topics. In 2019, she completed the Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Training and has incorporated the concepts into many of her teachings. Upon retiring from Kaiser in 2022, she began mentoring with Banyan, an online mindfulness meditation community.
In 2016, Mary, along with her Community Dharma Leader colleagues, Ashley Sharp and Thomas Davis IV, started Insight Richmond to offer the practices and teachings of the Western Theravada/Insight Meditation. While both Ashley and Thomas have moved onto other dharma adventures, Mary has continued to lead the group.
Mary Davis has also served as the President of the Mission Dharma Board for the past five years, having served on the Board since its inception in 2016. In addition, Mary has led a number of introductory courses, as well as sat in for Howie on Tuesday nights. She was also one of the facilitators for the Eight-Month Investigating our Whiteness program in 2020/2021 In addition, she is a regular guest teacher at the Alameda Sangha, as well as the SF Sangha.
Mary's greatest joy is building communities where people can deepen their meditation practice as well as feel safe and seen. She brings authenticity, humor and compassion to her dharma offerings. She is available for one-on-one mentoring. If interested, please contact her here.