Description
Walt Opie is a dharma teacher in the Insight Meditation tradition. He is a core faculty member with Sacramento Insight Meditation (SIM). He co-leads the monthly Insight Recovery Sangha through IMS Online with Dalila Bothwell. In addition, Walt currently serves as Board President for the Buddhist Recovery Network. He gives talks and teaches workshops and retreats throughout the U.S.
Walt began leading sitting groups specifically for people in addiction recovery in 2011. He started assisting and teaching on residential insight meditation retreats in 2017. He is a graduate of the Insight Meditation Society’s (IMS) 2017-2021 Teacher Training Program. He is also a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders training program (CDL4), mentored by Kevin Griffin (author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps).Â
No registration is necessary. You are welcome to attend just the sit, just the talk, or both. Please note that the doors to the meditation hall will be closed at 6:35 pm for the Evening Sit and at 7:35 pm for the Dharma talk.
Schedule
- 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm: Evening Sit
- 7:15 pm – 7:30 pm: Mindful Break
- 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm: Dharma Talk