Mary Stancavage – The Joy of Letting Go

In November 2022, London Insight Meditation hosted Mary Stancavage for a retreat day in London on the freedom of letting go towards clarity, wisdom and compassion.

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MARY STANCAVAGE

Mary Stancavage has practiced meditation, yoga, and cultivated a spiritual practice for over 35 years and in 2009 was empowered to teach Buddhadharma.

Mary is based in the Los Angeles area and teaches classes, retreats and does individual mentoring. She has taught mindfulness at recovery centres, has co-facilitated Year-to-Live groups since 2008, and has had a weekly dharma class for over a decade. Mary is part of the Guiding Teachers Council at Insight Community of the Desert and a founding teacher at Meditation Coalition. She completed the Buddhist Chaplaincy Program at the Sati Center and served as volunteer chaplain at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. She also served as Executive Director of the Mind Body Awareness Project from 2016 to 2018.

In taking the practice off the cushion, Mary is honoured to serve on the board of CLUE: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. Along with teaching, she continues to investigate what it means to live with an undefended heart. Fun fact: Mary has a Masters Degree from UCLA and worked as an archaeologist in Syria.

More info can be found at her website: https://marystancavage.org.

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