Doug Kraft
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In his day-long meditation workshops and residential retreats, Doug Kraft guides participants to cultivate wise-attention and kindness as a direct path to wisdom and liberation. This approach to meditation is the application of mindful ease and relaxation as a means to experience rapid progress in the stages of meditation. He offers specific instructions based on the earliest discourses of the Buddha. This a mindfulness meditation combined with the Six R method recently rediscovered. It is a blend precise instructions with periods of silent meditation. Doug encourages questions and offers valuable perspectives to establishing a rich and rewarding daily practice.
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DOUG KRAFT, Psychotherapist, Buddhist and Meditation Teacher, MInister (retired)
INSTRUCTION: Zoom retreats, Counseling, Therapy, Public Speaking
LOCATION: Sacramento, California
CONTACT: http://www.easingawake.com
INSTRUCTION: Zoom retreats, Counseling, Therapy, Public Speaking
LOCATION: Sacramento, California
CONTACT: http://www.easingawake.com
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Doug's events are ideal for beginners or advanced meditators who wish to deepen their practice. His workshops and classes is oriented to people who have practiced Vipassana, Zen, Raja Yoga, and similar wisdom traditions. Doug emphasizes the natural development of jhanas or sublime state of awakening in meditation along with the practice of loving-kindness as a path of insight.
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Doug Kraft began meditation training in 1975 and is just as enthusiastic about meditating today as he was then. He is a senior student of Bhante Vimalaramsi. He has also studied with other Theravada teachers including John Travis, Ajahn Tong, Larry Rosenberg, Corrado Pensa, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Christopher Titum, Joanna Macy, and Andy Olendski to name a few. Doug has also trained with Korean Zen Master, Sahn Seung, Tibetan Mingur Rinpoche, and Siddha Yoga guru Muktananda, and (back in the day) Ram Dass, Pir Vilat Khan, Salvador Rouchet, Emmanuel, and Jean Houston.
Behind it all, Doug loves delving into human nature and teaching meditation. He conducts meditation classes and daylong retreats in the greater Sacramento area. Doug is also a counselor, therapist, and retired Unitarian Universalist Minister who lives with his wife, son, and two cats.
Behind it all, Doug loves delving into human nature and teaching meditation. He conducts meditation classes and daylong retreats in the greater Sacramento area. Doug is also a counselor, therapist, and retired Unitarian Universalist Minister who lives with his wife, son, and two cats.