Brian Dean Williams is a meditation teacher, registered clinical counsellor, and approved clinical supervisor. With a background in activism and community organizing, he went to his first meditation retreat in 2002, and began engaging with Buddhism and eventually teaching. Brian has worked on the frontlines for 28 years with folks struggling with mental health, substance use, housing, and marginalization. Brian trained with Dave in LA as a meditation facilitator in the early 2010s. Brian's main modalities are narrative therapy and Buddhist psychology, although he also draws from other collaborative forms of counselling and community work. Brian lives on the Sunshine Coast in Canada (BC) with his wife and three kids, where he loves mountain biking, playing hockey / basketball, and singing with his community.

www.briandeanwilliams.com

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Erin is a Buddhist teacher and organizational leader. She serves as Guiding Teacher of Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center and served as Guiding Teacher of the Durango Dharma Center. She teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and has served on the teaching councils and as a consultant for multiple sanghas throughout the country. She is committed to fostering communities of belonging, including de-centering whiteness and heteronormative culture. She teaches the practical and the profound, from a heart grounded in respect for mystery and the many faces of awakening. She is happiest dancing, hiking, cooking, and being in the mountains and rivers of her home in Durango, Colorado.

https://www.vallecitos.org/

To find out more, see the links below.

Reflective Meditation

Sati Sangha

Pine Street Sangha

Reflective Counsel