Spring Washam, Meditation and Dharma Teacher
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Miscellaneous
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Submitted
Sources ID:
66661
Collection:
Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Depression
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Public (group default)
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Spring Washam was selling timeshares and struggling with depression when she decided to embark on a journey to work on her mind. After looking into psychology texts, self-help books and various forms of meditation, she eventually attended a 10-day meditation retreat that she says changed her life forever. Washam is now a well-known meditation and dharma teacher who started the East Bay Meditation Center, bringing mindfulness meditation practices to the diverse communities in the Oakland, California, area. She also has a somewhat controversial project involving trips into the Amazon jungle and the drug Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic plant-based tea mixture. (( Links and more information below... ))