Albuquerque Vipassana Sangha
Brian Lesage
Brian Lesage has practiced Buddhist meditation for nineteen years.
He has studied in both the Zen and Theravada schools of Buddhism.
He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996 and underwent
intensive training for four years. His training in Vipassana
Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar
(Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S.
He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses in a variety
of settings for the general population nationwide and has also taught
adjudicated teens and prison inmates. He is a co-founder of
Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provides
meditation instruction and Somatic Experiencing, a naturalistic
approach to healing trauma, for individuals dealing with various
difficult circumstances such as addiction, chronic pain, and stress.
Brian lives in southern New Mexico and visits our sangha
several times a year to sit with us and give dharma talks.
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