mary davis
Mary has had a serious practice for almost 30 years. She started her Buddhist studies while practicing in a Tibetan tradition where she also took leadership and teaching roles. She has been practicing in the Insight Meditation tradition for almost 15 years during which time she has attended a number of residential retreats, including long retreat, and completed Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader program in 2017. She has been mentored by Howie Cohn for over a decade.
During her career as a manager at Kaiser Permanente, she served as the Mindfulness Leader for the San Francisco facility. In that role she wrote a weekly newsletter, led two lunchtime sits a week, and offered a number of Lunch and Learn lectures on mindfulness topics. Upon retiring from Kaiser, she began mentoring with Banyan, an online mindfulness meditation community. She also served as a facilitator for Mindful Leader, leading two sits a week for three years.
Mary Davis has served as the President of the Mission Dharma Board for the past five years, having served on the Board since its inception in 2016. In addition, Mary has led a number of introductory courses, as well as sat in for Howie on Tuesday nights. She was also one of the facilitators for the Eight-Month Investigating our Whiteness program in 2020/2021 in addition to mentoring groups. Mary is currently the Lead Teacher, as well as one of the Founding Teachers of Insight Richmond, a weekly sitting group in Richmond, California, as well as teaches at Alameda Sangha once a month.
Mary's greatest joy is building communities where people can deepen their meditation practice as well as feel safe and seen. She is available for one-on-one mentoring. If interested, please email [email protected].