Welcome to the Team!
Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John M.A (hon.doc) is the award-winning author of 8 books, including Eight Step Recovery, Using The Buddha’s teachings to overcome Addiction. There are 8-Step recovery meetings in several continents!
She is also the author of Detox Your Heart – Meditations for Emotional Trauma. In 2005 she co-founded the eight week course Mindfulness-Based Addiction Recovery MBAR. This is either a 4 week intensive course online, or two hours a week for 8 weeks in-person course, for anybody wanting to enhance their recovery. There is a train the trainer component for those who would like to be facilitators of this course.
Mason-John works as an inspirational public speaker on the field of Mindfulness Approaches for addiction and is a master trainer in conflict transformation and leadership skills. She is also an accredited Mindfulness Teacher, and Life Coach, and is she is delighted to be accredited as a Recovery Coach, as taught by Cali Estes, and hopes to contribute to the great work that the Academy offers.
Please visit https://www.valeriemason-john.com/ to learn more about Valerie and the incredible work she is doing!