About
Dharma Punx is a community to learn: meditation, dealing with the suffering in our lives and more about Buddhist practice. The lineage of this group has direct ties to the Thai Forest Tradition which is known for keeping close to the original teaching. However, Dharma Punx does not ask you to believe in anything. This practice is a “see for yourself” model. Take what works, leave the rest. Above all, this group offers practical skills to deal with pain, suffering and stress while cultivating compassion and an inclusive community.
We meet every Tuesday at 7PM both in-person and live on YouTube. See our directions page for information on how to find us.
What can I expect?
The format goes like this:
• First, the facilitator will introduce the topic for the evening.
• A question will be posed for group discussion.
• A 30-minute group guided meditation
• A 30-minute talk given by the facilitator
• Opportunity for Q&A or reflections.
Bree Lemasters
Dharma Punx Facilitator
Bree Lemasters is a meditation facilitator, mental health counselor, and addict in long-term recovery. She facilitates Dharma Punx Seattle, sharing Buddhist teachings through a lens shaped by recovery, trauma work, alternative culture, and the poetry of being a messy human.
Rooted in the Thai Forest tradition, Bree has practiced at Wat Pah Nanachat in Thailand and made a pilgrimage to India. A search for freedom has always driven her path. In her early years, that search took the form of protest and activism. Over time, she came to see that lasting change begins within and that until we free ourselves from greed, hatred, and delusion, we remain bound, no matter how just our cause.
Her teaching emphasizes letting go, compassion, and fierce stillness. She is interested in how we practice not apart from life, but in the middle of it, in a world that is uncertain, unstable, and impossible to control.
Bree believes the Dharma belongs to everyone, especially those who have felt like outsiders. She is committed to creating spaces where people can show up exactly as they are, investigate the causes of suffering, and discover the freedom available here and now.
Her primary teacher is Noah Levine, and she is training directly with him to become a Dharma Teacher. She also finds teachers in many monastics in the Thai Forest Tradition, difficult people, and her daughter.