Joe Conniff
Grit City Dharma
Grit City Dharma is a meditation community in Tacoma, WA, founded in 2025 by Joe Conniff. Joe has been studying the dharma for 11 years, having come to mindfulness and meditation following his experiences of addiction, mental illness, homelessness and incarceration, and all the ups and downs that came with them. Joe became a certified mindfulness instructor in 2018, and has studied under several renown western dharma teachers. He has taught within the criminal legal system and treatment centers. Joe currently offers lay dharma teachings in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Aside from his interests in m...
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Episodes
Importance of Teachers and their Qualities, Talk and Short Guided Meditation 03.07.2026 53:01
Talk on teacher qualities and virtues
3 Poisons/Unwholesome Roots Talk and Guided Meditation 27.06.2026 46:01
Talk on Greed, Hatred and Confusion/Ignorance, Antidotes and Guided Meditation
Accessing Liberation in this Lifetime 18.06.2026 55:03
Considerations towards freedom and non-reactivity through integrating the dharma as householders
5 Aggregates Talk and Guided Practice 15.06.2026 37:51
Talk on the 5 Aggregates, arising of self and guided meditation.
Wise Livelihood Talk and Meditation 23.05.2026 43:25
Talk on livelihood and using mindfulness and intention to cultivate a way of meeting basic needs through work that doesn’t cause harm to self and others.
8 Worldly Winds Talk 21.05.2026 27:19
Talk on the Vicissitudes
Firm Grips on Identity-Exploring Labels and Anatta 16.05.2026 48:01
Talk and guided meditation on “No-Self, me my and I” labels, and integrating the sense of I that we experience navigating the world and roles
Talk on the 5 Hindrances w/ Short Guided Meditation 14.05.2026 36:58
Wednesday evening talk on the hindrances with a short meditation
Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem: Buddha, Dharma & Sangha 09.05.2026 47:02
Talk on the Three Jewels, Buddha, Dharma & Sangha and Guided Meditation
Approaching Experience with a Beginner’s Mind 07.05.2026 50:10
Talk on Beginner’s Mind; cultivation and application
7 Factors of Awakening Talk and Guided Meditation 02.05.2026 47:01
Talk on the 7 Factors of Awakening followed by Guided Meditation
Parable of the Raft and Swimology 30.04.2026 45:52
Overview of the parable of the raft and story from S.N. Goenka on swimology talk and guided meditation
The 5 Remembrances: A Wake Up Call 25.04.2026 45:24
Talk on the 5 remembrances and guided meditation
Wise Speech in Relation to the Past 23.04.2026 22:56
Talk on “Remember When” convos and being skillful with speech related to the past.
Navigating Grief through the Dharma 20.04.2026 54:44
Talk and guided meditation on grief, impermanence and acknowledgement.
Papanca-Talk on the Proliferation of Thoughts and Guided 16.04.2026 40:17
Talk from our Wednesday evening sit in Tacoma
Freedom From Resentment Through Forgiveness Talk & Guided 11.04.2026 54:06
Talk on Freedom From is Freedom To
Anapana Meditation 04.04.2026 23:26
Short Anapana (Breath) Meditation
Coming Out of Ignorance-Vipassana Course Reflections 04.04.2026 32:10
Talk on Vipassana practice supported by the 5 precepts, and application of practice to lay folx.
Equanimity Talk and Guided Meditation 3/21/2026 21.03.2026 46:39
Talk on Equanimity w/ Guided Practice
The Art of Letting Go: How to cultivate Space for the Present-Talk and Guided 3/14/2026 14.03.2026 55:26
Talk on letting go and and cultivating gratitude and space for the present.
4 Tasks and the 8fold Path Talk (Part 3 of 3) 3/7/2026 08.03.2026 27:10
Talk on Effort, Mindfulness and Concentration
4 Tasks and the 8fold Path Talk and Guided (2 of 3) 2/28/26 01.03.2026 58:36
Part 2 of 3 on the 8fold path, discussing Speech, Action and Livelihood
4 Tasks and the 8fold Path Talk and Guided (1 of 3) 2/21/26 01.03.2026 49:38
Weekly talk on the 4 Tasks (truths) and first two path factors
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