Life has a way of bringing challenges, especially these days. Have you been searching for a simple guide to help you transform anger, bitterness or insecurity into kindness, compassion and generosity? Allan Lokos, founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center has written a wonderful book that fits the bill. Come celebrate his new book, Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living, and hear Allan share some of the practices he has put into this beautiful compilation.


Allan Lokos is the founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center in New York City. He began his study and practice of meditation with Thay Thich Nhat Hanh in the nineties. His teachers have included Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, Andrew Olendzki, Stephen Batchelor, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, among others. Allan is an ordained Interfaith minister and has taught at New York Insight Meditation Center, The New Seminary, One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, and Marymount College. His writing has appeared in Tricycle magazine, Back Stage newspaper, and the anthology, Audacious Creativity.