School for Recovery Opens at Recovery Cafe

Three months after launching Recovery Cafe West Sac, the Mercy Coalition opened its first classes in its adjacent School for Recovery at the start of the year.

The School for Recovery features a diverse selection of 6- to 8-week courses designed to aid cafe members in personal growth, healing recovery, mindfulness, and other healthy practices. Early offerings in West Sacramento include a Healing Ceramics class, taught by local artist Rusty Summy; and a Writing for Recovery class taught by longtime professional writer (and current Mercy Coalition executive director) Don Bosley.

Future classes may focus on topics such as Recovery 101, gardening, grief, goal-setting, strengths-based living, water colors, yoga, and building healthy relationships.