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Teachers


Anna-Brown Griswold

Anna-Brown Griswold teaches Insight Dialogue online and in the Northwest.…

Ayya Sobhana

Ayya Sobhana is a Harvard graduate and trained with master Dhamma…

Bart van Melik

Bart van Melik (he/him) is the guiding teacher at the…

Bhante J

Bhikkhu Jayasāra, or “Bhante J” as most call him, is…

Cheryl Wilfong

Cheryl Wilfong teaches mindfulness meditation at Vermont Insight Meditation Center…

Cindy Dollar

Cindy Dollar  was the owner and senior teacher at One…

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DaeJa Napier

DaeJa Napier (she/her) teaches Insight Meditation (Vipassana) with an emphasis…

Dave Smith

Dave Smith (he/him) is an internationally recognized Buddhist meditation teacher,…

David Chernikoff

David Chernikoff (he/him), M.Div, LCSW. (www.davidchernikoff.com) is a meditation teacher, spiritual…

David McKay

David McKay (he/him) entered a Zen Buddhist monastery at the…

Dawn Scott

Dawn Scott (she/her) has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2008…

Deborah Eden Tull

Deborah Eden Tull (she/her), the founder of Mindful Living Revolution,…

Donald Rothberg

Donald Rothberg, Ph.D. (he/him), is a member of the Teachers…

Dr. Hun Lye

Dorjé Lopön Dr. Lye (he/him) grew up in a Buddhist…

Em Morrison

Em became interested in mindfulness and meditation in 2011 because…

Eve Decker

Eve Decker (she/her) began Insight Meditation practice in 1991, and…

Florence Meleo-Meyer

Florence Meleo-Meyer teaches Insight Dialogue retreats internationally and is co-developer of…

Fresh "Lev" White

Fresh “Lev” White (he/they) is a love and compassion activist.…

Gisela Konrad

Gisela Konrad (she/her) has been leading meditation retreats for 25…

Greg Pergament

Greg Pergament (he/him) is the author of Chi Kung and…

Heather Sundberg

Heather Sundberg (she/her) has taught insight meditation since 1999, and…

Hugh Byrne

Hugh Byrne, PhD, is a senior teacher with the Insight…

Jeff Collins

Jeff Collins (he/him) has been leading meditation retreats for 30…

Jogen Salzberg

Jogen Salzberg (he/him), Sensei, began practicing meditation in the 90’s…

John Orr

John Orr (he/him) received Theravada Buddhist ordination and training for…

Joyce Curnan

Joyce Curnan (she/her) completed a 2-year teacher training course in Mindfulness-Based…

Kathleen Herr (Won HerrJu)

Kathleen Herr (Won HerrJu) has been a practitioner of Won…

Kerstin Deibert

Kerstin Deibert (she/her) has been practicing within the Insight Meditation…

Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin (he/him) is a Buddhist teacher and author and…

La Sarmiento

La Sarmiento (they/them), an immigrant, non-binary, queer Filipinx American, has been practicing…

Lama Justin von Bujdoss

Lama Justin von Bujdoss

Lama Justin von Bujdoss (he/him) is an American vajrayana Buddhist…

Lama Kathy Wesley

Lama Kathy Wesley (she/her) has been a student of Khenpo…

Lama Rod Owens

Considered one of the leaders of the next generation of…

Leigh Brasington

Leigh Brasington (he/him) has been practicing meditation since 1985 and…

Leslie Rawls

Leslie Rawls (she/her) (Chân Giác Xứ) is a Dharma teacher…

Lisa Ernst

Lisa Ernst (she/her) is a meditation teacher, artist and founder…

Mark Nunberg

Mark Nunberg (he/him) began his meditation practice in 1982 and…

Mary Aubry

Mary Aubry (she/her) leads meditation retreats on insight, the jhanas,…

Mary Linda McBride

Mary Linda McBride is a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)…

Meredith McIntosh

Meredith McIntosh (she/her) is a long-time student of Tangen Harada…

Mikey Livid

Mikey Livid (he/him) is a Buddhist teacher, author, and counselor.…

Nolitha Tsengiwe

Nolitha Tsengiwe (she/her), based in Johannesburg, is a meditation teacher…

Patty Daniel

Patty Daniel (Won EunHaeHwa, she/her) is a North Carolina native and…

Phyllis Hicks

Phyllis Hicks (she/her) teaches Insight Dialogue retreats internationally and is…

Rabbi Jeff Roth

Rabbi Jeff Roth

Rabbi Jeff Roth (he/him), D.Min., M.S.W. is the founder and…

Rabbi Joanna Katz

Rabbi Joanna Katz (she/her) attended the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was…

Rachael O’Brien

Rachael O’Brien (she/her) has been practicing meditation and investigating the…

Rachael Tanner-Smith

Rachael Tanner-Smith (she/her) is a long time dedicated practitioner and…

Rev. Ginger Lee

Rev. Ginger Lee (she/her) was ordained as a Won Buddhist…

Rev. Teijo Munnich

Reverend Teijo Munnich (she/her) is a Dharma Heir of Dainin…

Rev. WonGong So

Rev. WonGong (she/her), (affectionately known as Rev. Wow!) is a lifetime…

Rima Vesely-Flad, Ph.D.

is an Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy and the…

Rodney Smith

Rodney Smith is a retired Insight Meditation Society (IMS) guiding…

Ronya Banks

Ronya Banks (she/her) is the founding teacher of Asheville Insight…

Rupert Marques

Rupert Marques (he/him) has practiced in the Insight meditation tradition…

Spike

(she/they) is a Black trans storyteller residing on Cherokee territory…

Spring Washam

Spring Washam (she/her) is a Dharma teacher, author, and visionary…

Ven. Clear Grace Dayananda

Venerable Clear Grace Dayananda (she/her), a Buddhist Monk, received novice…

Venerable Somasihi Bhikkhuni

Venerable Soma took novice and higher ordination as a Theravaden…

Walt Opie

Walt Opie has practiced insight meditation with various teachers since…

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