Chris Germer
Chris Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and they wrote two books, The...
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Grace Fisher
Grace Fisher is a psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and a longtime student of the Theravada tradition with more than 25 years of practice. She completed Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Training program, and served...
Isa Gucciardi
Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. is an author, teacher, and co-founder of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, a school for consciousness studies located in Berkeley, CA. She is the creator of Depth Hypnosis™, a groundbreaking...
Maura Sills
Maura Sills is the founder of Core Process Psychotherapy and founder of the Karuna Institute, Dartmoor. The Karuna Institute offered Masters Degree Trainings in Buddhist informed Psychotherapy Trainings Accredited with the U.K. Council for...
Anna-Brown Griswold
Anna-Brown Griswold has been practicing and studying in the Buddhist tradition for over 30 years, primarily in the Tibetan and Zen koan lineages. Her journey has included monastic practice, extended solitary retreats, a Master’s...
Rosalie Dores
Rosalie Dores is an Insight Dialogue Retreat Teacher. She has been practicing meditation and yoga for over 30 years. The combination of both has evolved into a somatically informed approach to teaching dharma. Rosie’s...
Beth Upton
Beth Upton was born in 1982 in London. She graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Economics, then in 2008 ordained as a Buddhist nun at Pa Auk Meditation Centre in Myanmar. She...
Ulla Koenig
Ulla Koenig is a mindfulness and meditation teacher in the Vipassana tradition. She teaches insight meditation retreats in various centres in Germany as well as in social institutions and prisons. She works with social activists,...
Nolitha Tsengiwe
Nolitha Tsengiwe is a Dharma teacher and board member at Dharmagiri Retreat Center, in South Africa that was founded by Kittisaro and Thanissara. She has practiced since 1997 under Kittisaro and Thanissara, who are...
Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison
Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and Certified Chaplaincy Educator. After many years as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for...