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Heidi Bourne is a meditation teacher in the Insight Meditation tradition and is the founder and guiding teacher of Pacific Mindfulness. She has been teaching since 2005 offering classes, series courses, nature retreats, trauma-informed...
Deborah Eden Tull
Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation/mindfulness teacher, author, spiritual activist, and sustainability educator. She spent seven years as a monastic at a silent Zen Monastery, and has been...
Leslie Booker
Leslie Booker brings her heart and wisdom to the intersection of Dharma, Embodied Wisdom, and Liberation. Using this framework, she supports folks in creating a culture of belonging through her teaching and writing on...
Celeste Young
Celeste Young is a Theravadin Buddhist mindfulness and Dharma teacher. She has been practicing meditation and sitting retreats since 2002. She was one of the first teachers to be empowered at InsightLA, a nonprofit Buddhist...
Roxanne Dault
Roxanne Dault has been dedicated to this path for two decades, sitting on long retreats both in Asia and in the West. A Guiding Teacher at True North Insight in Canada, Roxanne teaches at...
Nikki Mirghafori
Dr. Nikki Mirghafori is an Artificial Intelligence scientist and an internationally recognized Buddhist teacher. She serves as a Stewarding Teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, where she is also on the Board of Directors,...
Antonia Sumbundu
Antonia has been practicing meditation for more than 35 years and has had the good fortune to practice and study with a number of great teachers in the Tibetan Buddhist and Insight meditation traditions. Originally trained as clinical psychologist,...
Nobantu Mpotulo
Nobantu Mpotulo has been a Buddhist practitioner and a teacher for over 20 years. She is trained in the insight mindfulness practices. She is also an Insight Dialogue Teacher and integrates Insight Dialogue with...
Yahel Avigur
Yahel Avigur is a devoted meditator and Dharma teacher. In the first decade of his practice, Yahel practised in the Mahasi Sayadaw traditions and in the Israeli Insight meditation society while devoting his days...
David Treleaven
David Treleaven, PhD, is a writer, educator, and trauma professional working at the intersection of mindfulness and trauma. He is the author of the acclaimed book Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing (2018), and focuses...









