Gregory Kramer
Gregory Kramer is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of the Insight Dialogue Community, and has been teaching Insight Meditation since 1980. He developed the practice of Insight Dialogue and has been teaching it since...
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Christine Kupfer
Meditation has been at the heart Christine Kupfer’s life for 33 years. She engaged in Zen as a young adult looking for who she really was. Later, she completed a postgraduate degree in Buddhist...
Yaara Lokits
With a gentle and accessible approach, Yaara Lokits shares practices of presence, compassion, and inner freedom. She invites practitioners to explore the transformative gift of Dharma, making contemplative practices directly applicable to daily life. ...
Dawn Mauricio
Dawn Mauricio (she/her) is Mindfulness Meditation and Buddhist Meditation teacher, author, and mentor. She has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005 and has graduated from the first teacher development group of True...
Miles Kessler
Miles Kessler is a lineage holder in the Mahasi tradition of meditation. For over 25 years he has been teaching meditation and the embodiment spiritual awakening to thousands of people around the world. His...
Nicola Redfern
Nicola Redfern is an Insight Dialogue Retreat Teacher with an extensive background in both Zen and Vipassana meditation. With a strong belief that awakening is not necessarily a solo endeavor, Nic is particularly interested...
Roshi Joan Halifax
Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D. is a Buddhist teacher, Founder and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a social activist, and author. She is a pioneer in the field of end-of-life...
Scott Tusa
Scott Tusa is a meditation teacher, Buddhism mentor, and former monk who has spent the last two decades exploring how to embody and live meaningfully through the Buddhist path. At age sixteen his mother’s...
Bart van Melik
Bart van Melik is guiding teacher at Community Meditation Center in New York City. Trained by Joseph Goldstein, Carol Wilson, and Gregory Kramer, he has taught meditation worldwide since 2009. He brings the practice...
Emily Horn
Emily Horn is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher via the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. She is also authorized to teach meditation, dharma, and long retreats by Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, and InsightLA....