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Bhikkhu Sambodhi was born in the mid-sixties in what was then known as Czechoslovakia and what is now the Czech Republic, one the most irreligious countries in the world. Raised as an atheist with an [...]

Neil Stegall began meditating to Mindfulness Based Stress Response tapes over 20 years ago, and soon discovered the work of Joseph Goldstein and other western insight meditation teachers. He began attending retreats and shifted his [...]

Heather Sundberg has taught Insight Meditation since 1999, is a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher’s Council, and teaches nationally as well as in Europe. She has completed 3 accumulated years of silent retreat, and [...]

Bridget Rolens has practiced insight meditation since 1997. She teaches mindfulness meditation as a spiritual practice and as a tool for stress reduction. Bridget has certification as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher. Recognized by the Spirit [...]

Cathy Small is an author and retired professor of anthropology, who has been practicing vipassana meditation for more than twenty years. She has completed numerous extended meditation retreats in the U.S., India, and Nepal [...]

Kelli Schonher started practicing insight meditation in Thailand in 1991, while earning Bachelor degrees in South East Asian studies and Economics. The study and application of economic theory was the focus of her earlier career. [...]

Maria Straatmann, a former scientist and businesswoman, has been a student of Gil Fronsdal since 1997. Since her retirement she has variously served as chaplain, hospice volunteer and trainer with Zen Hospice Project, and Vipassana [...]

Dawn Scott has been practicing insight meditation since 2008. She is a Diamond Heart practitioner, and a trainee in the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program.

Ajahn Thanissaro  (Geoffrey DeGraff) is an American monk of the Thai forest tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History, he studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko in [...]

Jill Shepherd began practicing insight meditation in Thailand in 1999, and since that time has lived and worked at several meditation centers and monasteries in the US, Australia, England, and Thailand. She recently spent seven [...]

Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication retreats and workshops nationally. A member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, he is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication, a Course Trainer at Mindful Schools, and a Somatic [...]

Chade­-Meng Tan (Meng) is a Google pioneer, award­winning engineer, international bestselling author, thought leader and philanthropist. At Google, he brought the practice of mindfulness into the workplace with his mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course, Search Inside Yourself. Search [...]

Richard Shankman teaches at dharma centers and groups throughout North America. He has been a meditator since 1970 and is the guiding teacher of the Metta Dharma Foundation. He is the co-founder of the Sati Center for [...]

Reverend Erik Swanson is a spiritual director, speaker and retreat leader who teaches at several prominent seminaries on spiritual formation and the art of bringing an awareness of the Holy to all parts of life. [...]

Bob Stahl lived in a Theravada Burmese Buddhist monastery for over eight years and studied extensively with Taungpulu Kaba-Aye Sayadaw, Hlaing Tet Sayadaw, Dr. Rina Sircar, and Pokokhu Sayadaw. Bob is the Guiding teacher at [...]