Kittasaro

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kittisaro graduated from Princeton as a Rhodes Scholar. After leaving Oxford in 1976, he ordained with Ajahn Chah in Thailand. During his 15 years as a Buddhist monk, he helped found Chithurst and Hartridge Monasteries in... Read more

Jampa

Leer Texto en Español Abajo Jampa discovered the Dharma in 1994. After many years of studying on his own and applying the Dharma to his life, in 2005 he found his home at Pasadena Bodhi Path Buddhist Center and his first teacher, Khaydroup Zangmo. He t... Read more

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Trudy Goodman, PhD, is the Founding Teacher of InsightLA, the first center to combine training in Insight (Vipassana) Meditation and in non-sectarian mindfulness and compassion practices, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful S... Read more

Aleta Toure’

Aleta Toure bears witness as a vessel for social change through organizing, education and healing arts.    She’s immersed in Black cooperative movements since leading Black Trauma Anonymous through Free Marissa Now, I am Troy Davis”, University With... Read more

Amana Brembry Johnson

Amana Brembry Johnson is currently a part of the Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program, and a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Program. As a movement teacher, she guides an integrative style of contemplative movement that interweaves ... Read more

Anthony P Bossis, PhD

Anthony P. Bossis, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine conducting FDA-approved clinical research with the psychedelic compound psilocybin since 2009. Dr. Bossis was director of pallia... Read more

Alison Spielmann, MAT

Alison Spielmann, M.A.T. comes from an education background, having taught as an elementary school teacher and parent education teacher for many years. She began her formal mindfulness training at the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA... Read more

Amanda Gilbert

Amanda Gilbert is a meditation teacher, lecturer of mindfulness and author of Kindness Now: A 28-Day Guide to Living with Authenticity, Intention, and Compassion. She has been a meditator for over seventeen years and is a graduate of InsightLA’s Mindful... Read more

Vishal Vaidy

Vishal Vaidya is a performer and voice teacher based in NYC. He made his Broadway debut as Larry the cameraman in the Tony nominated musical Groundhog Day. Other credits include the world premier of DAVE at Arena Stage, Road Show with Stephen Sondheim a... Read more

Anam Thubten Rinpoche

Anam Thubten grew up in Tibet and at an early age began to practice in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Among his many teachers, his most formative guides were Lama Tsurlo, Khenpo Chopel, and Lama Garwang. He is the founder and spiritual adv... Read more