Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD

Berlin to Los Angeles to InsightLA I started my professional life as a Gynecologist at the University Hospital in Berlin, Germany. I had fallen in love with the universality of the Buddhist teachings as a searching teenager and it surely helped me sta... Read more

Lisa Ernst

Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist and founder of One Dharma Nashville. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. Lisa has been meditating f... Read more

Jud Brewer, MD, PhD

Jud Brewer MD PhD (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research t... Read more

Kim Allen

Kim Allen has been practicing Insight meditation since 2003, and has trained intensively in the U.S. and Asia with Western teachers, Theravādan monastics, and masters of other Buddhist traditions. Trained by Gil Fronsdal at the Insight Meditation Center... Read more

Allyson Pimentel, EdD

Allyson Pimentel, EdD is a psychologist, yoga teacher, and long-time Vipassana meditation practitioner and teacher who works at the intersection of mindfulness, mental health, healing, and social justice.  Allyson has been teaching mindfulness in clinic... Read more

Kate Johnson

Kate Johnson is a facilitator, writer, and graduate of Spirit Rock’s four year teacher training. She leads programs and retreats integrating meditation, somatics, social justice and creativity around the world and online, and works with individuals and ... Read more

Kate Lila Wheeler

Kate Lila Wheeler, who lives in Boston, has been meditating since 1977 and brings an amazing life journey to her teaching. She grew up in South America, was ordained as a nun in Burma by her teacher U Pandita, became U Panditas editor and an award winni... Read more

Kathy Yep, PhD

Kathy Yep is a Professor of Asian American Studies at Pitzer College (of the Claremont Colleges).  She is fascinated by how people with limited resources create empowerment and change. With a focus on feminist pedagogies, community-based learning, and p... Read more

Kevin Griffin

Kevin Griffin is an innovative Buddhist teacher and author, best known for his 2004 book One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps. He has been in recovery since 1985 and a Buddhist practitioner for over 40 years. He teaches in a broad range o... Read more

Allen Weiss, PhD

Allen Weiss is a senior teacher at InsightLA, where he has taught Buddhism and mindfulness classes for the past 17 years. He started meditating in the mindfulness tradition in 2005 and became one of the first five teachers at InsightLA. In 2011, LA Maga... Read more