Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author, lecturer, and thought leader. Six of her ten published books have been New York Times Best Sellers; four of these have been #1 New York Times Best Sellers. In 1997, she published Healing the So... Read more

Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1984. He is on the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, and has been teaching Insight Meditation retreats since 1997. He also leads wilderness meditation retreats from Alaska to Peru, integrating mindfulness... Read more

Mary Grace Orr

Mary Grace Orr is a Spirit Rock Teacher Emerita, and has practiced vipassana since 1983. Prior to that, she followed western contemplative practices; she worked as a therapist from 1977 to 1995. She was trained to teach by Jack Kornfield. Currently Mary... Read more

Martin Aylward

Martin Aylward went to India aged 19 and spent almost 5 years living in Asian monasteries, retreat centers, and with Himalayan hermits. He has been teaching dharma worldwide for 20 years. Martin co-founded and is guiding teacher of the retreat center Mo... Read more

Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD

Radhule Weininger, Ph.D., clinical psychologist in private practice, founder of the non-profit Mindful Heart Programs, and teacher of deep mindfulness and compassion practices and Buddhist psychology. She began her meditation studies in 1980 at Black Ro... Read more

Ari Goldfield

Ari Goldfield is a Buddhist teacher. He had the unique experience of being continuously in the training and service of his own teacher, Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, for eleven years.  From 1998-2009, Ari served as Khenpo Rinpoche’s translator and s... Read more

Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her roles as Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Greys Anatomy (2005–2014) and Eve Polastri in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–present). She has received  two Gol... Read more

Matthew Brensilver, PhD

Matthew Brensilver, PhD, offers retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Insight Retreat Center. For more than a decade, he taught for Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. He continues to teach at UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Ce... Read more

Gina Sharpe

Gina Sharpe was born in Jamaica and immigrated to New York at the age of 11. She has an A.B. in Philosophy from Barnard College and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. Before practicing law, she worked for the New York City government (the Li... Read more

Noliwe Alexander

Noliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for close to 20 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, teacher of various sitting groups around the Bay Area, facilitator of com... Read more