With more than twenty-five years of formal and informal meditation practice, Lara Plutte now leads parents in the practice of Mindfulness. It was when Lara became a mom, 13 years ago, that mindfulness meditation became her poignant practice. Lara has st... Read more

Mark Miller, PsyD, MPH has been a meditator for over 25 years with experience in the Vipassana and Tibetan traditions. Mark has a compassion-based approach to teaching that is trauma-informed and student directed. He is as trained teacher of Mindful Sel... Read more

Memorial written by Michaels dear friend Neal Koch: Michael searched throughout his adult life for a spiritual home, finally settling in the InsightLA community. Here, he strove to grow, availing himself of its teachings, and cherishing his teachers. ... Read more

Sydney Reece, M.A., is trained in MBSR, certified in Stressed Teens, and uses Mindful Schools curriculum to teach others how to “hold ourselves with mindfulness when we feel vulnerable, sick, or in pain.” An educator with many years experience teaching ... Read more

Suzanne Smith, MSN, RN, NP, is a Family Nurse Practitioner at UCLA where she is involved in Mind-Brain-Body research and has facilitated MBSR for research studies. Suzanne has been meditating with InsightLA since 2006, and is a graduate of Mindful Self-... Read more