Robert Lurye, MEd

Robert Lurye is an artist, educator, and meditation practitioner who loves teaching the ancient wisdom and modern science of mindful living. He is a certified MBSR teacher through Brown University Mindfulness Center and UMass Medical School’s Center for... Read more

Rosamaría Segura

Leer Abajo en Español  Rosamaría is committed to teaching mindfulness to communities with limited access to these practices. Her approach integrates guided and silent meditation alongside elements of nature, fostering well-being and spiritual healing. ... Read more

Sydney Reece, MA

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

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

Thomas Davis

Thomas Davis IV, is a Contemplative Artist based in Los Angeles who explores the connections between the principles of the Dharma, Christian Mysticism, Jazz Ethics, Poetry, Art, Storytelling and Science for a multi-disciplinary exploration of who we are... Read more

James Rosser, LCSW

James has meditated for over 30 years, beginning in 1987 with James Baraz. He graduated from InsightLA’s Facilitator Training Program, InsightLAs Dedicated to the Dharma Program, and  Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certif... Read more

Traca Gress, MA

Traca moved to LA from Portland, Maine in August of 2014 to pursue a Masters Degree in Yoga Studies at LMU. She completed that degree in May of 2016, and enjoys sharing her lifelong passions for yoga, dance, nature, art, gardening, travel, meditation an... Read more

Kris Peterson

Kris Peterson is a graduate of InsightLA’s Meditation Facilitator program. She is also a yoga teacher, writer, and professor of anthropology at UC Irvine. Before becoming an academic, Kris worked in the Bay Area as a crisis counselor in homeless and bat... Read more

Lisette Palley, LMFT, OTR/L

Lisette Palley, LMFT, OTR/L has been involved with meditation, yoga and tai chi since she was a teenager when she began practicing Transcendental Meditation. Her first meditation retreats were with Stephen and Ondrea Levine in the 1980’s, where she work... Read more

Valerie Cusson

Valerie Cusson M.Ed,  has been practicing Insight Meditation since 2002. She completed Level I Community Facilitator Training with Noah Levine and JoAnna Hardy in 2012 and Level II Facilitator Training with JoAnna Hardy and Vinny Ferraro in 2016. She en... Read more