Karen has been meditating since 1991, and practicing in the Theravada tradition since 2005. She really appreciates the benefits of a regular meditation practice which for her has included becoming less reactive, less afraid, more open minded, gentler, a... Read more

Karen facilitates a community sitting-group in Laguna Beach as an ‘outpost’ of InsightLA in Laguna Beach, and presently serves on the InsightLA Teacher’s Council. She has several decades of experience as a dedicated practitioner at InsightLA with reside... Read more

Kate’s formal meditation study began in 1993 at Ordinary Dharma in the Zen lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh, and shes been a student and practitioner at InsightLA since 2014. As a graduate of Mindful School’s yearlong Mindful Teacher Certification Program (20... Read more

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