Jennifer Cho Teacher BBRC Big Bear Retreat Center Deep Belonging

Jennifer Cho

Jennifer Cho has been a student of meditation for over 20 years.  She sat her first silent meditation retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh, where she felt her heart break open in the presence of embodied practice and teaching, and she has been walking the path ... Read more

Nico Hase

Nico Hase lived in a monastery for six years before earning a Ph.D. in counseling psychology and becoming an Insight Meditation teacher full-time. He currently mentors mindfulness teachers, teaches online and in-person retreats, and speaks with students... Read more

Kaira Jewel Lingo

Kaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in blending spirituality and meditation with social justice. Having grown up in an ecumenical Christian community where families practiced a new kind of monasticism and worked with the poor,... Read more

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Mingyur Rinpoche is a teacher, best-selling author, and the Spiritual leader of the Tergar Sangha worldwide. He possesses a rare ability to present the ancient wisdom of Tibet in a fresh, engaging manner. Rinpoche’s teachings weave together his own pers... Read more

Ryan Redman Big Bear Retreat Center

Ryan Redman

At an early age, Ryan developed a keen interest in the mind and its influence on daily life. This interest led Ryan to India to study meditation and Yoga philosophy. Upon his return, Ryan began teaching contemplative based practices while at the Univers... Read more

Devon Sangster Rath Big Bear Retreat Center

Devon Sangster Rath

Devon Sangster Rath is a queer woman who cares deeply about the power of mindfulness practice as a tool to heal and liberate.  She has practiced meditation since 1997 and has been formally teaching mindfulness since 2010.  Devon is committed to making m... Read more

Deborah Eden Tull Big Bear Retreat Center

Deborah Eden Tull

Deborah Eden Tull is a Zen meditation/mindfulness teacher, author, spiritual activist and sustainability educator. She spent seven years as a monastic at a silent Zen Monastery, and has been immersed in sustainable communities for 25 years. Eden’s teach... Read more

Eve Ekman Big Bear Retreat Center

Eve Ekman

Eve draws from an interdisciplinary set of skills and knowledge from her professional work and personal practices in clinical social work, integrative medicine, emotional awareness, contemplative science, and meditation. Eve began her career in art and ... Read more

Anthony T Maes Big Bear Retreat Center

Anthony “T” Maes

“T” Maes is a Chicano and white man, born and raised in the East Bay. He has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2003, including long retreats and practicing in a forest monastery in Thailand. He is a teacher at Spirit Rock, East Bay Meditation Center, ... Read more

Ofosu Jones-Quartey BBRC Big Bear Retreat Center

Ofosu Jones-Quartey

Ofosu Jones-Quartey is a meditation teacher and musician from the Washington DC area. He has been teaching mindfulness and meditation since 2004. Ofosu has taught and led retreats at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, The Insight Meditation... Read more