Guest Dharma Teachers

Bhikkhu Sambodhi was born in the mid-sixties in what was then known as Czechoslovakia and what is now the Czech Republic, one the most irreligious countries in the world. Raised as an atheist with an [...]

Matthew Hahn is a member of the Boundless Freedom Project and a program facilitator for Mindful Prisons, a mindful community meeting behind the walls of San Quentin State Prison. A co-founder of the Recovery Dharma [...]

Ajahn Brahmāli was born in Norway in 1964. He first became interested in Buddhism and meditation in his early 20s, whilst on a visit to Japan. After hearing teachings from Ajahn Brahm, he decided to [...]

Peter Gilmore began practicing mindfulness meditation in 2001 after finishing hospice training, later becoming a volunteer chaplain. His first teacher, Frank Ostaseski, opened his eyes to the special potential of meditation practice for working with [...]

Neil Stegall began meditating to Mindfulness Based Stress Response tapes over 20 years ago, and soon discovered the work of Joseph Goldstein and other western insight meditation teachers. He began attending retreats and shifted his [...]

Heather Sundberg has taught Insight Meditation since 1999, is a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher’s Council, and teaches nationally as well as in Europe. She has completed 3 accumulated years of silent retreat, and [...]

Bridget Rolens has practiced insight meditation since 1997. She teaches mindfulness meditation as a spiritual practice and as a tool for stress reduction. Bridget has certification as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher. Recognized by the Spirit [...]

Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) www.uclahealth.org/marc, the author of The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering your Natural Awareness, and the co-author [...]

Mark Nunberg began his meditation practice in 1982. In 1993 he co-founded Common Ground Meditation Center in Minneapolis with his wife Wynn Fricke and continues to serve as the center’s Guiding Teacher. Mark has been [...]

Lila Kate Wheeler attended her first Insight Meditation retreat in 1977. She was a Buddhist nun in Rangoon, Burma, and at IMS—the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. She has practiced in several Buddhist traditions and recently [...]

Guy Armstrong has practiced insight meditation for over 40 years, including training as a Buddhist monk in Thailand with Ajahn Buddhadasa. He began teaching in 1984 and has led meditation retreats worldwide. He has especially [...]

Robin Boudette, PhD., clinical psychologist and mindfulness instructor, has practiced yoga and meditation for nearly 20 years. She graduated from the Community Dharma Leader Training Program in 2017. She is a certified MBSR instructor and [...]

Cathy Small is an author and retired professor of anthropology, who has been practicing vipassana meditation for more than twenty years. She has completed numerous extended meditation retreats in the U.S., India, and Nepal [...]

Rodger Kamenetz is the author of The Jew in the Lotus and The History of Last Night's Dream. His work on dreams was featured on Oprah Winfrey's "Soul Series" and recently he taught a class [...]

Philip Jones began meditation practice in the Zen Buddhist tradition in 1987. In 1992 he started practicing Insight Meditation. He began teaching Insight Meditation in 1996, first in Columbia, MO and then also on retreats [...]