Teacher directory
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Founder of Mindfulness Exercises and former Buddhist monk
He has guided thousands of people to teach mindfulness with confidence, and leads the certification program, trainings, and weekly community meditations.
Meditation teacher, writer, and Mindfulness Exercises editor
She writes and teaches on presence, stillness, and the inner life, helping practitioners meet experience with gentleness and depth.
Meditation, movement, and yoga teacher
She brings together mindfulness, movement, and meaning, teaching equanimity and embodied presence for everyday life.
Certified mindfulness meditation teacher
A Mindfulness Exercises–certified teacher sharing mindfulness and meditation with her local community.
Buddhist teacher, author, and founding teacher at Spirit Rock
Known for bringing Buddhist psychology and heart-centered meditation into everyday life, including forgiveness, compassion, and wise action.
Loving-kindness teacher and New York Times bestselling author
A leading voice in metta, compassion, and practical meditation for resilience, relationships, and real-world change.
Insight meditation teacher and co-founder of Insight Meditation Society
A central teacher in the Western vipassana tradition, with clear instruction on awareness, loving-kindness, equanimity, and liberation.
Insight meditation teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Center
A deeply practical teacher of mindfulness, breath awareness, metta, forgiveness, and classical Buddhist practice.
Meditation teacher and author on mindful communication
He bridges contemplative practice and communication skills, especially for presence, listening, conflict, and wise speech.
Meditation teacher, author, and nature-based mindfulness guide
His teaching connects awareness practice with nature, silence, emotional clarity, and contemplative life in the modern world.
Meditation teacher, author, and dharma practitioner
Her work weaves meditation, heart practice, ancestral wisdom, and grounded spiritual resilience.
Author and teacher at the intersection of dharma and recovery
His teaching connects mindfulness, recovery, forgiveness, craving, and compassionate honesty in daily life.
Psychologist, author, and insight meditation teacher
Founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, known for the RAIN practice and for weaving Western psychology with Buddhist meditation.
Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author
Founder of the Dharmata Foundation, he teaches meditation and heart-centered awakening rooted in the Tibetan tradition.
Insight meditation teacher and author
A longtime Dharma teacher and former Esquire editor, he teaches emotional clarity, equanimity, and living with purpose.
Thai Forest tradition monk and teacher
A senior Western disciple of Ajahn Chah, he teaches awareness, letting go, and the sound of silence in the Theravada forest tradition.
Insight meditation teacher
A guiding teacher at Spirit Rock and the Insight Meditation Society, he teaches vipassanā, awareness, and the nature of mind.
Buddhist teacher and end-of-life care pioneer
Co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project and founder of the Metta Institute, he teaches compassion, presence, and the wisdom of mortality.
Physician, author, and teacher on trauma, addiction, and healing
His work helps connect compassion, nervous-system awareness, and emotional healing with a deeper understanding of human behavior.
Researcher, author, and pioneer in self-compassion
Her work translates self-compassion research into practices for resilience, emotional care, and healthier self-relationship.
Psychologist, author, and teacher of neuropsychology-informed practice
He teaches practical ways to steady the mind, grow inner strengths, and understand how attention shapes the brain.
Neuroscientist and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds
A leading researcher on meditation, emotion, well-being, and the trainable qualities of the mind.
Psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and habit-change researcher
He translates brain science into practical mindfulness tools for anxiety, craving, mindful eating, and behavior change.
Clinical psychologist and co-founder of mindful self-compassion training
His teaching brings compassion practice into therapy, emotional resilience, and a kinder relationship with difficult experience.
Researcher and clinician focused on meditation safety
Her work helps teachers understand meditation-related challenges, adverse effects, and safer practice adaptations.
Trauma-sensitive mindfulness teacher and author
He helps practitioners adapt mindfulness with care for trauma, nervous-system safety, choice, pacing, and clinical context.
Mindfulness teacher and author for children, families, and educators
Her work makes contemplative practice accessible for children through games, attention training, kindness, and embodied learning.
Mindfulness teacher, performance coach, and author
He teaches presence, resilience, and high-performance mindfulness informed by decades of work with athletes and leaders.
Author and teacher on meditation, dream yoga, and death practice
He offers clear teachings on contemplative depth, sleep and dream practice, nonduality, and preparing wisely for change.
Mindfulness teacher, researcher, and Indigenous health scholar
Her teaching brings mindfulness together with community healing, cultural humility, justice, and embodied care.
For practitioners and teachers
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