Retreat Teacher
Nicola Redfern
Nicola Redfern has an extensive background in both Zen and Vipassana meditation. She has been trained to teach Insight Dialogue by founding teacher Gregory Kramer. With a strong belief that awakening is not simply a solo endeavor, Nicola is particularly interested in getting meditation off the cushion and fully integrated into life, work, and relationships. […]
Sharon Beckman-Brindley
Sharon Beckman-Brindley is an Insight Dialogue Teacher who has taught Insight Dialogue retreats worldwide. She also is a co-founder and senior teacher of the Insight Meditation Community in Charlottesville, VA. A clinical psychologist with over 30 years of both meditation experience and practice as a psychotherapist, she has a special interest in developing programs for mental health […]
Anne Michel
Anne Michel has practiced vipassana meditation since 1973, mainly in Theravada tradition. She deepened her path with many monastic and lay teachers including Ajahn Sumedho, Ajahn Sucitto, Jack Kornfield, and Carole Wilson. Anne has taught meditation in Europe since 2001. Teaching Insight Dialogue has allowed an important deepening of her practice by way extending vipassana […]
Rosalie Dores
Rosalie Dores is an Insight Dialogue Retreat Teacher. She has practiced meditation and yoga since 1992. Her dharma roots are within the Vipassana,Theravada, Insight Meditation traditions and Insight Dialogue. Rosalie is dedicated to offering teachings that engage at the interface between ancient wisdom and the challenges of our modern world. She recognises that Insight Dialogue addresses […]
Monday: London, England, and Beyond, The Wisdom of Insecurity, The Security of Wisdom, A Path of Wise Relationship, The Perfections: Navigating Life With A Heart of Wisdom, The Dance of Interdependence – Awakening Through Relationship,
Patricia Genoud-Feldman
Patricia Genoud-Feldman began practicing Vipassana and Brahma Vihara on intensive retreats and Dzogchenin in Asia in 1984. Her two main teachers were Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Sayadaw U Pandita. After much time spent on retreat, Patricia completed teacher-training at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. Patricia was introduced to Insight Dialogue at a retreat […]
Elizabeth Faria
Elizabeth Faria has offered Insight Dialogue and silent meditation in Australia and Brasil since 2013. She has studied with Gregory Kramer and the Insight Dialogue Teaching Community since 2008. She began practicing vipassana on long retreats meditation in 1996, taking a two-year break from work to dedicate time to meditation practice in India, the US, […]
Saturday, monthly, Queer Insight Dialogue Sangha, Wednesday: Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific (IDAP), Awakening In Daily Life – An Insight Dialogue Retreat, Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat,
Jill Shepherd
Jill Shepherd leads Insight Dialogue courses and non-residential workshops internationally. She began studying and practicing insight meditation in Thailand in 1999, and recently spent seven years on staff at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts, where she participated in several long retreats and Buddhist study programs, as well as offering weekly meditation classes […]
Wednesday: Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific (IDAP), The Wisdom of Insecurity, The Security of Wisdom,
Janet Surrey
Janet Surrey teaches Insight Dialogue retreats internationally and leads a monthly practice group in the Boston area. Jan serves on the Insight Dialogue Community Teachers’ Council and the coordinating team for the Insight Dialogue Teaching Community. She has worked with Gregory Kramer since 2007. Her original teacher was Vimala Thakar. Jan has also done many […]
Thursday, third: Dharma Contemplation, The Voice of Another and Wise Attention: The Power of Relational Practice,
Antonella Commellato
Antonella Commellato teaches retreats, day longs, and guides Insight Dialogue and Dharma Contemplation groups in Italy. Antonella began to meditate in the Vipassana tradition in 1992, attending retreats led by Corrado Pensa and other Vipassana teachers. In 1998 she became deeply involved in the Advaita Vedanta (non-dual) tradition as a disciple of Raphael. Antonella leads […]
Fabio Giommi
Fabio Giommi teaches retreats, day longs, and guides Insight Dialogue practice groups in Italy. Fabio began to meditate in 1997 in the Vipassana tradition, attending retreats led by Corrado Pensa and monastic teachers from Thai and Burmese traditions. In 1998 he became deeply involved in the Advaita Vedanta (non-dual) tradition as well as a disciple […]