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Peace Twesigye
Peace Twesigye has benefited from the practice of Insight Dialogue for several years and recently started teaching Insight Dialogue in 2018 with the mentoring and support of Gregory Kramer, Bart van Melik, and Tuere Sala. Peace is currently in the Insight Dialogue Teacher Development Cohort lead by the Insight Dialogue Community Teachers Council and also serves […]
Malcolm Frow
Malcolm met his first Tibetan Buddhist teachers, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the 1970s and later became closely involved their work in the UK. His connection to Tibetan Buddhism now spans many decades, training programmes and retreats. He discovered Insight Dialogue in 2009 and started facilitating Insight Dialogue practice in 2012 as […]
Donna Strickland
Donna Strickland experienced a profound interpersonal transformation when she first encountered Insight Dialogue in 2006. Since 2011, she has shared this deeply heart-opening practice by leading a number of Insight Dialogue classes in Columbia, Missouri, where she is a member of the teachers’ council at Show Me Dharma. As a former English professor, Donna developed […]
Joyce Curnan
Joyce Curnan has practised meditation since 2006. Drawn by its transformative power, she became an MBSR teacher in 2010 and attended her first Insight Dialogue retreat with Gregory Kramer that same year. Since then, she has been an active member of the Dutch Insight Dialogue community, offering introductory courses and co-facilitating monthly practice groups. She […]
Asaf Federman
Asaf Federman was invited to teach by the dharma teacher Christopher Titmuss in 2018. He began to offer Insight Dialogue in 2022. His meditation practice started in 1998 at the Vipassana Institute of S.N. Goenka and developed in retreats and courses with various teachers including Christopher Titmuss, Stephen Bachelor, Stephen Fulder, Thich Naht Hanh, Joseph […]
Brent Beresford
Brent Beresford’s (they/them) greatest teachers are their children, showing them how unreasonable their expectations are, and encouraging the practice of relationship and community. Their work has been in engaging the power of relationship, accompanying individuals and groups since 2002. They have endeavoured to transmit teachings of Dhamma in various forms since 2013, through mindfulness-based approaches […]
Monday: Insight Dialogue Sangha for BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority, Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient, Sunday, Monthly: Beyond the Mask: An Insight Dialogue-based Deconstruction of Dominant Masculinity,
Viveka Bhikkhu
Viveka is a Buddhist monk who teaches mindfulness practice and compassionate living. He began exploring meditation in the early 90’s, attended his first retreat in 2002, and was ordained with Sayadaw U Tejaniya in 2013. Over a 20-year period, he was fortunate to train with various well-respected lay teachers in the West and Buddhist masters […]
Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient, Friday, last of month: Liberation with spiritual friends in the daily life,
Adriana Orellana de Rickebusch
Adriana Orellana de Rickebusch discovered meditation through mindfulness and Insight Dialogue programs in Switzerland. She then began attending retreats with different teachers including Anne Michel, Ajahn Sucittoand Bhante Bodhidhamma. She decided to deepen her practice in the Theravada tradition and since 2018 has been a Dharma study group led by Anne Michel. Adriana has been […]
Sunday/ Los últimos domingo del mes: Sesión mensual de la práctica de Diálogo Consciente, Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient,
Bhante Anuruddha
The Venerable Anuruddha Thero Karuwelagaswewa was born in Sri Lanka in 1971. At 8 years old he joined the monastery, was ordained as a monk at age 12, and later studied Buddhist philosophy at the University of Jayawardhanapura and a Buddhist approach to counseling at the University of Kelaniya’s Postgraduate Institute of Pali Buddhist Studies. […]
Nolitha Tsengiwe
Nolitha Tsengiwe, based in Johannesburg is a meditation teacher trained by the Insight Meditation Society, a teacher for Cloud Sangha and Dharmagiri meditation center, and a mentor for Sounds True Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. She has practiced under Kittisaro and Thanissara (disciples of Ajahn Chah) for more than 20 years. Nolitha is a mother, […]
Monday: Insight Dialogue Sangha for BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority,
Alex Castanheira
Alex Castanheira (they/them) began meditation’s practice as a teenager through Taisen Deshimaru’s books. In 2011, after engaging in an 8-week course in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, they decided to train as a Mindfulness-Based Intervention teacher. Since then, they have practiced meditation with different teachers in Europe (e.g., Martin Aylward) and Insight Dialogue mainly with Anne […]
Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe mensuel de pratique de Dialogue Conscient en français, Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient, Sunday, Monthly: Beyond the Mask: An Insight Dialogue-based Deconstruction of Dominant Masculinity,
Sandrine Rauter
Sandrine Rauter entered the path of meditation through yoga practice in the early 2000s. With a strong commitment to share these transformative practices to many, she became a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher and trainer, offering MBSR programs since 2014 and Interpersonal Mindfulness programs since 2017 both to individuals and organisations. She was introduced to […]
Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe mensuel de pratique de Dialogue Conscient en français, Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient,
Beatriz Rodriguez Vega
Beatriz Rodríguez Vega is a meditation practitioner and a MBSR teacher and teacher-trainer. She met the insight dialogue teachings in 2010 during a retreat with Janet Surrey and Gregory Kramer. The inspiration of these teachings brought her to continuing exploring the field and becoming Interpersonal Mindfulness teacher though the training of Phyllis Hicks and Florence Meleo. […]
Sunday/ Los últimos domingo del mes: Sesión mensual de la práctica de Diálogo Consciente, Cultivar la confianza: Un retiro de Diálogo Consciente,
Simin Abravesh
Simin Abravesh (1960, Iran) has been practicing vipassana and metta meditation since 2004 under the guidance of Jotika Hermsen, a Dhamma teacher in the Netherlands. In 2016 she was recognized as a vipassana teacher by her teachers in Sangha Metta (Netherlands). She attended her first Insight Dialogue retreat in 2012. She experiences Insight Dialogue as […]
Judy Bernstein
Judy Bernstein has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2000. Her experience of mind-body integration is enhanced by more than 40 years studying and practicing yoga. Buddhist psychology and meditation practices are woven into her clinical work as a psychologist. Judy’s engagement with Insight Dialogue began in 2007. She facilitates Insight Dialogue and teaches Interpersonal Mindfulness. […]
Yenkuei Chuang
Yenkuei Chuang 莊琰珪 (she/her) lives near Boston, USA. As an immigrant woman of color, she is keenly interested in building a beloved inclusive community. Yenkuei began her daily life dharma practice with Zen Masters Thich Nhat Hanh and Sr. Annabelle in 1998. She has also been studying Vipassana and Early Buddhism with other teachers at the Insight […]
Tuesday, fourth: Asian Diaspora Insight Dialogue Sangha, Monday: Insight Dialogue Sangha for BIPOC/BAME/Global Majority,
Jane Cutler
Jane Cutler has been practicing and facilitating Insight Dialogue since 2008. With her life partner Jane Whitehead, she offers a program of Insight Dialogue evening practice, online practice, day-long, and weekend retreats. She also mentors those wanting to develop their engagement in Insight Dialogue. Jane has had a meditation practice since 1972 and been a […]
Bristol, England, Wednesday Weekly Practice Group, Engaging Wise Intention to Navigate Worlds of Change, Online Introduction to Insight Dialogue, Deepening the Insight Dialogue Guidelines with “Global Social Witnessing”, Dharma Friendship,
Jessica Mui
Jessica Mui worked in the Canadian telecom industry for many years, having had an undergraduate background in computer science. In 2002, she left her job to pursue spiritual development. Since then, Jessica visits Myanmar often to intensively practice insight (vipassana) meditation and lovingkindness (metta) meditation. She also goes to Myanmar to study the teachings of […]
Wednesday: 八正道-慧談線上修習, Saturday, third: Dhamma Contemplation,
Rachel Hammerman
Rachel Hammerman (they/them) teaches Insight meditation as faculty of the Community Meditation Center of New York, the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science and Tibet House US. They offer Insight Dialogue and Dharma Contemplation practice online and with centers including the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and New York Insight Meditation Center. An executive coach and communications consultant, […]
Saturday, monthly, Queer Insight Dialogue Sangha, Introduction to Insight Dialogue: Grounding in the Guidelines, Easy Beings: Practicing Insight Dialogue with Animals, Introduction to Insight Dialogue: Grounding in the Guidelines,
Suvi Laukkanen
Suvi Laukkanen has been practicing meditation and mindfulness since 2003 and Insight Dialogue since 2007. She has been facilitating Insight Dialogue locally and online since 2012. Committed to a lifelong career of healing, she has shifted from medical practice to psychotherapy and currently mentors and teaches medical doctors and psychotherapists e.g. in relational mindfulness and […]
Ayya Anopama
Ayya Anopama is a Buddhist nun and meditation teacher who offers teachings and retreats in English, Spanish and German across continents. She spent several years in retreat in Myanmar where she ordained with the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw and trained in the Burmese Forest Tradition. She has also practiced and studied with renowned teachers in […]
Sunday/ Los últimos domingo del mes: Sesión mensual de la práctica de Diálogo Consciente, Verbundenheit erleben und verkörpern – Einsichtsdialog Retreat, Cultivar la confianza: Un retiro de Diálogo Consciente, Despertar Juntos,
Marieke Duijvestijn
Marieke Duijvestijn has been practicing Insight Dialogue since 2010 and is deeply committed to the practice. She is a member of the Insight Dialogue Teaching Community Coordinating Team. She translated the book Insight Dialogue: An Interpersonal Path to Freedom into Dutch. Marieke lives in Groningen, Netherlands, where she regularly offers Insight Dialogue and Vipassana meditation […]
Friday, Monthly Insight Dialogue Practice in Dutch, Thursday/ Jeudi: Groupe de Pratique du Dialogue Conscient,
Nynke Humalda
Nynke Humalda has been teaching Vipassana and Insight Dialogue since 2016. She is a member of the Insight Dialogue Teaching Community Coordinating Team. Nynke offers Vipassana meditation and Insight Dialogue in a variety of formats, including small retreats. As a Vipassana teacher she is connected to Sangha Metta and Vipassana Meditatie Leiden. She is voluntary care […]
Susie Clarion
Susie Clarion had her first taste of Insight Dialogue, and a joyful experience of living dhamma, as a participant in a Community Dharma Leader Training at Spirit Rock in 2001. She has been facilitating Insight Dialogue groups and programs since 2010. Her background is in psychiatric nursing and transpersonal studies. Susie has a flourishing commitment […]
Sue Brown
Sue has been practicing Insight Dialogue since 2006 and offering the practice online and in person since 2011. Over the years, she has included in her offerings many core Buddhist teachings, as she finds the relational nature of ID practice brings the teachings to life and enables fresh understanding. Sue has been co-leading a weekly […]
Monday Weekly Drop-in Sessions, Spiritual Friendship: The Whole of the Path,
Marsha Lawson
Marsha Lawson is a recognized teacher for the Insight Dialogue Community. She has been practicing with and studying the wisdom teachings of the Buddha since 2009. Marsha started practicing and facilitating Insight Dialogue at about that same time, noticing with interest that Insight Dialogue practice directly addresses suffering and release in relationship with others. Marsha is […]
Friday, 2nd and 4th, Practice Group, Thursday, third: Dharma Contemplation, Art and Soul Mini Retreat, Refuge in the Sangha - Refuge in Friendship,
Jaylene Summers
Jaylene Summers has practiced Insight Dialogue since 2008, studying with Gregory Kramer, Jan Surrey, Mary Burns and Phyllis Hicks. In 2009 she met Mu Soeng who continues to be her teacher. Others include Bhikkhu Analayo and Joseph Goldstein. During her professional life as a clinical psychologist, she met Baba Ram Dass which was a spiritual turning […]
Holly Nelson-Johnson
Holly Nelson-Johnson teaches Insight Dialogue and Interpersonal Mindfulness and hosts a monthly practice group with Insight Dialogue facilitators-in-training. She participates in the Insight Dialogue Teaching Community Coordinating Team and the Awakening White Awareness cohort. She has studied Insight Dialogue since 2007 with Gregory Kramer and founded Illinois Insight Dialogue. Holly is a Family Nurse Practitioner, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction […]
Emma Donaldson-Feilder
Emma Donaldson-Feilder has been practicing Insight Dialogue since 2010 and facilitating Insight Dialogue since 2012, when she became a founding member of the “London and Beyond” Insight Dialogue group. She was recognised as an Insight Dialogue Teacher in 2021 and is experienced in offering Insight Dialogue both online and in person. She also supports Insight […]
Monday: London, England, and Beyond, Relationship and Wisdom - mutual supports on the path,
Anita Bermont
Anita Bermont guides Insight Dialogue practice both online and in-person. When first encountering Insight Dialogue in the mid-’90s, the practice spoke immediately and strongly to her heart. With this recognition came a deep commitment to participating in the first face-to-face practice group. As the years have gone by, her commitment to the path inspired a […]
Friday, 2nd and 4th, Practice Group, Wednesday: Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific (IDAP), Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific Group: A Whole-Life Path, Online Introduction to Insight Dialogue,
Dave Leggatt
Dave Leggatt practiced in the Vipassana tradition for many years. He was introduced to Insight Dialogue in 2011 and joined the Insight Dialogue facilitator program in 2016. Since then Dave has been facilitating and teaching in-person workshops, retreats and online offerings. Aware of the importance of spiritual friendship and the power of Insight Dialogue practiced in […]
Sunday Weekly Drop-in Sessions, Thursday/Friday Weekly Drop-in, Spiritual Friendship: The Whole of the Path,
Riët Aarsse
Riët Aarsse, whose practice is rooted in the classic vipassana school, encountered Insight Dialogue in 2012. Being a research psychologist and long-term student of the Abhidhamma expert Sayadaw dr. Nandamala, Riët tries to integrate Buddhist and western psychological understandings. She initiated Amsterdam Insight Meditation where she teaches courses and offers Insight Dialogue. Riët mentors several […]