Deanna Burkett

Deanna Burkett was introduced to meditation in 2007 during a one-month residential yoga teacher training at Kripalu. This month of intensive practice established bodily awareness as a way of meeting suffering, and this changed her life. Deanna first practiced Insight Dialogue in 2015 during an 8-week online course. Often living in rural areas, she has found online dharma communities to be an important support, and she hopes to contribute to their further growth and development. Deanna is a psychotherapist, Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, and Kripalu Yoga teacher. She is in the current Insight Dialogue Teacher Development Cohort and is also training as a Somatic Experiencing (SE) practitioner. She lives in northwestern Oklahoma.

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Upcoming Programs by Deanna Burkett

A person sits quietly on the grass near a resting cow in an open landscape, turned toward the animal with mountains and trees in the distance.

Easy Beings: Practicing Insight Dialogue with Animals

Also With Rachel Hammerman

September 10 - October 1, 2026

What happens when we practice Insight Dialogue in relationship to non-human creatures? In this course, we will explore the power of our relationship with beloved pets or other sentient creatures to cultivate wholesome mindstates and freedom from suffering. People are complex beings. Practicing Insight Dialogue with other meditators can be particularly challenging for those with […]