Elizabeth Faria

Elizabeth Faria has studied with Gregory Kramer and the Insight Dialogue Teaching Community since 2008.

She began practicing vipassana on long retreats meditation in 1996. She took a two-year break from work to dedicate time to meditation practice in India, the US, Australia, and Thailand.

Elizabeth is a graduate of the Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists Professional Training Course in Buddhism and Psychotherapy. She is trained as a psychologist with 30 years of both meditation experience and practice as a psychotherapist.

She is deeply moved by the Dharma and its potential to bring ease and wisdom through solitary and relational meditation practice. She is also very inspired by how direct and accessible Insight Dialogue’s guidelines are to bring the dharma alive for experienced and new meditators and show a way to encompass the whole lives as the path to waking up.

She teaches retreats, workshops, and online programs in Australia, Brazil, Europe, Asia, Malaysia and the US. Elizabeth lives in New South Wales, Australia.

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Upcoming Programs by Elizabeth Faria

Saturday, monthly, Queer Insight Dialogue Sangha

Also With Patricia Fontaine and Rachel Hammerman

Open Dates

The Queer Insight Dialogue (ID) Sangha is a two hour drop-in online practice group for LGBTQIA+ identifying relational dharma practitioners around the world to share practice, experience, support, learnings, and care. In addition to holding affinity space for practice, over time the Queer ID Sangha will also offer learning opportunities to the broader Insight Dialogue […]

Wednesday: Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific (IDAP)

Also With Anita Bermont and Jill Shepherd

Open Dates

Insight Dialogue Asia Pacific offers an online study and practice series which meets twice a month on Wednesday morning (Asia/Aust/NZ) or Tuesday afternoon (Americas). This group is based in Australia. Indriya Series In Buddhist practice, the five spiritual faculties known as the Indriya: confidence, energy, mindfulness, collectedness, and insight - are natural qualities of the […]

Indriya Series

Also With Anita Bermont and Jill Shepherd

March 5 - July 16, 2025
In Buddhist practice, the five spiritual faculties known as the Indriya: confidence, energy, mindfulness, collectedness, and insight - are natural qualities of the heart and mind that provide crucial support on our path to freedom. When cultivated through individual and relational meditation practice, they flourish and deepen, coming into balance and bringing release from the stress inherent in misunderstanding life’s nature. This release brings a growing sense of calm, compassion, and clarity, helping us to relate more wisely to each other, our lives, and the world around us.

Caring for the World Together 慧谈静修营 – 携手关爱世界

Also With Jessica Mui and Dave Leggatt

March 28 - April 6, 2025
During this retreat, through the practice of Insight Dialogue, we will develop kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity and a wise response to the challenges of life, cultivate meditative qualities like mindfulness, calmness of the mind, and orientate our day-to-day life towards Dhamma.

Two-day Insight Dialogue workshop

Also With Jill Shepherd

May 31 - June 1, 2025

The only constant is change ... But even in the midst of life’s uncertainties, it IS possible to find a sense of stability and refuge. All of the Buddha’s teachings show us how to cultivate resilience, so that we can navigate life’s inevitable ups and downs with some degree of balance, steadiness, ease and equanimity. […]