Janetti Marotta, PhD is a psychologist and coordinator of the Mind-Body Program at Fertility Physicians of Northern California where she founded the mindfulness-based Fertility Stress Reduction Program. She has served on the medical staff of Stanford [...]
Dawn Scott
Shaila Catherine2019-05-23T22:14:22-07:00Dawn Scott has been practicing insight meditation since 2008. She is a Diamond Heart practitioner, and a trainee in the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program.
Ying Chen
Kevin Cook2019-03-26T20:34:40-07:00Ying Chen was born in China and came to US when she was in college. She was exposed to Mahayana Buddhism and took refuge with Venerable Ji Ru in 1995. Since 2001, she has been [...]
Ted Gutfeldt
Shaila Catherine2019-04-12T19:09:09-07:00Ted was born in Germany after the war, and grew up in Vienna, Austria. He has pursued his interests in Spirituality, Psychology and Philosophy, along with a career in Electrical Engineering that supports the other [...]
Phil Goodwin
Shaila Catherine2019-04-12T19:15:22-07:00Phil has been practicing Buddhism since 2012. He's a regular on Sunday mornings at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City where he helps with recording talks and uploading them to Audio Dharma. He has [...]
Ross Buttner
Kevin Cook2019-02-07T20:24:02-08:00Ross Buttner has a Ph.D. from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. His dissertation research which was based on 70 in-depth interviews, revealed psychological, social, practical, and culturally related difficulties that occur on the meditative path, and [...]
Stephen Fulder
Kevin Cook2019-04-18T07:34:45-07:00Dr. Stephen Fulder was born in London in 1946, has a doctorate in molecular biology and has published 14 books on outer and inner health. He has been practicing largely within the Theravada Buddhist framework [...]
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Maureen Obrien2019-10-17T12:57:13-07:00Ajahn Thanissaro (Geoffrey DeGraff) is an American monk of the Thai forest tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History, he studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko in [...]
Lisa Dale Miller
Kevin Cook2018-11-29T21:14:33-08:00Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Los Gatos, CA. She specializes in mindfulness psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing therapy for the treatment of depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, emotion [...]
Bill Kostura
Kevin Cook2018-11-29T21:06:20-08:00Bill Kostura has been sitting since 2001, and has studied primarily with Gil Fronsdal in Redwood City. At present he explores the teachings primarily through perspectives on suffering and non-attachment. He feels fortunate to teach [...]
Diana Clark
Kevin Cook2019-07-18T10:49:32-07:00Diana Clark is a Buddhist practitioner, scholar, teacher, and general supporter of the dharma. She has cumulatively spent more than two years in silent meditation retreats and when not stealing away to go on retreat, [...]
Jill Shepherd
Kevin Cook2018-11-29T20:12:24-08:00Jill Shepherd began practicing insight meditation in Thailand in 1999, and since that time has lived and worked at several meditation centers and monasteries in the US, Australia, England, and Thailand. She recently spent seven [...]
Sean Feit Oakes
Maureen Obrien2019-03-20T09:02:08-07:00Sean Feit Oakes, PhD teaches Buddhism, Haṭha Yoga, and Organic Intelligence® with a focus on the integration of meditation, philosophy, and self-inquiry with trauma resolution and social justice. He has studied in Zen, Tibetan, and Theravāda Buddhist lineages, [...]
Aishin Leonard
Kevin Cook2019-12-07T15:48:16-08:00Aishin Leonard is a passionate Buddhist practitioner, mindfulness facilitator and consultant. Her doorway to practice opened in 2009 when she developed a chronic pain condition that left her bedridden and wheelchair bound. After many years [...]
Oren Jay Sofer
Shaila Catherine2019-02-08T18:48:48-08:00Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication retreats and workshops nationally. A member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, he is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication, a Course Trainer at Mindful Schools, and a Somatic [...]