Meditation

In 2021, I made a brash decision. I’d been practicing meditation for a few years, and usually sat for 10-15 minutes a day. Then I signed up for a ten-day silent retreat. This was taught in the style of S. N. Goenka, and we sat for ten hours a day. Those were the hardest ten days of my life. And the most rewarding.

Since then, I’ve sat multiple other silent meditation retreats, and am finishing a two-year meditation teacher certification program through UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Alongside my coursework, I study with Peter Doobinin, one of the founding teachers of New York Insight Meditation Center. These teachings focus on Insight meditation within the Theravada lineage – some of the foundational concepts are using the breath and other anchors to return to our bodies, moving through the world with curiousity and awareness, and observing and befriending emotions.

I’ve taught workshops on these concepts for The Peace Education Center and teenagers through Detroit Horse Power.

See my Workshops for upcoming classes and ongoing sittings.