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 most challenging ten days of my life. And the most rewarding.
Since then, I’ve sat multiple other silent meditation retreats, and completed 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 currently work with teenagers through Detroit Horse Power. I’m also enrolled in a 200-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher training program through Namaste Yoga, a magnet school for the International Institute of Yoga Therapy.
Do you want to establish a meditation practice? Are you looking for non-pharmaceutical tools to manage anxiety, scattered attention, or insomnia? These are all areas I’ve worked on in my practice, and ones I help individuals with now.
Rates for 2025
One-on-One Meetings: One hour, via audio or video, $80
Group Sessions (3 person minimum): One hour, via audio or video, $30/person
See my Workshops for upcoming classes and ongoing sittings.