Bio
I'm a teacher of meditation and interpersonal meditation based in New York City. My practice experience includes ~ five years of full-time study of meditation and related mind-body disciplines. This training included ~ two years at monasteries and practice centers in Asia, ~ two years of solitary retreat under the guidance of Alan Wallace, Ph.D. and Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D, and ~ one year studying with Soryu Forall at the Monastic Academy. I currently teach at NYU through MindfulNYU and have run retreats and workshops at Wesleyan University, Upenn Medicine, Middlebury College, Mindful Harlem, Columbia Teacher’s College, and the Monastic Academy. In addition to classical meditation, I have a passion for interpersonal meditation as a way to increase emotional intelligence, and build coherence and psychological safety in individuals, teams, and families.
I'm currently studying the Alexander Technique (a refined method of fostering body awareness and tension release) with Ann Rodger at The Balance Arts Center where I'm a third of the way through a 1,600 hour teacher training.
Perhaps my biggest passion is for Monasteries of the Future, places where deliberate practice is applied to the contemplative field and long term mediation training happens in a way that is culturally appropriate for modern people. I'm also very interested in how audio based retreats can democratize the spread of world class meditation instruction and help people inspire people to devote significant time to training meditation skills.
