Cindy Rasicot

Cindy Rasicot is an award-winning author and retired psychotherapist.  When she and her family moved to Bangkok, Thailand for three years in 2005, she met her spiritual teacher, Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni ⎯an encounter that led her to writing her d... Read more

Dawn Scott

Dawn Scott has been practicing insight meditation since 2008, is a Diamond Heart practitioner, and currently serves as the Family Program Coordinator at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She teaches teen retreats at Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme... Read more

Dana DePalma, LMFT

Dana DePalma has practiced Insight Meditation since 1993 and is a guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She has explored the Nine Bodies of Consciousness as a support for Insight meditation with Phillip Moffitt since 2007, including multiple... Read more

Nicki Wong - Visiting Teacher, Insight LA Meditation

Nicki Wong

Nicki Wong is a practitioner of energy and sound as tools to heal the etheric fields around the human body which can immediately affect change in a person’s outlook and allow them to tap into their own inner guidance and intuition. Through aligning hers... Read more

Roland Palencia

Roland Palencia is the Community Benefits Director and corporate trainer at L.A. Care Health Plan. He has trained close to 2,000 corporate staff and community members, including over 500 managers in “How We Listen is How We Communicate,” a communication... Read more

Bill Resnick, MD

Bill Resnick, MD, MBA, is a psychiatrist and philanthropist, as well as a dedicated mindfulness practitioner since taking his first class at InsightLA in 2010 – and currently chairs the board of InsightLA. He has worked as a community psychiatrist at AI... Read more

Gabrielle Hammond

Gabrielle Hammond has been a Vipassana practitioner since 2008, has a regular retreat practice and has spent last four years devoting several hours a day to contemplative practice. She is an acupuncturist and doctor of Taoist and Traditional Chinese M... Read more

Sasha Hutchings

Sasha Hutchings is a stage and television actress, dancer, foodie, lover of manatees, and a collector of too many house plants. She was most recently appeared on Broadway as Laurey Williams in Oklahoma!, winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival.... Read more

Caroline Welch

Caroline Welch is CEO and Co-founder, with Dr. Dan Siegel, of the Mindsight Institute in Santa Monica, California. She offers lectures and workshops to enhance well-being in our personal and professional lives. Caroline began her mindfulness practice fo... Read more

Daniel Sutton-Johanson

Daniel Sutton-Johanson is the founder and community dharma leader of Southsea Sangha, a young and burgeoning urban dharma community on the island city of Portsmouth, U.K. Daniel began dharma practice in 2004 through encountering Vipassana at a time of a... Read more