Maxine Shapiro has been meditating for over 30 years and has been a Zen practitioner for almost 20 years. (and, is thrilled to be sitting with InsightLA for 1.5 years) She is an alum of Chicago’s Second City Improv Lab. She also knows business, as you m... Read more

Meenadchi (they/them) has 10+ years experience in trauma services and crisis stabilization. Meenadchi’s NVC practice began in 2002, and it quickly became a natural fit to weave these magical tools for self-compassion and empathy into Meenadchi’s daily w... Read more

Rev. Michael Daiun Melancon brings with him 30 years of experience in both the practice of mindfulness meditation and the study of the Buddha Dharma. He is a contemplative caregiver with a focus on end of life and palliative care, ordained as a chaplain... Read more

Michael Kearney, MD, is a physician with over 35 years of experience in Palliative care. He has published widely and has taught nationally and internationally on psycho-spiritual healing and self-care of care-givers in the end of life. He is mentored by... Read more

Sumi Loundon Kim is the Buddhist chaplain at Duke University and teacher for the Mindful Families of Durham. She is editor of the anthologies Blue Jean Buddha and The Buddha’s Apprentices, from Wisdom Publications, and the author of Sitting Together: A ... Read more

Shannon Lee is the CEO and Owner of the Bruce Lee Family Companies and President of the Bruce Lee Foundation, as well as the daughter of the legendary martial artist and cultural icon, Bruce Lee. Shannon’s mission is to provide access to her father’s ph... Read more

Michaela Haas, PhD, is the author of Bouncing Forward: The Art and Science of Cultivating Resilience and Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Buddhism in the West. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation for more t... Read more