Yong Oh

Yongs initial doorway into the Dharma was through Soto Zen. His love for Vipassana began with his, then and now, primary teachers Kittisaro and Thanissara. He is currently a Dharma Council teacher at the Durango Dharma Center, teaches for the Chattanoog... Read more

Celeste Young

Celeste began formal meditation practice in 2002. She was invited to join the very first teacher development cohort at InsightLA under the guidance of founder Trudy Goodman in 2011 and has since taught thousands of students the essentials of mindfulness... Read more

Elizabeth Rice

Elizabeth Rice started studying with InsightLA’s guiding teacher, Trudy Goodman, in 2005. Utilizing skills developed as an attorney, and informed through meditation practice and personal experience, Elizabeth advocates for more compassionate and effecti... Read more

Pablo Das

Pablo Das was trained as a Buddhist teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. He is a practitioner of Somatic Experiencing (sep), a body centered system for the resolution of trauma and assists S.E. trainings in California. He was on th... Read more

Diana Gould

Diana Gould has been a meditator for over 35 years, practicing Insight Meditation for 20 of those years. She has been a facilitator for the Vipassana Support Institute and has taught meditation at the Learning Curve at the Gay and Lesbian Center. She is... Read more

Ava Louise Stanton, LCSW

Ava Louise Stanton is a long-time Zen student, beginning with 10 years of study as a founding member and resident of the Providence Zen Center with Zen Master Seung Sahn. She and Trudy Goodman had practiced there in the 1970’s, and she joined the teache... Read more

Gullu Singh, JD

Gulwinder “Gullu” Singh is a corporate real estate attorney who regularly teaches both secular and Buddhist classes and groups at InsightLA and at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, has taught mindfulness at the University of Southern California and has bee... Read more

Justine Dawson

Justine Dawson is a teacher and guide of mindfulness, intimacy and awakening. A 25 year practitioner of Insight Meditation, she completed training as a teacher under Jack Kornfield in 2012. In addition to her training and practice in traditional medita... Read more

LC Tran

Lienchi was born into a Buddhist family. She began her path of meditation in 1986 with Thay Thich Nhat Hanh in the Mahayana tradition. In 1994, she met Venerable Khippapanno, and his kindness and wisdom inspired Lienchi to practice in the Theravada trad... Read more

Lisa Kring, LCSW

Lisa Kring is an LCSW (MSW-USC) and is a committed practitioner of Theravada Vipassana mediation for over twenty years. She is a graduate of the Dedicated Practitioner’s Program and Advanced Practitioner Program at Spirit Rock, and has studied with many... Read more