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Guy Armstrong<\/a><\/strong> has practiced insight meditation for over 40 years, including training as a Buddhist monk in Thailand with Ajahn Buddhadasa. He began teaching in 1984 and has led retreats worldwide. He is the author of Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A meditator since 1999, Devin Berry<\/a><\/strong>‘s practice is primarily informed by the metta and vipassana teachings of the Insight Meditation tradition. He has undertaken many periods of silent long-term retreat practice. Devin is committed to the personal and collective liberation of marginalized communities knowing that through the integration of reflection and insight, clarity and wisdom give rise to wise action. Devin is the father of 2 children.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Narayan Helen Liebenson<\/a><\/strong> finds it a joy and a privilege to share the Buddha\u2019s teachings with all who are interested. She has been a guiding teacher of the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center since its inception in 1985. Her training over the past forty years includes study in the United States and in Asia with meditation masters in the Theravada, Zen, and Tibetan traditions. Narayan is the author of The Magnanimous Heart.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Kamala Masters <\/a><\/strong>is a co-founder with Steve Armstrong of Vipassana Metta Foundation. A meditator since 1977, she trained intensively in metta<\/em>\u00a0(lovingkindness) and\u00a0vipassana<\/em>\u00a0(insight) in the Mahasi tradition with Sayadaw U Pandita and Anagarika Munindra. Continuing her practice with Sayadaw U Tejaniya, she encourages a balanced relaxed awareness that has the clarity of precision as well as kindness.\u00a0 She is a mother of 4 children and grandmother of 7.<\/p>\n
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Winnie Nazarko<\/a><\/strong> attended her first meditation retreat in 1981, after a co-worker convinced her that it would be interesting. And it was interesting, just not in the way she expected. After that long weekend with Stephen and Andrea Levine, she knew she had touched something deeply truthful, although she couldn\u2019t quite describe it. It did, however, seem to do with transparency of being, equanimity, and lack of fear.<\/p>\n
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Carol Wilson<\/a><\/strong> first began practicing Vipassana or Insight meditation in 1971, with S.N. Goenka, in Bodh Gaya, India. Since then she has studied and practiced with a number of Theravada teachers, both Asian and Western. Carol has been sharing vipassana and metta retreat teachings since 1986, both in the United States and abroad. She feels a strong commitment to supporting the conditions for long intensive retreats to take place, and for many years she has been teaching the three-month retreat at Insight Meditation Society.<\/p>\n
\nAssociate Guiding Teachers<\/h2>\n
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<\/strong>Roxanne Dault <\/b><\/a>teaches meditation in Canada, USA, and France. She has been dedicated to this path for almost two decades, sitting on long retreats both in Asia and in the West. A Guiding Teacher at True North Insight, Roxanne teaches in different settings where she lives in Tiohti:\u00e1ke (Montr\u00e9al). She completed the IMS Teacher Training in 2021. Her teachings take root mainly from the lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw and are influenced by her love of nature and Indigenous wisdom. She is trained in Somatic Experiencing\u00ae.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chas-DiCapua-Headshot-for-dharma.org_.png\")
Chas DiCapua <\/a><\/strong>has been practicing Buddhist meditation for almost 30 years. He has trained with Burmese meditation masters, western monastics of the Thai Forest tradition, and senior western vipassana teachers. He has spent over two years in silent, intensive retreat. Chas has served as IMS\u2019s Resident Teacher at IMS since 2003. Chas is a graduate of the\u00a0 IMS\/Spirit Rock Teacher Training Program. He teaches retreats at IMS and throughout the country.<\/p>\n
\nFounders Council<\/h2>\n
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Joseph Goldstein<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has taught Buddhist meditation worldwide since 1974. A co-founder and guiding teacher of IMS, he also helped envision and establish\u00a0BCBS<\/a>\u00a0and IMS\u2019s\u00a0Forest Refuge<\/a>\u00a0center. His books include\u00a0Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, One Dharma, Insight Meditation\u00a0<\/i>and others.<\/p>\n
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Sharon Salzberg <\/a><\/strong>is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness<\/em>, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness<\/em>. Her forthcoming release, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom<\/em>, is set for release in April of 2023 from Flatiron Books. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed six million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. www.sharonsalzberg.com<\/p>\n
\nEmeritus Guiding Teachers<\/h2>\n
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Rebecca Bradshaw<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is the guiding teacher of the\u00a0Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley, MA. She leads\u00a0vipassana<\/em> retreats, including Spanish language courses, emphasizing embodied clarity and kindness. She holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Counseling Psychology.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Christina Feldman<\/strong><\/a> is of the generation of dharma teachers that began teaching in the west in 1975 after spending some years in Asia studying and practice in both the Mahayana and Therevadan traditions. She is a co-founder of Gaia House. Christina is the founder of the Women\u2019s retreat and the family retreat at IMS. She is the author of Boundless Heart: The Buddha\u2019s Path of Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity<\/em> and other publications.<\/p>\n
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Greg Scharf<\/a><\/strong>has practiced with Western and Asian teachers in the Theravada tradition since 1992, and has been teaching residential retreats since 2007, including the annual Three-Month Retreat at IMS. Greg\u2019s love of nature and the outdoors deeply informs both his practice and teaching.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong>Rodney Smith <\/b><\/a>disrobed as a monk in 1983 and for the next 35 years taught Insight Meditation throughout the U.S. and for many of those years worked in hospice care. In 2017 he retired from most work related obligations, allowing him to explore a life unconstrained by time. He is the author of four books including Touching the Infinite: A New Perspective on The Buddha\u2019s Four Foundation of Mindfulness.<\/a> His teaching style is direct and undeviating, emphasizing the immediacy of awakening and the embodiment of awakened values.<\/p>\n
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