Guest Teacher
Verlinda Montoya, RN
Verlinda Montoya, also known by her given Indian name, Mato Ta Pejuta Wakan Nawjin, (Mato Winyan), is an elder, medicine woman and spiritual leader from the Picuris pueblo of New Mexico. Her tribe is Northern Tiwa/Hopi and she comes from a maternal blood line of Medicine People. Adopted by the Lakota-Sioux tribe, she has been […]
Jeanne Corrigal
Jeanne Corrigal is the guiding teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community. She has been practicing since 1999, and is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner and Community Dharma Leader Programs. Jeanne has trained with Mindful Schools and with Somatic Experiencing, and is certified in Indigenous Focusing Oriented Trauma Therapy, and as an MBSR […]
Randima Fernando
Randima Fernando is a Co-Founder and Executive Director at the Center for Humane Technology, which is dedicated to realigning technology with humanity’s best interests. For 7 years he was Executive Director at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit that has brought mindfulness training to millions of children and tens of thousands of educators worldwide. Prior to that, […]
Skeeter Barker
Skeeter honors the peaceful warrior nature that is uniquely revealed in each of us, through this journey called yoga. Skeeter’s purpose is to create a safe space for all students to arrive on their mat, practice the beautiful art of unfoldment and connection to true authentic self. Skeeter welcomes you to your mat, however you […]
Ramón Honea
Ramón Honea is a gay, second generation Oakland Latinx native. He served for 20 years as a teacher/administrator in the Oakland Unified School District. Through therapy, Ramon found meditation and the East Bay Meditation Center’s “POC sangha” where he sat on the board, led several groups, and participated on the center’s coordinating committee. Leading meditation […]
Aiko Michot
Aiko Michot’s background in Science, Pedagogy and Buddhist philosophy allow for a unique mindfulness offering! Drawing on her 15 years of experience as a science teacher, Aiko enjoys co-creating safe, playful and experiential spaces for both youth and adults to conduct their own investigation about the physical, emotional and mental processes that make up reality. […]
Alison Teal, MFT
Alison is a licensed Psychotherapist since 1986 and an Internationally Certified EMDR Consultant and Therapist. She is skilled in a variety of modalities including expressive arts, dream work, play therapy, psychodrama and somatic psychology. She taught graduate school psychology for 17 years and has led numerous workshops and conference presentations. As a Certified Life Balance […]
Tere Abdala-Romano
Tere a senior Teacher at InsightLA. From Lebanese grandparents, Tere was born and lived in Mexico City almost all her life. Being a very devoted catholic, she then became fascinated by Tibetan Buddhism. She moved to Los Angeles in 2002 with her now late husband and three then young daughters. She left behind her MBA […]