Denise Ackert

Denise has been practicing Insight Meditation since 1986, training in the US, India, and Nepal. She has been teaching meditation classes at the Salida Sangha in central Colorado since 2012. Her core teachers include John Travis, Brian Lesage, Susie Harrington, Erin Treat and many other Spirit Rock and IMS teachers. Denise has studied with teachers from other Buddhist lineages including Anam Thubten and Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Her background as a yoga teacher, body worker, and environmental scientist deeply informs her focus on embodied practice. In addition, she teaches meditation in schools, jails, non-profit organizations, businesses and on the trail.  Denise led a mindfulness and meditation trek in Nepal in 2019, prior to the pandemic, and hopes to offer more treks in the future.