Melanie Cherng

Melanie Huitse Cherng（程慧慈) (she/her) was raised in a Taiwanese family that practices Pure Land Buddhism. Communal and spiritual life are deeply intertwined for her. She remembers as a young child coloring outside the altar room door while listening to her father chant at dawn. For the last decade, Mel has offered meditation instructions to the BIPOC community at Cambridge Insight, and she is currently a trainee in the four-year IMS and Spirit Rock teacher training program. Mel loves learning different ways to hold spacious, non-hierarchical practice spaces that support rest and healing. She is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and dancer. She and her partner are currently rewilding their backyard with native plants. She identifies as a baby queer.