Pawan Bareja, PhD

Pawan Bareja, PhD has practiced vipassanā meditation since 2001. She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Teacher Training, a Buddhist Ritual Minister, and a Community Dharma Leader at Spirit Rock. She has served on the board of Braided Wisdom and on the Teacher Council at Dhamma Dena. She has a keen interest in empowering students with practices to resolve their stress and trauma using mindfulness, Buddhist psychology, and neuroscience. She has taught this material at Spirit Rock, San Francisco Insight, EBMC, Esalen, and globally. She is the author of Reignite Your Power: Resolving Trauma Using Mindfulness. In her private practice as Trauma Resolution Practitioner, Pawan works with a diverse population of clients and teaches mindfulness meditation. She believes that cultivating love for ourselves and everything around us is at the heart of all healing.