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Phillip Moffitt is a Buddhist meditation teacher and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served as Co-Guiding Teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center from 2010-2018. Phillip is also the founder and president of Life Balance Institute where he trains leaders and professionals in how to skillfully make major transitions in their lives.
He is the author of three books: *Awakening through the Nine Bodies, Emotional Chaos to Clarity, and Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering*
Dana DePalma, MA teaches Insight Meditation retreats, serves as a Guiding Teacher, and is on the Board of Directors at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California. She is a teacher and trainer in the Nine Bodies Insight method of practice, an integration of the Nine Bodies teachings from Himalayan yoga master Premvarni Balyogi and Thai Forest Insight teachings, created by Phillip Moffitt. Dana was Phillip's first student in this method, starting in 2007, practicing these teachings in daily life and in month-long silent retreats. Together they began offering retreats in 2015. Dana began her Vipassana practice in 1993, graduated from Spirit Rock’s first Community Dharma Leaders (CDL) Program in 2000, completed Spirit Rock’s four-year Teacher Training Program and joined the Spirit Rock Teachers Council in 2010. Dana holds a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, and a Marriage and Family Therapist license, and is most influenced by Relational psychology, Depth psychology, and Jungian perspectives. She is a Bay Area native, married, mom to an awesome teen, and grateful to call Marin County, with Mount Tamalpais and its rugged coast, home.
Tuere Sala serves as a Guiding Teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana (Insight) meditation for over 30 years. Tuere is a core teacher in both the Thai Forest and Nine Bodies Insight traditions. Inspired by the Dharma, Tuere is a strong advocate for practitioners living with high stress, past trauma and difficulties sitting still. Tuere has been teaching since 2010. She believes urban meditation practice is the foundation for today’s practitioner’s path to liberation.
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Phillip Moffitt
Dana DePalma
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