Amita Schmidt

Amita Schmidt

Amita began meditating in 1984 in Seattle. She left the Seattle area to deepen her practice by attending a series of three-month retreats at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, MA. After many years of intensive practice, she was asked to co-lead her first...
Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D.

Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D.

Tina’s warm style, bright clarity and supportive presence helps students recognize their deeper nature, both on the cushion and in daily life. She has a decades-long commitment to cultivating her own and others’ deep spiritual unfoldment while functioning in an...
Diana Clark

Diana Clark

Diana Clark, PhD, is a dharma teacher, Buddhist scholar and general supporter of the dharma. As a dharma teacher, Diana draws from her extensive retreat practice to teach in a warm-hearted and relevant manner. Being inspired by the Buddha’s teachings on peace and...
Andrea Fella

Andrea Fella

Andrea Fella has been practicing insight meditation since 1996 and was quickly drawn to intensive retreat practice. She has done a number of long retreats, both in the United States and in Burma. During one long practice period in Burma, she ordained as a nun with...
Tim Geil

Tim Geil

Tim Geil began practicing Insight Meditation in 1996 and has taught meditation since 2006 under the guidance of Rodney Smith. In 2016, Tim completed the four-year Residential Retreat Teacher Training through Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Society, and Insight Retreat...