Here you will find Dharma talks, guided meditations, and mindfulness teachings, along with reflections on my teaching approach.
Teaching Approach
You are welcome here, whether you come through the ancient wisdom of the Dharma, secular mindfulness practice, or simply the need for a moment of stillness. These teachings arise from a deep well. You are invited to drink.
My Dharma and mindfulness teachings are rooted in the Theravada Insight (Vipassana) meditation tradition and informed by more than two decades of vipassana meditation practice and a deep commitment to turning toward suffering with awareness, compassion, and ethical clarity. In recent years, my practice has deepened through the brahmaviharas (heart-based practices) and the Kuan Yin Dharmas. I offer both Dharma and secular mindfulness practices, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).
I hold space that is race-conscious and culturally-grounded, LGBTQIA+-affirming, and survivor-centered, shaped by the understanding that our apparent identities are not obstacles to practice but portals into it.
I bring a trauma-informed lens to all my offerings, creating space that is attentive to the ways systemic harm, personal history, and the body intersect with practice. My approach honors the full human being: the practitioner who carries both ancestral wisdom and ancestral wound, both the capacity for suffering and the possibility of liberation.
This teaching is further grounded in the 2025-2028 Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Society Residential Retreat Teacher Training Program, formal training as a certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, qualification as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher through Brown University, and training in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and Indigenous Tools for Living.
I currently serve as a resident teacher at Delaware Valley Insight, where I offer multi-week series, daylong retreats, and one-on-one practitioner meetings. I also serve as an assistant teacher on residential retreats at Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, where I teach brahmavihara practices and offer one-on-one practice interviews.
To learn more about the lineages and teachers that inform this work, visit Roots & Unfolding.
If you are interested in exploring one-on-one practice support or have questions about my offerings, please feel free to reach out.
DharmaSeed
Listen to a curated collection of Dharma talks and guided meditations recorded at Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s BIPOC and LGBTQ+ (Rainbow) Affinity Sanghas, available to stream and download. Teachings include the Four Noble Truths, the Five Remembrances, Karuṇā (compassion), and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. New Dharma talks and meditation recordings are as they become available.
YouTube Playlist
Explore Dharma talks, guided meditations, and mindfulness teachings, along with conversations, panels, and podcast episodes that integrate Buddhist practice, ancestral honoring, and social justice. Teachings draw on figures including Audre Lorde, Rev. Dr. Leon E. Wright, and Kisa Gotamī, and explore equanimity, karuṇā (compassion), spiritual bypassing, race and Dharma, and the intersections of accountability and liberation. New recordings are added as they become available.
Sound Cloud
A growing collection of Dharma talks and guided meditations, freely available to stream. Teachings include the brahmavihāras, Karuṇā, Upekkhā, the Five Remembrances, and the Sacca Pāramī. New recordings are added as they become available.
The Four Noble Truths Playlist
The Four Noble Truths Playlist:
Earlier this year, I taught a five-week online series on the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha's first foundational teaching, hosted by Delaware Valley Insight.
Dukkhā -There is suffering |dissatisfactoriness.
Samudaya - There is a cause of suffering | dissatisfactoriness, and insatiable craving is at its root.
Nirodha - The cessation of suffering | dissatisfactoriness.
Magga -There is a path that leads to the cessation of suffering | dissatisfactoriness
We all learn in different ways. The Four Noble Truths are more than 2,600 years old and remain profoundly relevant, perhaps even timeless. They speak to the vulnerability of being human, the inevitability of change, and the reality that life cannot always be arranged to our liking.
As one doorway into the teachings, I created a playlist of songs to accompany each of the Four Noble Truths, with a gong signaling the transition between each truth. The songs shared throughout the series do not perfectly embody the teachings. Rather, they gesture toward the spirit of the Four Noble Truths.
The selections arise from my own conditioning, history, and musical preferences. I offer them as invitations for practice, not prescriptions. You might listen reflectively and notice what arises in your own body and heart. You may also feel moved to create your own Four Noble Truths playlist as another way of engaging the teachings.
