Asia
Katherine Hoi Ying Chen | China: Macau and Hong Kong
Katherine Hoi Ying Chen
I am a trained teacher of Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L, 2022) and the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP, 2023), and currently training as an Insight Dialogue facilitator.
As an associate professor of linguistics, I integrate mindfulness into language teaching to help students manage anxiety and build confidence. I also offer regular mindfulness workshops for university staff and students.
My research includes a randomised controlled trial on Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World and recent work analysing discourse in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
Location: Hong Kong and Macau
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/katherine-chen
陳海瑛
我是一位「生活中的靜觀」（MBCT-L，2022）及「人際關係靜觀課程」（IMP，2023）完訓教師，目前正接受慧談引導者訓練。
作為語言學副教授，我將靜觀融入語言教學，協助學生紓解焦慮、建立自信。我亦為大學師生定期提供靜觀課程與工作坊。
我的研究包括一項針對《靜觀：在喧囂的世界中獲得安寧》的隨機對照試驗，以及近期對靜觀認知治療（MBCT）中的話語分析。
地點： 香港與澳門
語言： 英語、粵語、普通話
網站： https://sites.google.com/view/katherine-chen
Kevin Fong | China
Kevin Fong is a co-founder and lead teacher at the ATINAT Institute of Mindfulness Training (AIMT) in Hong Kong and Mainland China, and a founding member of the Mindfulness Professional Committee (MPC) within the Chinese Associations for Life Care (CALC), where he serves as Executive Director. He also acts as International Advisor and Retreat Lead for the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation.
With a personal practice rooted in early Buddhist teachings, Kevin is a teacher trainer, supervisor, and assessor for mindfulness programs. He offers MBSR, MBCT and Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP) in online & in-person formats. Whilst he mainly offers classes and retreats in Mandarin Chinese, he also teaches in English and Cantonese.
Kevin 方玮联是香港|心|願|度|靜觀培訓學院(AIMT)的共同创始人和首席教师,也是中国生命关怀协会(CALC)静 观专业委员会(MPC)的创始成员之一,并担任该委员会的执行主任。他还担任英国牛津静观基金会的国际顾问和 退修营导师。
玮联的个人修行植根于早期佛法的修习方法,他是多项静观课程的教师培训师、督导师和认证评估员。他以在线和 面对面的形式提供 静观减压课程 (MBSR)、静观认知疗法 (MBCT) 和「静观慧遇」人际静观课程(IMP)。他主要以 中文普通话授课,也用英语和粤语授课。
S. Helen Ma
S. Helen Ma started her mindfulness meditative practice in 1992 and was fortunate enough to be able to start to share its benefits in the form of teaching MBSR, MBCT and IMP in 1997, 2001 and 2015 respectively. She worked on a research study on the effectiveness of MBCT and got a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge, UK. She served as a clinical psychologist in hospitals in Hong Kong and Sydney. At the moment, she is not actively teaching as she devotes her time to taking care of her elderly husband.
馬淑華於 1992 年開始修習靜觀，並有幸分別於 1997 年、2001 年和 2015 年以教授 MBSR、MBCT 和 IMP 的形式開始分享其益處。她於英國劍橋大學研究 MBCT 的療效，獲得博士學位。她曾在香港和雪梨多間醫院擔任臨床心理學家。目前，她放下教學工作，全心照顧年邁的丈夫。
Siu Chung TANG (Xiaocong DENG) | China
Siu Chung TANG (Xiaocong DENG)
Since 2008, Chung has been exploring and practising Mindfulness-Based Approach (MBA) and Early Buddhism. Six years later, he began to sharing MBA in schools and NGOs. In 2023, he completed the IMP Teacher Training Program with Florence Meleo-Meyer and Phyllis Hicks.
Currently, Chung offers MBSR, MBCT and IMP, as well as graduate group practice sessions mainly in Hong Kong and Mainland China in both online and in-person formats. For more information about Chung, please visit:
鄧小聰
自 2008 年以來,小聰一直在學習和修習靜觀為本修法和原始佛法。六年
後,他開始於學校及非政府機構分享靜觀。於 2023 年他在 Florence Meleo-Meyer
和 Phyllis Hicks 指導下完成了人際靜觀課程導師培訓。
目前,小聰在香港及內地提供靜觀減壓課程(MBSR)、靜觀認知課程(MBCT)
和人際靜觀課程(IMP),並帶領課程畢業生共修,包括線上和面授形式。關於小
聰的更多資訊可以瀏覽:www.applyingmindfulness.com
Qingqing Wang 王青青 | China
Qingqing Wang 王青青
Mindfulness teacher based in Beijing, offering MBSR, Interpersonal Mindfulness (IMP), and Living in the Present (LiTP) programs online/in-person. Drawn to contemplative practice through MBCT/MBSR at the beginning, she roots her current personal practice in early Buddhist teachings.
Actively engaged in China's mindfulness communities, she has co-translated works by Sharon Salzberg (Real Happiness), Lucia McBee (Mindfulness Based Elder Care), and Gregory Kramer (Insight Dialogue: the Interpersonal Path to Freedom).
Qingqing works in Mandarin, English, and French.
王青青 Qingqing Wang
静观教师，常住北京，提供线上/线下MBSR、「静观慧遇」- 人际正念（IMP）及「活在当下」（LiTP）课程。工作语言为中、英、法三语。
因MBCT/MBSR开始静观修习，当前个人修习扎根早期佛法修习方法。长期参与华语静观社区服务，合译《真正的幸福》《静观长者照护》《慧谈：通往自由的人际修习之路》等著作。
Europe
Ana Arrabé | Spain
Ana Arrabé, founder of Eus3, an initiative committed to experience, warmth, and rigor in mindfulness training and guidance. She leads the MBSR Teacher Training at the Nirakara Mindfulness Institute. She holds a certification in MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) teaching and Teacher Trainer Training from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is also a teacher of Interpersonal Mindfulness Programs through the Insight Dialogue and Metta community. She holds a postgraduate degree in Emotional Intelligence (UCJC) and is a member of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC).
She regularly offers MBSR and IMP programs open to the general public through www.Eus3.com and www.espaciosaludypsicoterapia.com. Since 2014, she has been offering mindfulness and silence retreats, both in person and online, together with ID and Dharma Teacher Patricia Genoud.
Her vision of stress as one of the main causes of suffering in individuals, organizations, and society, along with her passion for the virtuous potential of mind training, serves as her inspiration in teaching.
Since 2010, Ana Arrabé has been offering training, mentoring, retreats, and mindfulness-based interventions open to the general public, In-Company programs, and within academic settings.
More information at www.eus3.com.
Ana Arrabé, fundadora de Eus3, una iniciativa que apuesta por la experiencia, la calidez y el rigor en la formación y acompañamiento en mindfulness. Dirige la Formación de Profesores de MBSR en el Nirakara Mindfulness Institute. Certificación en la enseñanza de MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) y Formación de Formadores por el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Massachusetts. Profesora de Programas de Mindfulness Interpersonal por la comunidad de Insight Dialogue y Metta. Postgrado universitario en Inteligencia Emocional (UCJC) y miembro de la red Global Mindfulness Collaborative (GMC). Ofrece regularmente MBSR y MIP abiertos al público en general a través de www.Eus3.com y www.espaciosaludypsicoterapia.com. Desde 2014 ofrece retiros de mindfulness y silencio en forma presencial y en línea junto con ID and Dharma Teacher Patricia Genoud.
Su visión del estrés como una de las principales causas de sufrimiento en las personas, en las organizaciones y en la sociedad, y su pasión por el potencial virtuoso que ofrece el entrenamiento de la mente son su inspiración en la docencia.
Desde 2010, Ana Arrabé imparte formación, mentoría, retiros e intervenciones basadas en mindfulness abiertas al público en general, In Company y en el entorno académico.
Más información en www.eus3.com
Andrea Bassanini | Italy
Andrea Bassanini
Founder and Director of the MeP Clinical Center in Milan Psychologist Psychotherapist, Mindfulness-Based Programs Instructor trained with AIM (Italian Association for Mindfulness), the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice of Bangor University (UK) and Metta Foundation (USA), Therapist for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and first Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner and Trainer with EFT Universe in Italy.
I have been collaborating for years as a teacher/supervisor with various hospital and post-graduate schools in psychotherapy and Universities in Italy and abroad. I am the author of over 40 scientific publications, including the Italian edition of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy by Germer, Siegel and Fulton (Guilford Press, Italian edition: “Le Psicoterapie Orientate alla Mindfulness”) and the Clinical Handbook of Clinical EFT (Italian edition: “Tecniche di Tapping”.)
I am also the Scientific Director of the Italian Training of EFT Universe in Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). My clinical and scientific interest is directed towards the practice of mindfulness awareness and mind-body approaches in psychotherapy. In addition, for over fifteen years I have been studying contemplative practices such as Mindfulness, Vipassana and Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine, under the guidance of numerous authoritative teachers.
Insight Timer App Teacher | Member of SITCC | Member of CBT-Italia | Member of AISTED | Member of the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy
Andrea Bassanini
Fondatore e Direttore del Centro Clinico MeP di Milano Psicologo Psicoterapeuta, Istruttore Mindfulness-Based Programs formato con AIM (Associazione Italiana per la Mindfulness), il Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice della Bangor University (UK) e Metta Foundation (USA), Terapeuta per la Acceptance and Commitment Therapy e primo Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner ale Trainer con EFT Universe in Italia.
Collaboro da anni come docente/supervisore con diverse aziende ospedaliere e scuole di specializzazione in psicoterapia e Università in Italia e all’estero.
Sono autore di oltre 40 pubblicazioni scientifiche, tra le quali la curatela dell’edizione italiana di Mindfulness and Psychotherapy di Germer, Siegel e Fulton (Guilford Press, ed. ita. “Le Psicoterapie Orientate alla Mindfulness” e il Manuale “Tecniche di Tapping”
Sono, inoltre, Resposabile Scientifico della Formazione Italiana di EFT Universe in Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). Il mio interesse clinico e scientifico è diretto alla pratica di consapevolezza mindfulness e agli approcci mente-corpo in psicoterapia. Inoltre, da oltre quindici anni approfondisco pratiche contemplative quali Mindfulness, Vipassana e Qigong e Medicina Tradizionale Cinese, sotto la guida di numerosi e autorevoli insegnanti.
Insight Timer App Teacher | Socio SITCC | Socio CBT-Italia | Socio AISTED | Iscritto all'Ordine degli Psicologi della Lombardia
Dott. Stefano Bittichesu | Italy
Dott. Stefano Bittichesu
- Mindfulness Based Interventions
Nell'arco del 2014 frequenta il Mindfulness Professional Training, corso annuale in modalità residenziale - esperenziale organizzato da Associazione Italiana per la Mindfulness (Milano) per la formazione di istruttori dei protocolli MBSR e MBCT (quest'ultimo di esclusiva pertinenza di psicologi e medici).
Nel 2015 partecipa al corso residenziale di avanzamento e perfezionamento istruttori “MBI:TAC” (Mindfulness Based Interventions-Teaching Assessment Criteria) con Rebecca Crane e Karunavira del Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (Bangor University -UK- e AIM). Durante il corso si sperimentano e apprendono metodi di auto-monitoraggio e raccordo con gli standard degli istruttori dei protocolli basati sulla Mindfulness. Nel 2019, in modalità di ritiro residenziale esperenziale organizzato da AIM, apprende l'insegnamento di due ulteriori protocolli Mindfulness Based direttamente con gli autori: con Trish Bartley il Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy - CA (MBCT - cancer) specifico per pazienti oncologici, Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP) con Florence Meleo-Meyer e Phyllis Hicks di Metta programs. IMP è un percorso in forma protocollare di pratica di Mindfulness Relazionale con al cuore la struttura dell'Insight Dialogue di Gregory Kramer.
Pratica la meditazione di consapevolezza, componente del gruppo di facilitatori in Italia di l'Insight Dialogue di G. Kramer col quale ha svolto alcuni ritiri in presenza in collaborazione con AIM (Milano). Attualmente allievo del Corso triennale di formazione Insegnanti di Yoga secondo l'insegnamento di Gerard Blitz presso ASIA Bologna con l'insegnante Beatrice Benfenati, istruisce periodicamente gruppi di MBSR e Interpersonal Mindfulness program.
Psicoterapia
Psicologo, psicoterapeuta con esperienza ventennale nel supporto psicologico one to one, formatore e consulente con un approccio multidisciplinare Cognitivo Costruttivista integrato con la pratica di Mindfulness. Esperto nella progettazione ed erogazione di percorsi formativi sui temi dello stress e della Mindfulness, mi occupo principalmente di problematiche in relazione a temi esistenziali e disturbi emotivi in una dimensione psicopatologica descrittivamente nevrotica e, occasionalmente, psicotica in cooperazione con professionisti di area Medica (Psichiatria e Neuropsichiatria).
Alex Castanheira | Belgium
Alex Castanheira (they/them), MA. M.Ed. is an Interpersonal Mindfulness Teacher since 2015. They began meditation practice as a teenager in 1990 through Taisen Deshimaru’s books. In 2011, after engaging in an 8-week course in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, they decided to train as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher. Since then, they have practiced Insight Meditation and Insight Dialogue in Europe. Currently, Alex teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), since 2014, and Interpersonal Mindfulness (IMP), since 2015. They are part of an international team “the Gardeners” who actively engage in the ongoing development and ethics of the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program and who design the IMP Teacher Training.
Deeply committed to supporting people in finding creative and healthy ways to relate to the circumstances of life, to live and to act together on this unique, wild and precious Earth, Alex teaches also Insight Dialogue, Social Emotional Learning, Deep Democracy and the Works That Reconnects in various settings, including school or educational environment and non-profit organizations. More info : www.mindfulup.be
Alex Castanheira (iel), MA. M.Ed. est enseignant de pleine conscience interpersonnelle depuis 2015. Iel a commencé la pratique de la méditation à l'adolescence en 1990 grâce aux livres de Taisen Deshimaru. En 2011, après s'être engagé dans un cycle de 8 semaines de Thérapie cognitive basée sur la pleine conscience (MBCT), iel a décidé de se former au Programme de Réduction du Stress Basée sur la pleine conscience (MBSR). Depuis, iel pratique la méditation et le dialogue conscient en Europe. Actuellement, Alex enseigne le programme de réduction du stress basée sur la pleine conscience (MBSR) depuis 2014 et le programme de pleine conscience interpersonnelle (IMP) depuis 2015. Iel fait partie d'une équipe internationale « les Jardiniers » qui s'engagent activement dans le développement continu et l'éthique du Programme de Pleine Conscience Interpersonnelle et qui conçoivent la formation des enseignant·es de l'IMP.
Profondément engagé à aider les gens à trouver des moyens créatifs et sains de se relier aux circonstances de la vie, de vivre et d'agir ensemble sur cette Terre unique, sauvage et précieuse, Alex enseigne également le Dialogue Conscient, les compétences Socio-Émotionnelles, la Deep Democracy et le Travail qui relie (Joanna Macy) dans divers contextes, y compris les écoles ou et les organisations à but non-lucratif. Plus d’informations sur: www.mindfulup.be
Dominique Charleux-Larvor | France
Je suis le Dr Dominique Charleux-Larvor, instructrice de méditation de Pleine Conscience.
J’ai pratiqué la médecine plus de 38 ans. Au cours de ces années, j’ai pris la mesure de l’impact de toutes les situations de vie difficiles sur la santé des personnes. J’ai choisi d’élargir mon champ de compétences pour proposer à mes patients, aux soignants et à tous des ressources complémentaires pour améliorer leur santé et leur bien-être.
Je me suis formée à l’I.M.A. en 2020 pour les cycles MBSR ( réduction du stress) et MBCL (vivre avec cœur) et avec Florence Meleo-Meyer et Phyllis K. Hicks pour le cycle IMP en 2023 : Interpersonnel Meditation Practices, supervision avec Sandrine Rauter et Alexandre Castanheira.
Il existe une progression dans le processus méditatif qui permet de se reconnecter au corps, aux ressentis et d’apprendre à reconnaitre les pensées, les humeurs et à avoir une conscience plus claire de soi et de son environnement. Il s’agit de découvrir la conscience de Soi instant après instant, c’est à quoi nous nous entrainons sur le coussin.
Ensuite comment être présent à soi sans se perdre dans ce qui émerge avec autrui pour pouvoir être dans l’aisance avec soi et avec l’autre quoi qu’il surgisse, inconditionnellement ?
C’est ce que m’a apporté la pratique de la méditation interpersonnelle et que je souhaite transmettre.
Cet art de la relation est source de joies et de sagesse : cela permet à la fois de mieux se connaitre et de choisir de transformer l’ouverture du cœur dans un sens de bienveillance : vouloir du bien pour soi, pour l’autre.
Je suis continuellement soutenue dans ce processus par l’entretien de ma pratique personnelle, chaque année retraite de pratique de Dialogue Conscient et retraite Vipassana avec la guidance de Charles et Patricia Genoud. D’autres ressources ont éclairé mon chemin, en 2025 la supervision de cycle MBSR avec Claude Maskens, la formation en psychologie Contemplative sous la houlette de Sylvie Deraime et Barbara Martens.
Le chemin se fait pas à pas, s’enrichit par notre curiosité et j’aurai beaucoup de joie à vous y accompagner.
Je propose des cycles IMP en français en présentiel à Compiègne Oise.
Je propose en distanciel par zoom des cycles.
Je peux également intervenir dans d’autres lieux pour des groupes constitués à Paris par exemple.
Vous trouverez tous les renseignements sur mon site internet : inscription par mail ou téléphone :
Dr Dominique Charleux-Larvor Dominique
I am Dr. Dominique Charleux-Larvor, a Mindfulness Meditation Instructor.
I have practiced medicine for over 38 years. During these years, I have become aware of the impact of all difficult life situations on people's health. I have chosen to broaden my scope of expertise to offer my patients, caregivers, and everyone else complementary resources to improve their health and well-being. I have become a Meditation Instructor and also a Relational Psychosomatic Therapist and Relational Communication Trainer.
I trained at the I.M.A. in 2020 (https://ima-formation-mbsr.fr/), listed on the AFEM website (https://afem-mindfulness.org/) for the MBSR (stress reduction) and MBCL (living with heart) cycles, and with Florence Meleo-Meyer and Phyllis K. Hicks for the IMP cycle in 2023: Interpersonal Meditation Practices, supervised by Sandrine Rauter and Alexandre Castanheira. There is a progression in the meditative process that allows you to reconnect with your body and feelings, and to learn to recognize thoughts and moods, and to have a clearer awareness of yourself and your environment. It's about discovering Self-awareness moment by moment; this is what we train for on the cushion.
Then, how can we be present to ourselves without losing ourselves in what emerges with others, so that we can be at ease with ourselves and with others, whatever arises, unconditionally? This is what the practice of interpersonal meditation has brought me, and what I wish to share. This art of relating is a source of joy and wisdom: it allows us to both know ourselves better and choose to transform the openness of the heart into a sense of kindness: wanting good for ourselves and for others.
I am continually supported in this process by maintaining my personal practice, attending annual Conscious Dialogue retreats and Vipassana retreats with the guidance of Charles and Patricia Genoud. Other resources have illuminated my path, including the supervision of an MBSR cycle with Claude Maskens in 2025, and the discovery of Contemplative Psychology under the guidance of Sylvie Deraime and Barbara Martens.
The path is taken step by step, enriched by our curiosity, and I will be delighted to accompany you on it.
I offer in-person IMP courses in French in Compiègne, Oise.
I offer remote courses via Zoom.
I can also teach in other locations for groups in Paris, for example.
You'll find all the information on my website: register by email or phone:
Dr. Dominique Charleux-Larvor Dominique
Antonella Commellato | Italy
Antonella Commellato teaches the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP) and is part of the international IMP advisory group: the Gardeners. She teaches retreats, day longs, and guides Insight Dialogue and Dharma Contemplation groups in Italy. Antonella began to meditate in the Vipassana tradition in 1992, attending retreats led by Corrado Pensa and other Vipassana teachers. In 1998 she became deeply involved in the Advaita Vedanta (non-dual) tradition as a disciple of Raphael. Antonella leads Advaita Vedanta study and meditation groups. Since 2008 she has trained with Gregory Kramer, and co-teaches retreats with him and other Insight Dialogue teachers. Antonella, a professional counselor, teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Interpersonal Mindfulness, and other mindfulness-based programs. She co-designed and teaches the Italian Foundational Mindfulness Professional Training and has developed a center for Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Insight Dialogue groups in Milan, Italy where she lives. More information about Interpersonal Mindfulness can be found at
https://mindfulnessitalia.it//il-programma-di-mindfulness-interpersonale
Emma Donaldson-Feilder | United Kingdom
Emma Donaldson-Feilder is a Relational Mindfulness (RM) and Insight Dialogue (ID) teacher, chartered coaching psychologist, coaching supervisor and chartered occupational psychologist, who aims to support the development of kinder, wiser workplaces. In 2019 she completed a Professional Doctorate, in which she conducted research exploring the use of mindfulness and RM in leadership development. Building on this work, she created a range of RM programmes to support leadership development and coach development – see https://affinitycands.com. Most of these programmes are online, but Emma does also teach in-person. She co-authored a book, entitled Relational Mindfulness for Coaches, which is relevant to all those in the helping professions and was published by Routledge in 2025 – see https://relationalmindfulness.net.
Rosalie Dores | United Kingdom
Rosalie Dores has had a meditation and yoga practice since 1992. A life dedicated to practice led her to study for a masters degree in Teaching Mindfulness Based-Approaches at Bangor University in Wales. Rosalie completed this five year training in 2011 and earns her livelihood through teaching, teacher training, supervising and mentoring. In 2006 she encountered the relational meditation practice Insight Dialogue and was invited to train to teach retreats. She is an Insight Dialogue Retreat teacher and member of the Insight Dialogue Teachers Council. She trained to teach Interpersonal Mindfulness in 2015 and offers courses online with The Mindfulness Project. She is also a founding teacher of In Good Company an online mindfulness-based practice community. She is a student of the Diamond Approach.
Rosalie has written blog posts for the Mindfulness Network in the UK and an article for Lions Roar magazine on relational practice.
Martina Draszczyk | Austria
Martina Draszczyk is a scholar of Tibetan and Buddhist studies, a translator, an author, as well as a Dharma and mindfulness teacher. She has trained in Buddhist philosophy and meditation since the late 1970s. She holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies and engaged in research for many years at the University of Vienna. She also served as a Visiting Scholar at the McGill University in Montreal. She teaches in Buddhist centers, conducts retreats and trainings in mindfulness; she is a teacher trainer for MBSR teachers and teaches interpersonal mindfulness both in 8-week-courses as well as 5-day retreats. She is based in Vienna, Austria, Europe, and teaches in both German and English.
Her recent book on mindfulness:
Draszczyk, Martina. The Buddha’s Gift to the World: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Roots of Mindfulness. An Exploration across Indian and Tibetan Traditions. Boulder: Shambala Publications 2024.
Her webpage: https://www.bodhi.at
Here is the link to a video interview about mindfulness in German (SWR, „Leute,“ May 20th, 2022; 38 Min.):
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr1-leute/tina-draszczyk
Here is the link to a podcast with Martina Draszczyk in German (Feb. 25th, 2025)
Dr. Florian Ploberger im Gespräch mit Dr. Martina Draszczyk - Das Zentrum
Dr. phil. Martina Draszczyk ist Übersetzerin, Autorin sowie Dharma- und Achtsamkeitslehrerin. Seit Ende der 1970er Jahre widmet sie sich der buddhistischen Meditationspraxis. Sie promovierte im Bereich Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, lehrte und forschte viele Jahre am Institut für Südasien, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde an der Universität Wien. An der McGill University in Montreal (Kanada) war sie als Gastwissenschaftlerin tätig. Martina Draszczyk lebt in Wien, unterrichtet in buddhistischen Zentren und leitet Retreats sowie Achtsamkeitstrainings. Zudem ist sie Ausbilderin für MBSR-Lehrer*innen und unterrichtet interpersonelle Achtsamkeit sowohl in 8-Wochen-Kursen als auch in 5-Tage-Retreats.
Ihr neuestes Buch über Achtsamkeit:
Draszczyk, Martina.The Buddha's Gift to the World: A Practitioner's Guide to the Roots of Mindfulness. An Exploration across Indian and Tibetan Traditions. Boulder: Shambala Publications 2024. (Die deutsche Ausgabe erscheint Ende 2025 mit dem Titel: Achtsamkeit: Buddhas Geschenk an die Welt. Eine praxisnahe Reise zu den Mahāyāna-Quellen in Indien und Tibet
Ihre Webseite: https://www.bodhi.at
Hier ist der Link zu einem Videointerview über Achtsamkeit (SWR, „Leute," 20. Mai 2022; 38 Min.): https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr1-leute/tina-draszczyk
Hier ist der Link zu einem Podcast mit Martina Draszczyk (25. Februar 2025): Dr. Florian Ploberger im Gespräch mit Dr. Martina Draszczyk - Das Zentrum
Giovanni Foffano | Italy
Giovanni Foffano
Responsabile del Centro Veneto per la Riduzione dello Stress. Ha conseguito l’abilitazione di istruttore di protocolli Mindfulness-based presso l’AIM (Associazione Italiana Mindfulness, insegnanti Fabio Giommi e Antonella Commellato) È abilitato al protocollo MBCT-Ca (insegnanti Trish Bartley e Christina Shennan). È abilitato al protocollo Interperonal Mindfulness (Insegnanti Phillis K. Hicks e Florence Meleo-Meyer della Metta Foundation). Ha completato la formazione avanzata MBI-TAC col Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice dell'Università di Bangor UK (insegnanti Rebecca Crane, Karunavira) e l’AIM di Milano (insegnanti Antonella Commellato, Fabio Giommi). Approfondisce l’Insight Dialogue con Gregory Kramer e altri insegnanti della Metta Fondation, Lo Zen con Melissa Blaker Roshi e David Rynick Roshi del Boundless Way Zen. Ha completato il Training "Mindfulness in relazione" con Anne Overzee e Deirdre Gordon insegnanti del Karuna Institute (Devon UK). Ha compleatto il ritiro (sesshin) di tre settimane presso il Mugendo-ji (Boundless Way Temple) a Worcester (MA - USA) È Assistente Sociale. Ha conseguito la Laurea Magistrale in Politiche e Servizi Sociali presso l'Università di Venezia. Da vari anni progetta e realizza interventi per la promozione del benessere individuale ed istituzionale.
Fabio Giommi| Italy
Fabio Giommi teaches the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP) and is part of the international IMP advisory group: the Gardeners. He teaches retreats, day longs, and guides Insight Dialogue practice groups in Italy. Fabio began to meditate in 1997 in the Vipassana tradition, attending retreats led by Corrado Pensa and monastic teachers from Thai and Burmese traditions. In 1998 he became deeply involved in the Advaita Vedanta (non-dual) tradition as well as a disciple of Raphael. Since 2008 he has been trained by Gregory Kramer, and co-teaches with him and other Insight Dialogue teachers. Fabio is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist and teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. As a Senior Researcher at Radboud University in the Netherlands, he studies aspects of mindfulness, while in Italy he co-designed and teaches Italian Foundational Mindfulness Professional Training. Since 2008 Fabio has directed the School of Specialization in Cognitive Psychotherapy in Milan, Italy where he lives.
Martina Egli Meienberg | Zurich/Switzerland
Martina Egli Meienberg is a certified MBSR teacher, teaching MBSR since 2013. In addition, she trained to teach “Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living” (MBCL) in 2016, “Mindful Parenting” in 2018 and “Interpersonal Mindfulness Program” (IMP) in 2019. Since then she is offering IMP classes in-person in Zurich, Switzerland as well as online. In addition she is teaching year-long advanced mindfulness courses (for those who wish to go deeper) in which she include longer dyads.
IMP for her is a deep form of peace work and therefore crucial in these times. Her own meditation practice is nurtured by a sangha and monthly meetings with her teacher.
She is also working as a mediator, with families, couples and in the workplace.
Martina Egli Meienberg Ist zertifizierte MBSR-Lehrerin und unterrichtet MBSR seit 2013. Zusätzlich liess sie sich ausbilden in «MiVühlend Leben» (MBCL, Frits Koster und Erik van den Brink, 2016), «Mindful Paren(ng» (Susan Bögels, 2018) und «Zwischenmenschliche Achtsamkeit» (Interpersonal Mindfulness Program, Florence Meleo-Meyer und Phyllis Hicks, 2019). Seither unterrichtet sie IMP vor Ort in Zürich sowie online. Sie bietet ausserdem vertiefende Jahreskurse an, in denen sie mit längeren Dyaden arbeitet.
Aus ihrer Sicht ist IMP eine tiefgreifende Form von Friedensarbeit, wichtiger als je.
Ihre eigene Meditationspraxis wird vertiec durch eine sich wöchentlich treffende Sangha und monatliche Treffen mit ihrem Lehrer.
Sie arbeitet ausserdem als Mediatorin mit Familien, Paaren und in Ins(tu(onen.
Fabrice Dini | Belgium
Fabrice Dini is a specialist in integral education and a certified instructor in Interpersonal Mindfulness (IMP). Born in Switzerland, he lived for nearly twenty years in India, where he studied and deepened mindfulness intensively. His daily practice, which began in 1996, is grounded in over twenty-five years of experience and enriched by studies with Indian masters as well as leading international teachers such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli, and Martin Aylward.
He is the author of several books translated into multiple languages, including An Integral Education for Growing and Flourishing, prefaced by Matthieu Ricard. Fabrice has long been dedicated to bridging inner practice and education. He co-founded two pioneering schools (EducaTerre in Switzerland and The Learning Community in Auroville, India) and continues to support schools in their transition toward integral education.
As a certified MBSR instructor and mindfulness trainer for children and adolescents (Mindful Schools, AMT, Mindfulness in Schools Project), he has taught mindfulness to thousands of adults, teachers, children, and teenagers worldwide. He developed the training program Teaching Mindfulness to Children and Adolescents and offers numerous courses at teacher education institutes as well as in companies.
Fabrice serves as Head of Mindfulness Practice at the SEVE Foundation (created by Frédéric Lenoir) and is deeply engaged in innovative educational initiatives such as the Gratitude Project and the Character Strengths Project, which reach thousands of young people in French-speaking Switzerland every year.
Since 2023, he has been offering the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP), an approach that brings mindfulness into the heart of relationship and dialogue. Through his courses, lectures, and trainings, Fabrice Dini shares a living, integrative vision of mindfulness and education, serving both human development and collective well-being.
Fabrice Dini est un spécialiste de l’éducation intégrale et formateur certifié en pleine conscience interpersonnelle (IMP). Né en Suisse, il a vécu près de vingt ans en Inde, où il a étudié et approfondi la pleine conscience de manière intensive. Sa pratique quotidienne, commencée en 1996, s’enracine dans plus de vingt-cinq années d’expérience et un cheminement personnel nourri par l’étude auprès de maîtres indiens ainsi que de figures internationales comme Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli et Martin Aylward.
Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages traduits en plusieurs langues, dont Une éducation intégrale pour grandir en s’épanouissantpréfacé par Matthieu Ricard, Fabrice œuvre depuis de nombreuses années pour relier pratique intérieure et éducation. Il est co-fondateur de deux écoles pionnières (EducaTerre en Suisse romande et The Learning Community à Auroville, en Inde) et accompagne les institutions scolaires dans leur transition vers une éducation intégrale.
En tant qu’instructeur certifié MBSR et formateur de pleine conscience pour enfants et adolescents (Mindful Schools, AMT, Mindfulness in Schools Project), il a enseigné la pleine conscience à des milliers d’adultes, d’enseignants, d’enfants et d’adolescents à travers le monde. Il a également développé la formation « Enseigner la pleine conscience aux enfants et aux adolescent·es » et anime de nombreux cours à la HEP ainsi qu’en entreprise.
Responsable de la pratique attentionnelle au sein de la Fondation SEVE (créée par Frédéric Lenoir), il est engagé dans le développement de projets éducatifs novateurs tels que le Projet Gratitude et le Projet Forces de Caractère, qui touchent chaque année des milliers de jeunes en Suisse romande.
Depuis 2023, il propose le programme IMP (Interpersonal Mindfulness Program), une approche permettant d’intégrer la pleine conscience au cœur de la relation et du dialogue. À travers ses cours, conférences et formations, Fabrice Dini transmet une vision vivante et intégrative de la pleine conscience et de l’éducation, au service du développement humain et du bien-être collectif.
Lorenza Guidotti | Italy
Lorenza Guidotti is a Freelance Journalist, Podcaster & Mindfulness Instructor
Milan, Italy — 2016–Present
● Conducts corporate and private Mindfulness courses and workshops.
● Hosts and produces a podcast series on Mindfulness available on major platforms.
● Leads Mindfulness at the Museum at Spazio Tadini House Museum (2025–present).
● Collaborates with University of Milano-Bicocca and University of Milan on Asba (2022–
present).
● Co-developed a research protocol on Mindful Eating with University of Milano-Bicocca (2025).
● Facilitated a community reading group at Spazio Tadini to foster cultural participation (2024).
Lot Heijke | The Netherlands
LOT HEIJKE
Insight Dialogue is one of the deepest practices I know. Its powerful form brings a deeper understanding of how we relate to the world and to others around us. I was trained to teach IMP by Phyllis and Florence and participated in the Insight Dialogue teacher cohort. I have been teaching IMP and other Insight Dialogue formats since 2013. It is a joy to share this method, which touches people in such a profound way.
I offer the original 8-week IMP, as well as 6-week introductory programs and practice days. I teach in Dutch, English and German, online and in-person in different countries. All offerings: www.lotheijke.com.
Apart from teaching, I also participate in different practice groups. I find the practice supports my work as an MBSR teacher, trainer and supervisor.
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DUTCH / Nederlands
Insight Dialogue is voor mij een van de meest diepgaande oefeningen. Door zijn krachtige vorm brengt het een dieper begrip van hoe we ons verhouden tot de wereld en tot anderen om ons heen. En daarmee brengt het meer gemak en lichtheid in onze contacten.
Ik ben door Phyllis en Florence opgeleid om IMP te begeleiden en heb deelgenomen aan het Insight Dialogue lerarencohort. Sinds 2013 begeleid ik IMP en ook andere Insight Dialogue formats. Ik vind het geweldig om deze methode, die mensen op zo'n wezenlijke manier raakt, te kunnen delen.
Naast de originele 8-weekse IMP bied ik kennismakingsbijeenkomsten aan, evenals 6-weekse introductieprogramma's en oefendagen. Ik begeleid in het Nederlands, Engels en Duits; online en persoonlijk in verschillende landen. Kijk voor al het aanbod op www.lotheijke.com.
Zelf neem ik deel aan verschillende oefengroepen. De beoefening ondersteunt mede mijn werk als MBSR-trainer, opleider en supervisor.
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GERMAN / Deutsch
Der Einsichtsdialog ist eine der tiefgründigsten Übungen, die ich kenne. Er hat eine kraftvolle Form und bringt ein tieferes Verständnis dafür, wie wir mit der Welt und den anderen um uns herum in Beziehung stehen. Ich wurde von Phyllis und Florence zur IMP-Lehrerin ausgebildet und habe an der Insight Dialogue-Lehrerkohorte teilgenommen. Ich unterrichte seit über 10 Jahren IMP und andere Insight Dialogue-Formate. Es ist mir eine Freude, diese Methode weiterzugeben, die die Menschen auf so tiefe Weise berührt.
Ich biete das ursprüngliche 8-wöchige IMP sowie 6-wöchige Einführungsprogramme und Praxistage an. Ich unterrichte auf Niederländisch, Englisch und Deutsch, online und persönlich in verschiedenen Ländern. Alle Infos auf www.lotheijke.com.
Neben meiner Lehrtätigkeit nehme ich auch an verschiedenen Praxisgruppen teil. Die Praxis unterstützt meine Arbeit als MBSR-Lehrerin, Trainerin und Supervisorin.
Frits Koster | The Netherlands
Frits Koster practices insight meditation since 1979 and lived as a Buddhist monk for six years in Southeast Asia. He worked in mental health care, as well as offering meditation retreats.
Frits is a qualified MBSR teacher, as a trainer he teaches in various mindfulness Teacher Training Institutes. Together with Erik van den Brink he developed the Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living or MBCL compassion training. Frits teaches the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP) since 2016.
Together with Jetty Heynekamp and Victoria Norton, they have edited Mindful Communication (Routledge, 2023), with Zohair Elabd he developed a Deepening Mindfulness & Mindful Communication or DMMC teacher training programme.
See www.fritskoster.com for publications and more information.
Bernd Langohr | Germany
Bernd Langohr, MD, has been teaching MBSR courses since 2007 and has been training MBSR teachers at the Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (IMA) since 2017. He has extensive experience with mindfulness in clinical and academic settings. In 2015, he completed the IMP Teacher Training Program with Florence Meleo-Meyer and Phyllis Hicks and has been teaching interpersonal mindfulness in-person and online in a variety of settings ever since.
Dr. med. Bernd Langohr arbeitet hauptberuflich als Dozent und Achtsamkeitslehrer. Er unterrichtet seit 2007 MBSR-Kurse und bildet seit 2017 MBSR-Lehrende am Institut für Achtsamkeit (IAS) aus. Er hat umfassende Erfahrung mit Achtsamkeit in den Bereichen Klinik und Hochschule. In 2015 hat er das IMP-Teacher Training Program mit Florence Meleo-Meyer und Phyllis Hicks absolviert und unterrichtet seitdem interpersonelle Achtsamkeit sowohl in Präsenz als auch online in verschiedenen Kontexten.
Tanya Lecchi | England
Tanya Lecchi
I am a Clinical Psychologist and Relational Psychotherapist, a Mindfulness Teacher, and a Senior Research Fellow.
With over 15 years of experience, I have extensive training in a wide range of therapeutic approaches, including systemic, cognitive-constructivist, and relational psychoanalytic frameworks.
Alongside my private clinical work, I hold a position as a course tutor on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) programme at the University of Oxford. I am also a Senior Research Fellow at the Child Attachment and Psychological Therapies Research Unit (ChAPTRe) at the Anna Freud Centre, affiliated with UCL.
I have been practicing meditation for 25 years and Insight Dialogue for more than 10 and I facilitate sessions in person (Oxford) and online.
James Macdonald | England
James Macdonald is a clinical psychologist specialising in psychotherapy who trained in the IMP in 2019.
I draw on a number of experiential approaches to therapy including Emotion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Alliance-Focused Training. I work in a private practice in Oxford in the UK (www.headingtonpsychotherapy.co.uk) and am especially interested in the relational intersection of mindfulness and psychotherapy.
Macdonald, J. & Muran, C. (2020). The reactive therapist: The problem of interpersonal reactivity in psychological therapy and the potential for a mindfulness-based program focused on ‘mindfulness-in-relationship’ skills for therapists. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000200.
Macdonald, J. (In Press). Rupture Repair and Mindfulness. In A. Okamoto [Ed.] Alliance Rupture Repair in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. Springer.
Corinne Mestais| France
Corinne Mestais
I've been practicing Zen meditation and Kinomichi—a moving meditation with partners—since 1983.
I am an engineer and clinical psychologist, and have devoted my entire professional life to researching new technologies for health. I was a research director at the French Atomic EnergyCommission for the last 10 years of my career.
Now, what drives me is to share and pass on the lessons, discoveries, and gems I have discovered throughout these 38 years, and what they bring to improve one's life.
I discovered the MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) program while completing the University Diploma in Medicine, Meditation, and Neuroscience in Strasbourg in 2016-2017, and completed the intensive instructor training at the ADM. I have been teaching the MBSR program in person and online since 2019.
I then discovered the IMP program, which deeply touched me with the depth of the exchanges made possible by Gregory Kramer's Conscious Dialogue guidance. I am part of the first class of instructors trained in France by Phyllis Hicks and Florence Meleo-Meyer.
I teach in person in France (Grenoble – Grésivaudan) and on line with Zoom.
Corinne Mestais
Je pratique la méditation Zen et le Kinomichi, depuis 1983.
Ingénieure et psychologue clinicienne, j'ai consacré ma vie professionnelle à la recherche de nouvelles technologies pour la santé.
J'ai découvert le programme MBSR lors du Diplôme Universitaire de Médecine, Méditation et Neurosciences à Strasbourg en 2016-2017. J'enseigne le programme MBSR en présentiel et en ligne depuis 2019.
J'ai ensuite découvert le programme IMP, qui m'a profondément touchée par la profondeur des échanges rendus possibles par les guidances du Dialogue Conscient de Gregory Kramer. Je fais partie de la 1° promotion d’instructeurs formés en France par Phyllis Hicks et Florence Meleo-Meyer.
J'enseigne en présentiel en France (Grenoble – Grésivaudan) et en ligne via Zoom.
Sandrine Rauter est formatrice d'enseignant.es MSBR à l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, enseignante de pleine conscience interpersonnelle & du Dialogue Conscient et enseignante de Yoga, animée par un engagement fort et la joie de partager ces pratiques transformatrices avec de nombreuses personnes dans différents contextes, que ce soit en personne ou en ligne, en français ou en anglais.
Elle co-anime en français un groupe de pratique hebdomadaire et mensuel en ligne avec des ami.es enseignant.es. Elle co-enseigne également des retraites silencieuses de méditation avec ses chers enseignant.es du Dharma comme Martin Aylward et Charles & Patricia Genoud. Plus récemment, elle a commencé à co-enseigner des retraites de Dialogue Conscient avec Patricia Genoud ainsi qu’avec d'autres amis enseignants, partageant le même enthousiasme pour les pratiques relationnelles. En savoir plus sur mon parcours ou mes offres sur www.sandrinerauter.be.
Sandrine Rauter is a MSBR teacher trainer at University of Brussels, an Interpersonal Mindfulness & Insight Dialogue teacher and a Yoga teacher, driven by a strong commitment and joy to share these transformative practices to many in different settings, whether in person or online, in French or English.
She is co-teaching a weekly and a monthly ID online group practice in French with teacher friends. She is also co-teaching Insight Meditation silent retreats with dear dharma teachers like Martin Aylward and Charles & Patricia Genoud. And more recently co-teaching ID retreats with Patricia Genoud and with other teacher friends, sharing the same love for relational practices. More on my background and offerings on www.sandrinerauter.be
Sandrine Rauter | France/Belgium
Beatriz Rodríguez Vega | Spain
Beatriz Rodríguez Vega is a meditation practitioner and teacher of Interpersonal Mindfulness and the MBSR program of which she is also a teacher trainer. After practicing in the Tibetan and Zen traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh she met with the teachings of Insight Dialogue in 2010 and the inspiration of these teachings led her to continue exploring the field and become a teacher of Mindful Dialogue and the Interpersonal Mindfulness program following the guidance of Florence Meleo and Phyllis HIcks.
She is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist living in Madrid (Spain). She has been head of section at the Hospital Universitario La Paz and professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In her psychotherapeutic work she integrates mindfulness practice.
She leads courses and retreats in Spain and Latin America. She is the author of scientific articles published in journals of international impact and of the mobile application REM. Volver a casa (https://remvolveracasa.com). Her latest book is ‘This of being human’ (DDB, 2019). She offers the eight-week Interpersonal Mindfulness program and mindfulness-based seminars and workshops on Trauma and Chronic Pain.
More information at espaciosaludypsicoterapia.com
Beatriz Rodríguez Vega es practicante de meditación y profesora de Mindfulness interpersonal y del programa MBSR del que también es formadora de profesores. Despues de ser practicante en la tradición tibetana y zen de Thich Nhat Hanh conoció las enseñanzas del Insight Dialogue en 2010 y la inspiración de estas enseñanzas la llevó a seguir explorando el campo y convertirse en profesora de Dialogo consciente y del programa de mindfulness Interpersonal.
Es psiquiatra y psicoterapeuta, vive en Madrid (España). Ha sido jefa de sección en el Hospital Universitario La Paz y profesora en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. En su trabajo psicoterapéutico integra la práctica de mindfulness.
Dirige cursos y retiros en España y Latinoamérica. Es autora de articulos cientificos publicados en revistas de impacto internacional y de la aplicacion para movil REM.Volver a casa https://remvolveracasa.com. Su último libro es ‘Esto de ser humano’ (DDB, 2019) Ofrece el programa de Mindfulness Interpersonal de ocho Semanas y seminarios y talleres sobre Trauma y dolor crónico basados en mindfulness.
Mas informacion en espaciosaludypsicoterapia.com
Erik van den Brink | Netherlands
Erik van den Brink studied medicine in Amsterdam and trained and worked in psychiatry in the UK. From his return to the Netherlands in 1995 until 2015 he worked as a psychiatrist/psychotherapist in the ambulant mental health services in Groningen. In the latter half of his career, he worked at the Center for Integrative Psychiatry, an innovative mental health clinic, and at a psycho-oncology center. He retired from clinical work in January 2021.
Erik has always been interested in methods that empower people’s self-healing capacity and was one of the pioneers introducing mindfulness-based and compassion focused interventions in mental health services in The Netherlands. He developed as a mindfulness teacher and trainer based on a long-standing personal meditation practice and was trained by founding teachers in MBSR/MBCT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness-Based Supervision, and Interpersonal Mindfulness (Insight Dialogue). With Frits Koster he developed the MBCL programme and co-authored several publications. Erik is a guest teacher and trainer for various mindfulness training institutes across Europe and beyond. At request he oƯers eight-week IMP courses or 3 day IMP intensives.
Relevant publications
- Van den Brink, E. (2023). Interpersonal Mindfulness – Awakening together. In: Koster, F., Heynekamp, J. &
Norton, V. (Eds.), Mindful Communication – Speaking and listening with wisdom and compassion, pp. 36-
53. London: Routledge.
- Van den Brink, E., & Koster, F. (2021). Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living – Cultivating
Relationality with ‘Heartful Mind’ and ‘Mindful Heart’. In: Aristegui, R., Garcia Campayo, J. & Barriga, P.
(Eds.) Relational Mindfulness, pp. 123-144. Springer, Cham.
Thomas Zaussinger | Austria
I am an MBSR teacher and a teacher of Interpersonal Mindfulness (IMP).
For many years, I’ve explored how mindfulness can be lived in everyday life—through relationship and silence.
Vipassana and Ashtanga yoga have become integral parts of my life on this path.
I also love to experience mindfulness in motion—especially through Contact Improvisation, where it unfolds in an immediate, relational, and deeply connectedway.
Encountering Insight Dialogue was a turning point in my life.
Gregory Kramer, along with Phyllis Hicks and Florence Meleo-Meyer—who also guided my training—have deeply enriched me as a person and as a mindfulness teacher through their wisdom and presence.
I teach IMP exclusively in person in Vienna and occasionally offer practice groups for graduates.
Learn more about me and my offerings here: https://www.thomas-zaussinger.com
Ich bin MBSR-Lehrer und Lehrer für interpersonelle Achtsamkeit (IMP).
Seit vielen Jahren erforsche ich, wie Achtsamkeit im Alltag gelebt werden kann – in Beziehung und Stille.
Vipassana und Ashtanga-Yoga sind auf diesem Weg zu einem integralen Bestandteil meines Lebens geworden.
Ich liebe es auch, Achtsamkeit in Bewegung zu erfahren – besonders in der Kontakt- Improvisation, wo sie unmittelbar, zwischenmenschlich und tief verbunden mit dem Hier und Jetzt spürbar wird.
Die Begegnung mit dem Einsichtsdialog war ein Wendepunkt in meinem Leben.
Gregory Kramer sowie Phyllis Hicks und Florence Meleo-Meyer – bei denen ich auch meine Ausbildung erhalten habe – haben mich durch ihre Erfahrung und Weisheit als Mensch und Achtsamkeits-Lehrer zutiefst bereichert.
Ich unterrichte IMP ausschließlich in Präsenz in Wien und biete auch von Zeit zu Zeit eine Übungsgruppe für Absolvent:innen an.
Mehr über mich und meine Angebote erfährst du hier: https://www.thomas-zaussinger.com
The Americas
Phyllis K Hicks | USA
Phyllis K Hicks has been practicing insight meditation since 1998. She is inspired by the transformative power of bringing mindfulness and wisdom to relational practices. Invited to train as an Insight Dialogue teacher in 2003, she began co teaching retreats with Gregory Kramer and has offered ID retreats internationally with many in the ID Teaching Community. With Florence Meleo Meyer and Gregory Kramer, she developed the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP). She and Florence lead IMP Teacher Trainings and guide an international team of IMP Teachers called the “Gardeners” who tend the ongoing development of the program.
Phyllis is devoted to communities of spiritual friendship. Retiring as a psychotherapist and Counseling Institute Director of 35 years, she continues to offer retreats, teacher training, serve on the IDC Teachers Council, and teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Duke Integrative Medicine. Phyllis lives in Chapel Hill, N.C. and is a founding co-teacher of her local sangha, Triangle Insight.
Gregory Kramer | Northwest USA
Gregory Kramer is the Founding Teacher of the Insight Dialogue Community and has been teaching insight meditation since 1980. He developed the practice of Insight Dialogue and has been teaching it since 1995, offering retreats in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia. He has studied with esteemed teachers, including Anagarika Dhammadina, Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thero, Achan Sobin Namto, and Ven. Punnaji Maha Thero. Gregory is the author of A Whole Life Path: A Layperson’s Guide to a Dhamma-infused Life (Insight Dialogue Community); Insight Dialogue: The Interpersonal Path to Freedom (Shambhala); Seeding the Heart: Practicing Lovingkindness with Children; Meditating Together, Speaking from Silence: The Practice of Insight Dialogue; and Dharma Contemplation: Meditating Together with Wisdom Texts. For additional information about Gregory’s teachings, please visit his website.
Florence Meleo-Meyer | USA
Florence Meleo-Meyer, MS, MA, LMFT has been a student and practitioner of meditation and contemplative practices for more than 50 years. Over decades, she has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and trained MBSR teachers and teacher-trainers worldwide through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Mindfulness Center, School of Public Health, Brown University. Florence encourages cultivation of the deepest understanding of MBSR as a path of love, healing and transformation. She is a leading contributor to the development of materials and best practices for teacher training in the field of MBSR and Mindfulness-Based Programs (MBPs). She currently supports the developing work of the Global Mindfulness Collaborative, a network of MBSR teacher training institutes, worldwide.
Experiencing the liberating power of relational meditation, with Greg Kramer, in 2003, led to study, practice, and teaching Insight Dialogue. She offers Insight retreats and Insight Dialogue retreats internationally, and has developed the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program, and the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program training with Gregory Kramer, Phyllis Hicks and many others in the ID community.
A licensed family therapist, she lives in Massachusetts near her three married children and six grandchildren.
Christopher Menard, PsyD | USA
Dr. Christopher Menard, PsyD is a psychologist who provides mindfulness training to groups, couples, and individuals via Zoom and in in-person in Nashville, TN. He has been teaching mindfulness since 2011. He completed Interpersonal Mindfulness Teacher Training in the Netherlands with Phyllis Hicks in 2017. In addition, he has taught Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP), Insight Meditation, & Finding Peace in a Frantic World. He also led Mindfulness Training for numerous community groups in Illinois including, Champaign-Urbana K – 12 school teachers, University High Laboratory High School students, Champaign County Jail inmates, Danville prison inmates, and Rosecrance addiction recovery clients.
In addition to working with individual, couples, and leading group based interventions, Dr. Menard taught for many years at University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campuses Psychology Department). He trained and supervised Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy practicum instructors through the two-semester Psych-546 course for 10-years. Additionally, Dr. Menard taught the undergraduate two-semester Psychology-340/341 Service Learning Mindfulness class and has been among the University of Illinois Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students.
Dr. Menard co-authored two research articles on mindfulness. One study in which Dr. Menard was a collaborator demonstrated the benefits (reduced distress) of mindfulness for individuals experiencing tinnitus; the second study demonstrated the benefits (reduced stress, reduced craving, reduced substance use) of mindfulness for individuals recovering from addiction.
In addition to the mental health applications of mindfulness based interventions mentioned above, Dr. Menard has also studied Buddhist Vipassana meditation, and was a member of the Prairie Sangha from 2012 - 2023. He led beginner Vipassana meditation sessions for many years on Monday nights for the Prairie Sangha at the Urbana Quaker Meetinghouse. In addition, he has attended many Vipassana retreats including retreats with Ajahn Passano and Ajahn Viradhammo from the Thai Forest tradition, Santikaro from the Ajahn Buddhadasa tradition, as well as Gregory Kramer and Phyllis Hicks from the Insight Dialogue tradition.
Holly Nelson-Johnson | USA
Holly Nelson-Johnson, MSN, APN, FNP-BC is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, an Insight Dialogue (ID), Interpersonal Mindfulness Program (IMP), and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher. Bringing the gift of compassionate practice and friendliness into all settings as an everyday engaged awareness is a passion. Holly began Insight Meditation in 1994, ID in 2007, began teaching the IMP in 2013 and has a background in contemplative, Christian practices. Holly is part of an international team of IMP Teachers called the “Gardeners” who support ongoing program development. Holly participates in the Insight Dialogue Awakening White Awareness Cohort whose programs are dedicated towards anti-racism, multi-cultural education and wise action for all races and cultures. She is founder of the Illinois Mindfulness Consortium, and Illinois Insight Dialogue. Holly lives with her family outside Chicago, IL and enjoys spending time with her two married children, and three grandchildren.