MEDITATION RETREAT EXPERIENCE (participated)

• 6-Day Exploring Cessation (Stephen Snyder), Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, Castle Rock, WA. July 2023

• 7-day Mindfulness & the 10 Virtues (Tim Burnett & Robin Boudette), Samish Island Campground. Bow, WA.Oct 2022

• 6-Day Demystifying Awakening (Stephen Snyder), Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, Castle Rock, WA. July 2022

• 7-day Mindfulness & Compassion (Tim Burnett & Robin Boudette), Mindfulness Northwest, at-home Zoom, Oct 2021

• 5-day Solitary (self-guided), Windhorse Retreat Center, Whidbey Island, WA. June 2021

• 14-day Solitary (self-guided), Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia, Canada. June 2020

• 45-day Winter Retreat (Pema Chodron), Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jan - Feb 2020

• 7-day Roots of Mindfulness (Tim Burnett) Samish Island Campground. Bow, WA. Oct 2018.

• 4-day Mindfulness Teacher Training Discernment Retreat (Tim Burnett) Samish Island Campground. Bow, WA. Oct 2018

• 9-day, Creating Enlightened Society (Emily Bower) Shambhala Meditation Center. Austin, TX. Aug 2018 (non-residential)

• 4-day Solitary (self-guided) Windhorse Retreat Center, Whidbey Island, WA. Aug 2017

• 5-day Solitary (self-guided) Windhorse Retreat Center, Whidbey Island, WA. Feb 2017

• 28-day Cultivating our Inherent Confidence (Gaylon Ferguson), Karme Chӧling Meditation Center, Barnet, VT. June-July 2016

• 8-day At-home Retreat (self-guided), Lima, Peru. Feb 2015

• 9-day Anapanasati - Mindfulness of Breathing (Santikaro), Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, Castle Rock, WA. Feb 2014

• 7-day Lovingkindess (Heather Martin, Donald Rothberg), Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, Jan 2013

• 10-day Vipassana (tradition of S.N. Goenka), Dhamma Kuta Meditation Center, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Dec 2011

 

CONTEMPLATIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• 2-Year MBSR Teacher Training Certification Program, Mindfulness Northwest, Bellingham, WA. 2022-2023.

• 6-Week Wise Speech - Introduction to Mindful Communication, Oren Jay Sofer, Live Online. July-August 2023.  

• 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Northwest, Seattle, WA. March-May 2022

• 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Northwest, Seattle, WA. Jan-March 2022

• 6-Week Working with Mental Afflictions, Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jan-Feb 2020. 

• 9-Month Monastic Training Residency, Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia, Canada. Oct 2019-July 2020. 

• 350-hour ​Mindfulness Teacher Training Certification Program, Mindfulness Northwest, Bellingham, WA. 2018-2019

• 8-Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Seattle Mindfulness Center, Seattle, WA. May-June 2018

• Foundations of Life Coaching, Seattle Life Coach Training, Seattle, WA. May-Aug 2018

• “In Everyday Life” Series - FIVE, 5-WEEK CLASSES: Joy, Contentment, Meditation, Fearlessness, and Wisdom. Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center, Seattle, WA. 2016-2018

• Shambhala Buddhism Training Levels - SIX WEEKEND RETREATS: Basic Goodness, Birth of the Warrior, Warrior in the World, Awakened Heart, and Open Sky. Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center, Seattle, WA. 2016-2018

• Cultivating Lovingkindness: Pema Chodron on Lojong/Tonglen, Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center, Seattle, WA. Nov 2016.

• Buddhist Geeks, Open Awareness Life Retreat, , Sept - Oct 2013

• Mind Hacking Life Retreat Buddhist Geeks, June - July 2013   

                
FORMAL EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Multidisciplinary Studies, State University of New York - Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY. Dec 2014

• Bachelor of Arts in Education, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Dec 2008

• Washington State Teacher Certification January 2009

• Endorsements: Elementary Education (K-8), Reading (K-12)