Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and worked on tropical medicine teams in the Mekong River valley. He met and studied as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. Returning to the United States, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. Over the years, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide, led International Buddhist Teacher meetings, and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a father, husband, and activist.

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Trudy Goodman, PhD, is a Harvard-trained psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and one of the earliest pioneers of mindfulness-based psychotherapy. She has been teaching Buddhist meditation since 1974, devoted to the transformative belief that wisdom and healing belong together. One of the first teachers of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Trudy taught alongside its creator, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In 1995 she co-founded the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy — the first centre in the world dedicated to exploring the synergy between these two disciplines. Trudy conducts retreats and workshops worldwide, and has trained a generation of teachers committed to making mindfulness and meditation accessible to all — from caregivers and first responders to social justice activists and communities on the front lines of suffering.