Christin Illeborg

Christin Illeborg is a dharma, mindfulness and meditation teacher based in Copenhagen and Hvalsø, Denmark. She teaches secular mindfulness (MBCT/MBSR) and Buddhist meditation, especially insight meditation (Vipassana). Her teaching is rooted in early Buddhist tradition and Buddhist psychology. She draws on the Pali Canon and modern mindfulness, and also on poetry, literature, philosophy and art.

She has practised meditation since 2000 and has taught mindfulness and vipassanā since 2007. Along the way she has been involved in Japanese, Tibetan and Theravada traditions, and more recently in a secular Vipassana-mindfulness movement. She trained in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with Mark Williams at Oxford University. She studied secular Buddhism at Bodhi College and completed its Dharma teacher training in 2022 as a student of Christina Feldman. Her main teachers are Christina Feldman and Godfrey Devereaux. She is also a co-founder of Copenhagen Insight Meditation.

Before becoming a full-time teacher, Christin trained as a film editor at the Danish Film School. She says she is still drawn to dramaturgy: the stories of a life, its big shifts, its pauses, and the places where life becomes vulnerable and gets an edge.

She runs her work under the name Nordic Dharma, because she wants Buddhist practice to take root in Nordic soil, in its seasons, living conditions, temperament and language. She leads silent retreats in Denmark and Sweden, usually three to seven days, and teaches courses, workshops and study circles. She also offers one-to-one conversations and guidance, and teaches for companies and organisations, in person and online. Her retreats welcome first-timers, experienced practitioners, and mindfulness teachers and therapists seeking time for their own practice. Her guided meditations and talks are available on YouTube and Insight Timer.

Christin says she believes the quality of our work is closely tied to the quality of our inner being.