Jessica Morey

Jessica Morey is a meditation teacher and contemplative coach with three decades of practice. She began meditating as a teenager on retreats at the Insight Meditation Society and graduated from the IMS teacher training program in 2021. She has been leading meditation retreats since 2009. Her teaching brings playfulness and care to the work of integrating meditation into relationships and everyday life.

Her core practice is rooted in Insight Meditation, with primary training in the Burmese Vipassana tradition (Mahasi style). Since 2013 she has also studied intensively within Tibetan Vajrayana traditions, including with John Makransky, Dr. Dan Brown and Dr. Reggie Ray. Her approach draws on psychological insight and skillful communication, and on training in Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Needs-Based Communication and attachment-based healing, including Ideal Parent Figure work. She has mentored extensively with Miki Kashtan.

Before teaching full-time, Jessica studied engineering and worked in clean energy finance. She holds a BA in Environmental Engineering from Dartmouth College and master's degrees in Sustainable Development and International Affairs. She founded Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, a nonprofit offering in-depth mindfulness and compassion training to youth, and she helped create the Contemplative Semester, a three-month immersion program for young adults. Her commitment to sustainability continues to shape her teaching, with a focus on where contemplative practice meets the climate crisis.

She believes humanity has the technical brilliance to meet challenges like climate change and systemic injustice, and that the help we most need is in our inner and interpersonal intelligence. Her writing includes the chapter "Ordinary Awakening" in Blue Jean Buddha, "Finding My Way" in Mindful Magazine, and "Bodhi Trees" in Shambhala Sun.