Gabrielle McMahon

Gabrielle McMahon is an Insight Meditation teacher who uses the Buddha's teachings of wisdom and compassion to offer mindfulness and meditation. She founded BeBliss in 2008 to support others in finding more freedom in heart and mind. She lives in Lennox Head, Australia, and teaches online and in person around the world, in English and Japanese.

Her own practice of meditation and yoga began in Japan, more than 17 years ago according to her Insight Timer teacher page. The wish to deepen it led her to Vipassana and Insight Meditation traditions. She graduated from the four-year Insight Meditation Institute Teacher Training in Australia with Subhana Barzaghi, Alan Bassal and Will James. She is also a graduate of the MMTCP with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, a certified meditation and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, and a 350-hour yoga teacher. She practises in the Mahasi Sayadaw Insight tradition.

Gabrielle shares the teachings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Lennox Insight Meditation, a local group, and regularly supports Insight Meditation retreats. Her offerings include group sessions, one-on-one coaching, courses, workshops and silent retreats. Students describe her space as warm, safe and free of pressure. She also shares guided meditations on Insight Timer and videos on YouTube, and she writes poetry and blogs.