Stan Eisenstein

Stan Eisenstein is a mindfulness and meditation teacher whose work centers on mindfulness, embodiment, self-kindness, self-inquiry, meditation and inner guidance. He says his teaching largely comes from life experience: decades of working to resolve an early trauma, through a self-awareness training, therapy, inquiry-based meditation, integrated breathwork, energy practices and ongoing study of Buddhist teachings.

He has meditated since 1988 and practiced Insight Meditation since 2004. He is a full teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and a graduate of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute. He trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Jon Kabat-Zinn in 2004, and has also studied Somatic Experiencing, Integrative Breathwork and Tantric Qigong. He holds a Masters of Social Work from the University of Maryland and taught high school physics for 32 years before becoming a full-time meditation instructor.

Stan offers multi-week courses, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, as well as retreats, small group mentoring, daily meditation by phone (Telesangha) and private mentoring. He also leads a training for mindfulness teachers on guiding embodied inquiry with individuals. He is a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, and publishes talks and guided meditations on his website.