On-Land Retreat
Insight Meditation Retreat
Teaching Team
Tuere Sala
Teacher
Tuere Sala is a Guiding Teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Retreat Center and has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 30 years. Tuere has been teaching since 2010, assisting others in establishing and maintaining a daily practice.
Noliwe Alexander
Teacher
Noliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, meditation teacher of various retreats and sitting groups, day-longs and class series programs. She dedicates her BuddhaDharma practice and teachings to the BiPOC, LGBTQIA+, At Risk and Elder communities.
Bart van Melik
Teacher
Bart van Melik has been teaching meditation since 2009, with a special focus on diverse communities. He brings the practice to veterans, youth in homeless shelters and teens in NYC public schools. Bart is passionate about supporting people finding creative, playful and diligent ways to relate to life’s stresses.
Monica Magtoto, E-RYT
Teacher
Monica Magtoto is an artist, yoga instructor, energy worker, educator, and tarot reader based in San Francisco, Ca.Magtoto is a Yoga Alliance 500 Registered Yoga Teacher, holding additional certificates in Restorative and Yin yoga.
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