On-Land Retreat
In the Presence of Love: A Mettā & Qigong Retreat
Teaching Team
Vinny Ferraro
Teacher
Vinny Ferraro has been a practitioner of insight meditation (Vipassanā) since the mid-90s. He’s been the Guiding Teacher of the Big Heart City Sangha in San Francisco for 20 years. He has been trained and empowered by Spirit Rock/IMS and he doesn’t like talking about himself in the 3rd person.
Teja Bell
Teacher
Teja Bell (Fudo Myoo Rōshi 老師) is a lineage dharma teacher and Rinzai Zen master. He is a 6th-degree Black Belt in Aikido and a life-long practitioner and teacher of Chinese Internal Arts and Qigong. Teja integrates dharma and qigong as embodied mindfulness. He taught over 150 retreats at SRMC.
Leslie Booker
Teacher
Booker is a Spirit Rock Teacher Training graduate, committed to creating a culture of belonging. She was voted as one of the 12 Powerful Women in the Mindfulness Movement in 2020, and is a Co-Guiding Teacher of New York Insight. She lives in Philadelphia with her partner and pup.
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