On-Land Retreat
Meeting the Three Characteristics through Cultivating Stability, Well-being, and Confidence
Recording Information
A recording will be available for all participants (on land & online) following the program in approximately 10 days. You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the recording.
Teaching Team
Nikki Mirghafori, PhD
Teacher
Nikki Mirghafori, PhD, is a Buddhist teacher and Artificial Intelligence scientist. She was empowered by the living Burmese meditation master Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw, with whom she practiced the jhanas and detailed analytical vipassana. She serves as a Stewarding Teacher and on the Board of Directors at Spirit Rock.
Mei Elliott
Teacher
Mei Elliott currently lives and practices at San Francisco Zen Center’s City Center temple. She has been meditating since 2004 and began Zen monastic training in 2014. She is training as an Insight teacher with James Baraz and is a participant in Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella’s four-year Dharma teacher training.
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