In mindfulness practice, none of our humanity is denied. We are discovering a way to be present to everything—our full humanity—so everything becomes a gate to freedom, to compassion and to ourselves.
Gil Fronsdal
Spirit Rock Residential Teacher
Gil Fronsdal has practiced Zen and vipassanā since 1975 and holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. Trained by Jack Kornfield, he is the founder and primary teacher at Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City. A husband and father, he is the author of The Issue at Hand and translator of The Dhammapada, among other notable Buddhist publications.