Part of this practice is normalizing the particular truth that impermanence is found in everything. Nature is impermanent. Everything about us is impermanent. We see this in really simple ways, like looking at the breath, or what’s going on in the mind. We also see it in more difficult mind states and body experiences. Through practice, we stretch our ability to find some okayness with all of it—that within the instability of life, there’s a place to find ease, a place to rest.
Kate Munding
Residential Retreat Teacher
Kate Munding sits on the Spirit Rock Guiding Teachers Council and is the guiding teacher for Assaya Sangha, a women's Buddhist meditation community-based in the San Francisco East Bay. Along with teaching retreats and daylong at Spirit Rock and other retreat centers, Kate is a teacher for Spirit Rock's Family Days and Family Retreats. In addition to her Dharma teaching, Kate has been a mindfulness educator in schools since 2008. She is the co-founder and main teacher for Now Children. Now Children is a unique online learning environment designed to network, train, and provide professional development to educators and mindfulness teachers who want to bring mindfulness-based curriculum to kids. This work's nexus is based on the belief that mindfulness is not just a bandaid but a transformative technique that can help steer future generations towards a more conscious and compassionate future. When she's not teaching, Kate loves being mom to her young son. She lives with her family in the San Francisco East Bay.
Dharma Library
Can't join us live online or on the land? Study and practice at your convenience with Kate Munding through our new library of recordings, articles, and self-paced online courses.