Will Kabat-Zinn

Will Kabat-Zinn is a mindfulness and meditation teacher with more than two decades of practice in the Insight Meditation tradition. He holds an MA degree and spent nearly a decade in extended silent retreats in the United States and Burma, where he was deeply influenced by the late Sayadaw U Pandita and Chan Master Sheng-Yen. He serves as a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher's Council and Board of Directors.

His teaching reaches diverse populations including incarcerated youth, educators, scientists, law enforcement officers, parents, and business and technology leaders. Kabat-Zinn spent a year as an executive in residence at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business and conducts regular retreats and practice intensives across the country and in Europe. He leads a local meditation community in Berkeley, where he lives with his wife and two children.