Recommended Teachers of The Mind Illuminated Meditation
System
The following are highly qualified teachers who are certified to have completed The Mind Illuminated Teacher Training Program under the direct and personal guidance of Upasaka Culadasa/John Yates Ph.D.
Each of these teachers has successfully completed a more than three year Teacher Training Program including more than 150 contact hours as well as peer review and evaluation by Upasaka Culadasa/John Yates Ph.D. The Mind Illuminated Teacher Training Program transmitted in-depth theoretical and applied knowledge for the practice and teaching The Mind Illuminated Samatha-Vipassana Meditation Method, based on multiple traditional paths of Buddhist Meditation training integrated with modern studies in cognitive and neurosciences. Upasaka Culadasa/John Yates Ph.D. wholeheartedly recommends the holders of this certificate to teach The Mind Illuminated Samatha-Vipassana Meditation Method.
Upasaka Culadasa/John Yates Ph.D., Head of Faculty, The Mind Illuminated Meditation Teacher Training Program, meditation teacher in the Theravada and Mahayana meditation traditions and retired Professor of Neuroscience.
2022 Graduates*:
Li-Anne Tang
2021 Graduates:
Stephen “Greg” Ascue
Oliver Bray
Junot Castelyn
Rachel Cronin
Dor Konforty
Eric Lindo
Mark Miller
Wayne Hayden Moreland
Elizabeth Pugh
Gabriel Rocheleau
Ricardo Sasaki
Andrew Sherbrooke
Kim Weeber
2020 Graduates:
Robin Craig
Terry Dushenko
Paulin Elley
Chris Gagné
Babette Haemmerle
Mary Hill
Anne Lindsey (Chukyi)
Darin McFadyen
Terry Moody
Henrik Norberg
Mark Pirtle
Jaye Ring
David Schultz
Alexandra Tataryn
Darlene Tataryn
Douglas Tataryn
Nick Van Kleeck
Cliff Walshein
Jeff Wooley
2019 Graduates:
Michael Dunn
Ivan Ganza
Josh Geller
Anna Knutson Geller
Nick Grabovac
Tom Kennedy
Jon Krop
Andrea Lemon
Ted Lemon
Eve Smith
2018 Graduates:
Blake Barton
Jesse Fallon
Jeremy Graves
Jordan Hill
Matthew Immergut
* 2022 graduates were certified to have completed The Mind Illuminated Teacher Training Program under the direct and personal guidance of Upāsaka Culadasa/John Yates PhD and graduates of the program.