Dawn Neal has devoted several years to silent retreat since 2005. Her intensive practice in Asia includes temporarily ordaining in Burma in 2009. Shortly afterwards, she started practicing with Gil Fronsdal and Andrea Fella, with whom she is now in the final phase of Dharma teacher training. Dawn has an MA from the Institute of Buddhist Studies. She is a published scholar and core faculty member of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies Chaplaincy Program. She professionally trained as an hospital chaplain, and served at Stanford Medicine before joining Insight Santa Cruz as the Guiding Teacher. Dawn teaches for IMC via Zoom on Tuesday mornings. See www.liberatingdharma.org for her full teaching schedule.

Dawn Neal has devoted several years to silent retreat since 2005. Her intensive practice in Asia includes temporarily ordaining in Burma in 2009. Shortly afterwards, she started practicing with Gil...Read more