Category: Teacher Bio
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Curt Fish
Curt’s first mediation class was through Ann Arbor Rec & Ed, an introduction to meditation offered by Deep Spring in the fall of 2003. He’s been taking classes and sitting retreats offered by Deep Spring and now Still Mountain ever since. Influential teachers are David Lawson, Shaila Catherine and Carol Blotter. Influential books are Mindfulness…
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Ken Morley
I have found great benefit from Mindfulness Meditation practices and the teachings of the Buddha. My journey of self discovery began around 2003 when I was inspired by the audio book “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, and then taking an Ann Arbor Rec & Ed Insight Meditation class, and teachers Susan Weir and Barbara…
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Elizabeth Cheslak
(Currently inactive) Mindfulness meditation and Metta form the foundation of Elizabeth’s practice and teaching. She received teacher training at Still Mountain under the guidance of David Lawson.
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Jim Whiteside
Teacher Emeritus Jim Whiteside’s current understanding of and approach to practice are eclectic and secular in orientation. While insight meditation and mindfulness practices are his personal favorites, he believes there is no one “right” practice for everyone, or even for any given person at different times and under different circumstances. He is especially interested in…
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Bilha Birman Rivlin, PhD
Bilha is a long-time practitioner and teacher of insight mindful meditation, who has recently earned her PhD from the Theatre department at Wayne State University where she wrote her dissertation on the creative process and the path of transformation. Bilha has been practicing insight Mindful Meditation and studying Buddhist teachings since 2003. For over ten…
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Karen Mori
(Currently inactive) Karen began studying vipassana meditation in 2003 with the teachers of Deep Spring Center. She resonates with the practices of kindness and compassion and has found that the open heart has room for everything we experience in life.
