Stan Eisenstein (he/him) is a teacher for Insight Meditation Community of Washington. He teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction courses and has created mindfulness courses for chronic pain, for inquiry and embodiment, and for teens. Stan guides workshops on relationships, forgiveness, and lovingkindness and is a mentor for The Power of Awareness and Cloud Sangha, online meditation and mentoring programs. He earned a MSW degree and is a former high school physics teacher who has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 2004.
Years of teaching high school prepared Stan for guiding classes, cultivating simplicity, clarity, and humor. His years of therapy and Buddhist psychology training prepared him for guiding students toward healing. Each budding teacher has their own personal gifts; it is the Mentor’s job to help refine those gifts. He invites the cultivation of a deep sense of kindness for who you are, just as you are. All growth occurs organically from there. Learn more at staneisenstein.com.