Celeste Young Email & Phone Number

Celeste first started practicing meditation in 2002 in the Shambhala tradition and later fell in love with Insight meditation practice. In 2011, she was invited to join the first teacher development group at InsightLA under the guidance of founder Trudy Goodman. She has since taught thousands of students mindfulness meditation as a core teacher for ILA’s essentials of mindfulness program, and has developed and taught many other intermediate secular mindfulness and Buddhist classes, daylongs and residential retreats. Upon request, Celeste teaches meditation for profit and non-profit organizations. Additionally, she offers private sessions for individuals and small groups seeking to learn meditation or to more fully integrate mindfulness into their daily lives. Prior to teaching mindfulness and Dharma, Celeste taught yin yoga and has a background in working with youth from early childhood to teens. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Advanced Practitioner Program as well as the two-year Mindfulness, Meditation, and Yoga teacher training, and has participated in Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing training. Celeste is a current member of the InsightLA teacher council.In 2017 she received Theravada teacher authorization from Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield. As a mindfulness and Dharma teacher Celeste is committed to sharing the teachings in a wide variety of settings with many different communities, and continuing to sustain and deepen her own personal practice through regular intensive retreat.https://www.celesteyoung.com

Listed skills include Teaching, Public Speaking, Leadership, Mindfulness, and 15 others.