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American Buddhist meditation teacher and author

Shaila Catherine
Occupation(s)	author, meditation teacher

Shaila Catherine is an American Buddhist meditation teacher and author in the Theravādin tradition, known for her expertise in insight meditation (vipassanā) and jhāna practices.^[1][2] She has authored three books on jhāna practice and has introduced many American practitioners to this concentration practice through her writings and focused retreats.

Shaila Catherine gave the second talk in a four-week series titled "Cultivating Mindfulness." Shaila explored a number of ways to practice mindfulness of the.

Shaila Catherine gave the second talk in a six-week series titled "Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts." When we undertake the training of refraining from.

This highly acclaimed book teaches how to attain jhana concentration states by focusing attention through mindfulness-based meditation.

Learn how to overcome distraction in meditation practice and develop clarity in your relationships, work, and activities with this new guide from a beloved.

Now, Insight Meditation teacher Shaila Catherine offers an accessible approach to training the mind that is guided by the Buddha's pragmatic instructions on.

Catherine is the founder of Insight Meditation South Bay in Mountain View, California, and the primary teacher for Bodhi Courses, an online Buddhist classroom.^[3] She conducts retreats locally, nationally and internationally in mindfulness (satī), concentration (samādhi and jhāna), lovingkindness (mettā), and insight meditation (vipassanā).

Biography

Shaila Catherine began meditating in 1980 in California. She later travelled and studied in Asia, training a