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Trudy's Bio

Trudy Goodman has trained and practiced in two fields for over 25 years: meditation and psychotherapy. She devoted much of her professional life to working with children, teenagers and adults in a variety of settings. Since 1974 Trudy has studied Buddhist meditation with Asian and Western teachers in the Zen and Theravada traditions. She was a resident Zen teacher at the Cambridge Buddhist Association for seven years. She now teaches with some of the most revered Vipassana (Insight Meditation) teachers in the West.

Trudy teaches meditation at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Insight Meditation Society, the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and throughout the United States. In addition, she co-founded, and is the Guiding Teacher for the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, teaching at conferences and workshops for clinicians. Trudy now lives in Los Angeles, in loving connection with four generations of family. In 2002, Trudy founded Insight LA. She co-founded Growing Spirit and the Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy (2004).