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).
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