About One World Mindfulness
Howard Cohn, MA
Guiding Teacher
Howard Cohn, MA, is a senior teacher in the Western Insight Tradition. Teaching for over 40 years, he is one of the founding teachers of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the Mission Dharma sitting group in San Francisco. He is the author of Invitation to Meditation: How to Find Peace Wherever You Are.
Genevieve Tregor, MS
Founding Teacher
Genevieve Tregor, MS, is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Scottsdale, in Arizona, and Solution Mindfulness. She served on the faculty of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program for 6 years, and is fully trained in Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing (SE) approach to healing trauma.
Devin Berry
Guiding Teacher
Devin Berry is a Core Guiding Teacher at the Insight Meditation Society, He additionally teaches retreats and programs at the Forest Refuge and Spirit Rock as well as with other Dharma communities and with Sounds True. He is known for his grounded, relatable teaching style, shaped by a deep love of the Dharma and a gift for storytelling.
One World Mindfulness brings the deep roots of the Buddhist tradition into contemporary mindfulness practice. While mindfulness can be taught in secular settings, such as clinical psychology and healthcare, learning within its original Buddhist framework, and with teachers grounded in that tradition, offers a distinctly richer experience.
What is commonly known as Mindfulness Practice today is actually known in the Buddhist tradition reaching back 2600 years as Vipassana meditation, or in it's Western Buddhist iteration, Insight Meditation. Our teachers are not only mindfulness instructors, but recognized teachers in the Western Insight Meditation Tradition. They bring extensive training in the foundational teachings, along with years of dedicated practice, including significant time in intensive silent retreats. Their teaching goes beyond techniques and theory, offering a depth of understanding that supports genuine transformation.
Our Retreats
One World Mindfulness developed an online retreat experience that could recreate the intensive practice 'container' of an in-person retreat, similar to what one would encounter at Centers like Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Insight Meditation Society; including live teaching and group practice sessions, with opportunities to interact with teachers in small, intimate sized groups to receive personalized practice support. One World Mindfulness creates a comprehensive retreat eco-system, with a full 'retreat container' that might otherwise be lost in an online, at-home experience; especially for those new to Insight Meditation retreats. And additionally takes on the responsibility for tracking attendance for those seeking to receive professional or educational credit through recognized professional credit-granting organizations. The flexible, modular style of retreat also serves to support participants in time-zones around the world.
While initially developed to support those needing a particular kind of experience mirroring an intensive residential retreat during the 2020 pandemic, when most retreat centers around the world had closed; the One World Mindfulness retreat format continues to offer a more comprehensive online retreat experience as an alternative to residential retreats, and also supports those looking for a more relaxed approach or for something that can be integrated into work and life routines. Based on its flexible model it can be utilized by anyone wishing to integrate deepening practice in a variety of situations, supported by experienced teachers in the Insight Meditation tradition.
Our retreats offer four, two-hour teacher-led modules spaced throughout the day, each serving as a stand-alone practice experience, where any number of modules can be integrated into an at-home practice, allowing individuals in various time-zones to participate at the times that work for them without missing out on important instruction and the community experience; as well as enabling a range of modes of participation.
Our Classes & Workshops
coming soon!