She has practiced in the Insight meditation tradition since 2009. Kristina Baré, M.Sc., was introduced to Buddhist meditation as a young child by her father who teaches in the Zen Buddhist tradition. She believes classical Buddhist practices, designed to cultivate compassion, non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion, are uniquely potent vehicles for empowering people in marginalized communities and effecting social change. For more information, please visit Tara's website. Tara felt initially drawn to dharma practice upon encountering the Buddha's teachings rejecting social caste as a measure of worth and of capacity for awakening. She then served as Interim Guiding Teacher of Insight Western Massachusetts from April 2020-April 2021. She remained a core teacher with the group until the spring of 2019, when she relocated to Western Massachusetts. She was a leader of Mission Dharma in San Francisco, and in 2016 she co-founded the San Francisco People of Color Insight Sangha. Tara practiced criminal defense law in California for over 20 years. She has been authorized to teach by Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and has gratefully drawn influence from many teachers within and outside of the Mahasi lineage, including Howard Cohn, Kamala Masters, Gil Fronsdal, Joseph Goldstein, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, and Ayya Anandabodhi. Tara Mulay 's practice and teachings stem from the lineage of Mahasi Sayadaw. He is deeply committed to the personal and collective liberation of marginalized communities knowing that through the integration of reflection and insight, clarity and wisdom give rise to wise action. Devin is passionate about the power of witnessing and storytelling as a liberation tool. He has recently relocated to Western Massachusetts and teaches nationally. Devin also co-founded both the Teen Sangha and Men of Color Deep Refuge Group at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland. Devin’s training includes Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher training, the East Bay Meditation Center Commit to Dharma Program, Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program, and Insight Meditation Society’s four-year Residential Retreat Teachers Program. He has undertaken many periods of silent long-term retreat practice. His practice is primarily informed by the classical teachings of early Buddhism and the Insight Meditation tradition. Devin Berry has been meditating for over 20 years. Adi maintains a mindfulness-based psychotherapy practice in Amherst, and also relishes her time with family and friends. In addition, for nearly a decade she has been teaching MBSR locally through the Valley Mindfulness Center, and is a Co-Buddhist Advisor (along with Peggy Gillespie) at Mt. For nearly 20 years Adi has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), including several years on the faculty of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society at UMass Medical School. She is also on the mentor faculty of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, an international training designed and overseen by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. Since 2003 Adi has been teaching at InsightPV and serving on the teachers’ council. As her practice deepened over many years of retreat at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS), she went on to complete the three-year Community Dharma Leaders Program at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Adi Bemak has been practicing Buddhism for four decades, beginning in 1976 when she was introduced to Buddhism in Myanmar (then Burma).
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