Leigh Brasington

Leigh Brasington has been practicing since 1985 and is the senior American student of the late Venerable Ayya Khema. She confirmed Leigh's practice and requested that he begin teaching. Leigh assisted Venerable Ayya Khema starting in 1994. He began teaching retreats in 1997.

Leigh has spent the majority of the last 3 years on retreat including a recent 9 and 1/2 month retreat at IMS's Forest Refuge. Visit his web site at http://leighb.com

John Travis

John is a senior teacher with Spirit Rock in California and founder of Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, California. He has practiced mindfulness meditation for over 30 years and completed a four-year teacher/counselor training with Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart. He has studied eight years with senior teachers of the Tibetan and Vipassana traditions in India, Nepal, Thailand, and Burma. Trained by Jon Kabat-Zinn, John teaches stress reduction workshops, facilitates men’s groups, and co-facilitates ongoing Holotropic Breathwork workshops. He is a pastoral counselor and hypnotherapist. He has completed two years training in the Hokomi Method of body-centered psychotherapy.   

For more information about John, check out his website:  mtstream.org