Celeste Young
Celeste Young is a Theravada Buddhist mindfulness and Dharma teacher. She has been practicing meditation and sitting retreats since 2002. She was one of the first teachers to be empowered at InsightLA, a nonprofit Buddhist and secular mindfulness organization based in Los Angeles.
Since 2011, Celeste has worked with thousands of meditation and Dharma students teaching classes, leading silent meditation retreats, and working with individual students. She has also brought mindfulness into organizational settings, leading sessions and retreats for groups including Netflix and the University of Southern California. In addition, she has spent several years mentoring new mindfulness teachers internationally.
For the last 16 years, her own personal practice has been centered around yearly long silent retreats in the Insight Meditation tradition lasting from one to three months in length. In addition to her Dharma teaching, Celeste is a certified Life Balance Strategist. She is extremely passionate about this work which empowers people to make mindful change in their lives. She sees life balance work and Dharma teaching as a pragmatic way of supporting people in living their deeper values and navigating their lives with much more clarity and well being. Sharing in the Dharma with others brings her immense joy.