Beth Sternlieb

Beth has been involved with InsightLA from the start and seeing our community grow from an idea into a reality has awakened in her a deeper appreciation for what mindfulness and commitment can bring into our lives. As a member of InsightLA’s Teacher's Council, she explores ways of bringing mindfulness practices to our community in creative and innovative ways. While as a guiding teacher in the Buddhist studies program, she shares her interest in how ancient wisdom can support us through our everyday life struggles. She also teaches MBSR, where she is excited to observe how each new group of students learns through their own experience to embrace the present moment.

Beth began her meditation practice years ago at Ordinary Dharma with Catriona Reed in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. In addition to her Meditation practice and teaching, Beth has been co-investigator on several research intervention studies at UCLA;that focused on the impact of Iyengar Yoga on breast cancer survivors and young adults suffering from various diseases. She worked with Manouso Manos in his Yoga therapeutic classes and travelled to India to assist in the classes taught by BKS and Geeta Iyengar at the Ramamani Iyengar institute in Pune. She became a member of the UCLA Pediatric Pain Program Clinical Team and Whole Child LA, where she continues to teach mindfulness and Yoga to children and young adults with chronic pain and health problems.