My name is Robin Moisson, and I’m an engineer by training turned meditation teacher. I like to bring a pragmatic approach to meditation practice and its infinite facets and applications, and aim to demystify and promote concrete experiences that integrate into daily life.
I first discovered the practice over a decade ago while going through a meaning crisis. I quickly realized I had found a Path that I would become fascinated with, that has since brought profound transformations in my life and relationships. It also led me to spend over nine cumulative months (and counting) in silent intensive retreats in various traditions, including training in The Mind Illuminated and Theravada traditions, and study with well-respected teachers including Dr Tucker Peck, Bhikkhu Analayo and Leigh Brasington.
My approach: in both teaching and practice combines traditional Theravadin Buddhist wisdom with modern sensibilities, emphasizing an embodied perspective. Over the long term I believe integration in daily life is really key, as both a marker and a source of progress, and can be deepened intentionaly. My experiences with Insight Dialogue, Authentic Relating and Circling, and IFS have time and time again showed me that relationships are a deep well of wisdom, that shouldn’t be neglected on the Path.
I teach with a non-dogmatic student-centric approach, recognizing each person as the expert on their own experience. This guides our process, rather than following a single technique or tradition.
My training: After being certified to teach through a 2-year program led by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach I trained in Motivational Interviewing with Tucker Peck, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness with David Treleaven, and Authentic Relating individual and group coaching with Sat Prem. I am currently supervised by Dr Tucker Peck, a well-respected clinical psychologist and meditation teacher, and am continuously learning from my mentors and peers, my own practice, and through supporting people on their journey.
When I’m not on the cushion I also enjoy long distance running and ultramarathons, and am a professional freediver who loves depth and under-ice freediving. These intense practices point me towards another fascinating door of physical letting go, which informs my teaching.
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On training to teach and coach others:
- 2 year MMTCP teacher-training led by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach in 2019-2020
- Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness training with David Treleaven
- Motivational Interviewing training with Dr Tucker Peck (a well-studied way to have conversations to help people change)
- Authentic Relating facilation and coaching 6-month training with Sat Prem
- Learning to Teach Meditation, with Upasaka Upali
- apprenticeship during an in-person 9-day retreat with Tucker Peck and Upali, summer 2024
A few influencing retreats and trainings I undertook:
- 6-week long The Mind Illuminated retreat with Culadasa at Cochise Stronghold
- 2 cumulative months on retreat with Bhikkhu Analayo on Satipatthana, Mindfulness of Breathing in sixteen steps, and Compassion and Emptiness
- 1 cumulative month on retreat with Leigh Brasington on Jhana and Dependent Origination
- Insight Dialogue retreats with Anne Michel and the 8-week Interpersonal Mindfulness Program with Dominique Retoux
- 6 month training with Janusz Welin on “The Progress of Shinsight” (blending the Progress of Insight with Shinzen Young practices and Janusz’s inovative approaches)
- many retreats with Tucker Peck and Upasaka Upali
- a lot of IFS and Relational Intelligence therapy, blending IFS, Attachment Theory and Polyvagal Theory
- and retreats in other centers and traditions, including Mahasi-style at Panditarama, Gaia House, Sayadaw U Tejaniya…
