Shaila Catherine began meditating in 1980 and quickly fell in love with the practice of silent contemplation accumulating over nine years of silent retreat experience. The wisdom gained through direct encounter with the dhamma along with the guidance of teachers from India, Thailand, Nepal, and the West allowed Shaila the opportunity to deeply explore meditation, including the absorption states of jhana and insight practices. She has authored two books, Focused and Fearless and Wisdom Wide and Deep, which introduce and guide practitioners to develop powerful concentration techniques supporting liberating insight. She is the founder and principle teacher at Insight Meditation South Bay in California and the creator of Bodhi Courses, an online Buddhist classroom.

If you would like to sit a retreat with Shaila you can find her schedule at https://www.imsb.org

Her online course can be found at https://bodhicourses.org

Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher. https://ianwhitemaher.com/

Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Providence Zen Center. http://providencezen.org/