Dawn Mauricio (she/her), a Filipina-Canadian, has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005. She graduated from the first teacher development group of True North Insight, Spirit Rock's Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training, Spirit Rock's Dedicated Practitioners' Program, and Spirit Rock's 4-year Retreat Teacher Training. She teaches with a playful, dynamic, and heartfelt approach to People of Color and folks of all backgrounds. Dawn leads retreats, multi-year programs, and workshops in Canada and the US for Spirit Rock, True North Insight, and Sacred Mountain Sangha. Dawn is a co-founder of the True North Insight BIPOC practice group, serves on the guiding teachers council of True North Insight, and the leadership council for Sacred Mountain Sangha. She is also the author of “Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners” and host of the podcast, "Mindfulness Meditation with Dawn Mauricio." Learn more about Dawn at https://dawnmauricio.com/

We discussed Dawn's first connection with Vipassana practice while backpacking in Thailand, the parallels between yoga and Buddhist meditation, the experience of mentoring meditation instructors and addressing imposter syndrome, healing through Somatic Experiencing®, and the importance of viewing Buddhist teachings as a birthright and to “keep knocking.”