Teachers

WALTER YOUNG began practicing Insight Meditation in 2008. Having graduated as a Community Dharma Leader in 2017, he now supports the CDL trainingprogramme as a mentor. He was a trustee for Gaia House from 2014-2018 and currently runs Insight North East, a sangha based in Whitley Bay. Prior to his retirement in 2020, he was a social worker and served as a director for various companies, including Team Fostering, a social enterprise based in the North of England. As a trainer and consultant, he has supported governments and NGOs in South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia with the implementation of family-based care.

YUKA NAKAMURA has practiced Buddhist meditation in different traditions since 1993, has a PhD in Developmental Psychology and is a certified MBSR-teacher. Trained as a Buddhist meditation teacher by Fred von Allmen she teaches meditation at Beatenberg (Switzerland), Gaia House (UK), Insight Meditation Society (Barre, MA) and other places. Yuka offers MBSR-courses and MBI-trainings at the CFM Zentrum für Achtsamkeit (CH). www.yuka-nakamura.ch

YUKA NAKAMURA praktiziert seit 1993 in verschiedenen buddhistischen Traditionen und istPsychologin (Dr. phil.) sowie MBSR-Lehrerin und -Ausbildnerin. Sie wurde von Fred von Allmen als Dharmalehrerin geschult und lehrt Meditation im Meditationszentrum Beatenberg (Schweiz), Gaia House (UK), Insight Meditation Society (Barre, MA) und an anderen Orten. Im CFM Zentrum für Achtsamkeit (CH) bietet sie MBSR-Kurse und -Ausbildungen an.