Phillip Moffitt is a vipassana

Vipassana

Vipassanā or vipaśyanā in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality. A regular practitioner of Vipassana is known as a Vipassi . Vipassana is one of the world's most ancient techniques of meditation, the inception of which is attributed to Gautama Buddha...

(insight) meditation teacher, former publishing executive, author, and an instructor at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, Calif.

Biography

Moffitt attended the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

 at Knoxville where he helped initiate the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature

Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature

The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature is an annual legislative session conducted by college students from across Tennessee, providing students over with an education about Tennessee state government and a channel to express their opinions on state issues.This model legislature convenes...

, an annual legislative session held by Tennessee college students. After graduating in 1971 with a M.S. in Economics, Moffitt co-founded 13-30 Corporation with Chris Whittle

Chris Whittle

H. Christopher "Chris" Whittle is an American media and education entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer of Avenues: The World School, a planned international system of independent pre-K-12 schools. Avenues will open its first campus in New York City in fall 2012. Whittle founded Edison...

 and served as editor-in-chief and president from 1974-1983. In 1979, 13-30 Corporation purchased Esquire

Esquire

Esquire is a term of West European origin . Depending on the country, the term has different meanings...

magazine and Moffitt served as chief executive officer and editor-in-chief until 1987. Upon selling Esquire to Hearst Magazines, he left the publishing enterprise he created to begin a period of personal exploration that included studying mindfulness meditation and Theravada

Theravada

Theravada ; literally, "the Teaching of the Elders" or "the Ancient Teaching", is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. It was founded in India...

 Buddhism.
In 2001, Moffitt was ordained to teach vipassana meditation. His teaching is influenced by Ajahn Sumedho

Ajahn Sumedho

Luang Por Ajahn Sumedho is the senior Western representative of the Thai forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He was abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery just north of London from its consecration in 1984 until his retirement in 2010...

 and his teacher Ajahn Chah

Ajahn Chah

Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhaddo was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition....

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Moffitt is the founder of the Life Balance Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and practice of spiritual values in daily life. He also founded the Marin Sangha in San Rafael, Calif., and from 1998 until 2007 he was a contributing editor for Yoga Journal

Yoga Journal

Yoga Journal is an American based media company that publishes a magazine, a website, DVDs, and puts on conferences all devoted to yoga, food and nutrition, fitness, wellness, and fashion and beauty.-Beginnings and Growth:...

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Books

Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering ISBN 1594863539

The Power to Heal: Ancient Arts & Modern Medicine with Rick Smolan

Rick Smolan

Rick Smolan is an American photographer. He is CEO of Against All Odds Productions.-Background:Smolan is a 1972 graduate of Dickinson College. He has worked for TIME, LIFE and National Geographic...

 and Matthew Naythons

Matthew Naythons

Matthew Naythons is an American photojournalist. physician and publisher Trained as a medical doctor, beginning in the 1970s he photographed many of the twentieth century's historic events. During his photographic career, he founded an NGO, and later became a writer and...

ISBN 0136845495

Medicine’s Great Journey: One Hundred Years of Healing with Rick Smolan ISBN 0821219871

Anthologies

The Best Buddhist Writing, 2004, edited by Melvin McLeod ISBN 1590301897

The Best Buddhist Writing, 2009, edited by Melvin McLeod ISBN 1590307342

Will Yoga & Meditation Really Change My Life? Edited by Stephen Cope ISBN 1580175098

The Graywolf Annual Three: Essays, Memoirs & Reflections, Edited by Scott Walker ISBN 0915308886

Articles

• "How Suffering Got A Bad Name," HuffingtonPost.com
• "Living Skillfully: Knowing the Two Kinds of Desire," HuffingtonPost.com
• "Practice Happiness," Yoga Journal, May 2008
• "Decision Time," Body and Soul, February 2008
• "Awakening in the Body," Shambhala Sun, September 2007
• "Starting Over," Yoga Journal, February 2007
• "The Tyranny of Expectations," Yoga Journal, Nov/Dec 2004
• "The Heart’s Intention," Yoga Journal, Sep/Oct 2003
• "The Yoga of Relationship," Yoga Journal, Jul/Aug 2003
• "Living in an Age of Fear," Yoga Journal, Mar/Apr 2003
• "Healing Your Mother Wound," Yoga Journal, Sep/Oct 2002
• "Forgiving the Unforgivable," Yoga Journal, Jan/Feb 2002
• "Violence Against Self," Yoga Journal, Mar/Apr, 2001
• "The Language of the Soft Heart," Yoga Journal, Sep/Oct 2000
• "Life Dancing," Yoga Journal, Jul/Aug 2000
• "Disappointment is Hell," Yoga Journal, May/June 2000
• "When $2 Million Isn’t Enough," Esquire, May 1989
• "Cooling Out," Esquire, December 1986
• "Everyman’s Xanadu," Esquire, April 1986
• "The Dark Side of Excellence," Esquire, December 1985
• "The Time of Your Life," Esquire, April 1985
• "Does Anyone Know What Time it is?" Esquire, November 1984
• "Why Men Grow Flowers," Esquire, October 1984