Sylvia Boorstein, LCSW, Ph.D., a co-founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA and a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, MA, has been a psychotherapist since 1967 and has contributed, through journal articles and training conferences, to the ongoing investigation of the interface of psychotherapy and spiritual practice. She teaches mindfulness meditation workshops nationally and internationally and was part of the original faculty of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, an organization that provides meditation-based training programs for rabbis and other Jewish professionals. Her teaching emphasizes daily life as the venue for spiritual practice. Her books include It's Easier Than You Think; Don't Just Do Something, Sit There; That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist, and Pay Attention, For Goodness' Sake.