Panditarama Forest Meditation Center
(Burma, 2012)

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Cory Muscara is a former monk, host of the Practicing Human podcast, and bestselling author of the book, Stop Missing Your Life. With over 1MM followers across his social media channels, Cory has gained popularity for his down-to-earth, engaging, and accessible teachings on mindfulness, wellbeing, and mental health. He has taught Mindful leadership at Columbia University, is an instructor of Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and for the last ten years has offered mindfulness keynotes, workshops, and retreats around the world to companies like Bank of America, Prudential, Johnson & Johnson, Principal, Travelers, BlackRock, and more. Cory’s meditations have been heard more than 25 million times in over 150 countries, and his goal is to share wisdom teachings in a practical and accessible way.

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A graduate of the 2-year Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader training, Cory also has several years of extensive professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), completed certification with Mindful Schools and the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, and has trained in Mindfulness-Based Inquiry, Breathworks Chronic Pain with Vidyamala Burch, the Trauma Institute led by Bessel Van der Kolk, and a relational meditation practice called “circling” through Circling Europe. He is a 200-hour hatha yoga teacher, certified NLP & Eriksonian Hypnosis practitioner, and an Integrative Health Coach through Duke Integrative Medicine.

In 2012, Cory spent 6 months in silence, practicing Vipassana meditation 14-20 hours each day, ordained as a monk under the late Sayadaw U Pandita within the Mahasi lineage of the Theravada tradition. He now aims to bring the teachings of mindfulness to people in practical and usable ways, presenting to organizations, schools, and the general public. He has offered keynotes and workshops to companies like Bank of America, VMWare, Travelers Insurance, Prudential, Johnson & Johnson, Colgate, and others; he has been featured on Business Insider, Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and Martha Stewart Living; and is a contributing teacher to apps such as Mindfulness.com, Simple Habit, Asana Rebel, and 10% Happier.