Adi Bemak has been a Buddhist practitioner for more than four decades, beginning when she was introduced to Buddhism in Myanmar (then Burma) in 1976. After years of retreat at IMS, she completed the Community Dharma Leaders Program at Spirit Rock in 2003, the same year she joined the teachers’ council at IWM. Adi also served for four years as a mentor on the faculty of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP), an international training designed and overseen by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
For more than 20 years she taught mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), including several years on the faculty of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society at UMass Medical School. In addition, Adi taught MBSR for a decade with Valley Mindfulness Center, and for over a decade was co-Buddhist advisor (along with Peggy Gillespie) at Mt. Holyoke College. Adi maintains a mindfulness-based psychotherapy practice in Amherst, and also relishes time with her family and friends.
