Practicing Insight
AUTHENTIC MINDFULNESS INSTRUCTION
"Mindfulness is not a technique or one more tool to put in [a] toolbox; it is a way of relating to life, of experiencing life, all of it. This way of being can be taught only through a deep understanding. Otherwise, mindfulness becomes a caricature of itself, losing its deep and transformational essence."
~ Ruth A. Baer, PhD, from "Mindfulness Based Treatment Approaches"
Genevieve Tregor, M.S.
When I first encountered Insight practice, it felt like finally arriving home.
It was a recognition, a knowing. Everything that had shaped my life to that point suddenly revealed its deeper coherence: childhood illness and the search for healing, an enduring curiosity about the relationship between body and mind, and a lifelong exploration into the deeper meanings that connect us all.
From that recognition grew an abiding commitment to practice, and to sharing these transformative teachings in ways that help others discover themselves more fully.
Experience & Training
Extensive Mindfulness Meditation experience since 2008, including over 10,000 hours of formal practice and over 18 months in intensive retreat practice conditions.
Teaching contemplative & secular mindfulness practices since 2014.
Served as faculty for six years under Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach for their International Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP).
Certified in Teaching Excellence with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and the American Council on Education (ACE)
Formally trained under Bob Stahl, PhD, in the official MBSR curriculum in the UMass Center for Mindfulness in Medicine Oasis approved teacher practicum.
Completed Peter Levine's 3-year Somatic Experiencing (SE) Trauma Institute professional training program
M.S. in Kinesiology: graduate education in health and health behavior change at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Certified in Radiant Heart Qi Gong, an ancient energy healing practice bringing mindfulness to movement with Teja Fudo Myoo Bell.
"In the time that I have known her, she has shown herself to be a dedicated, passionate and a natural teacher with a mature grasp of mindfulness practices."
— Bob Stahl, Ph.D.
Senior Teacher
Oasis Institute for Mindfulness-Based Professional Education and Training Center Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Genevieve offers mindfulness education and consulting from an extensive and in-depth background in mindfulness practice, paired with the expertise of a health and wellness professional.
She has practiced Vipassana meditation in the Buddhist tradition - the rigorous, systematic practice of mindfulness from which contemporary mindfulness practices were developed - since 2008, and has practiced in long-term, dedicated retreat periods, equaling over 18 months, exploring the depths of mindfulness with renowned Western and monastic teachers. This training enhances her ability to teach mindfulness comprehensively and guide students effectively in the many subtleties of the practice, beyond mere techniques.
Growing up with chronic illness inspired her to pursue a wellness focused education. She studied exercise science and health promotion to receive a MS in Kinesiology from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Her graduate studies focused on incorporating physiology, disease process and pathology, health behavior change and psychology into health education and training from a wellness, instead of disease, perspective. She has worked in healthcare, public health and health education including research, planning and delivery, and has served as Adjunct Faculty for the Maricopa Community College system in the department of Exercise Science. teaching a course on Cultural Aspects of Health & Illness.
Genevieve has studied with and been mentored by senior teachers in the Western Buddhist Insight Meditation tradition, with primary teachers including Gil Fronsdal, Howard Cohn, and Bob Stahl, PhD; as well as practicing under Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, and John Travis, among others. She has additionally spent time in retreat under well known monastic teachers including Sayadaw U Vivekananda, Sayadaw U Jagara, and Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
"She is thoughtful, patient and kind and models what she teaches."
- Suzanne Berndt Williams, MC, LAC, MHSA (MBSR participant)
"The depth of experience that Genevieve offers made the difference for me."
- Roger Beguiristain (longtime meditation student)
In addition to offering mindfulness courses through Solution Mindfulness and Insight Meditation Scottsdale, Genevieve founded One World Mindfulness, an online platform offering traditional Insight retreats in a format that supports participants all over the world to deepen practice with recognized teachers in the Insight Meditation Tradition.
She sometimes teaches online for Banyan (formerly Cloud Sangha) and serves as a visiting teacher with the Arizona Faith Network both in-person and online.