T
im is the Executive Director and founder of Mindfulness Northwest. He has been teaching mindfulness and compassion courses since 2010 and practicing meditation since 1986. Tim is fully certified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) by the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts; Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) by the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion; and Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) by Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). Tim is also a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher: he received full Dharma teaching authorization from the well-known Zen teacher and author Norman Fischer in 2011.