Booma Venkataraman

Booma Venkataraman (she/her) has been practicing insight meditation for many years and has attended over 14 immersed meditation retreats. Booma is a graduate of the 2021 cohort Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. Booma serves on the Board of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington. She leads a mindfulness community of practice (Sangha) at her work in the Federal Government. Booma was drawn to the mystery of spirituality from a young age and has practiced different forms of meditation in India. Later moving to the U.S. she continued to explore her spiritual journey. She chanced on Joseph Goldstein's book, "Insight Meditation," which created a profound shift in her. Later under the embrace of Tara Brach's Sangha, she found the Vipassana (clear insight) teachings to be like a cool, clear, fresh fountain. There was no turning back, and the journey continues to be enriching.

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