Claire Villarreal, PhD

Gatineau, QC, Canada

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Claire Villarreal received her PhD from Rice University’s Department of Religion and has taught academic courses at Rice and UH Clear Lake and led meditation sessions at Dawn Mountain Center for Tibetan Buddhism, the Jung Center, Discovery Green, and various other settings in Houston and Fort Worth, Texas. She was Programs Director at Dawn Mountain from 2015 to 2019 and is currently a Houston Jung Center faculty fellow; she adapts traditional Buddhist wisdom for online and in-person spiritual instruction.

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Reviews

Aiste Kalinauskaite

Mar 22, 2026

Another lovely episode. I would love to listen them in order, but I am not quite sure how to find that out. I have found the first one and this is my second one I picked, but it's clear that I potentially missed one or two in between.

Aiste Kalinauskaite

Mar 22, 2026

Loved it

Aiste

Mar 16, 2026

Interesting listen and lots of knowledge. Loved the Matrix reference 😁

Arlene Kelly

Feb 17, 2026

Perfect scan upon waking up when you only have 5 minutes! Felt so good 😊

Tara

Feb 9, 2026

This may be intended as satire- but it helped me nail 9 interviews in 1 day!

Sandra Gold

Jan 29, 2026

Thank you so very much for this short meditation. Sometimes i feel tension building up and don’t always have a lot of time for a long calming meditation. This is where your beautiful voice comes in and helps me to relax. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.✨🌟🙏🏾🌟✨

Chad

Jan 10, 2026

Than You Namo Buddha’s🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Morgan Dowd

Jan 10, 2026

Very good and calming

Mark Pogson

Jan 9, 2026

Love this visualisation!😊🙏

Dwayne McBean

Nov 23, 2025

This was a very insightful talk. Thank you so much for hosting it.

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