Smoky Hills Insight

Smoky Hills Insight is a community of practitioners dedicated to mindfulness practices for the benefit of all beings. Our founder, Nicolle LaFleur is a certified Insight (Vipassana) Meditation teacher and a dedicated Rinzai Zen practitioner. Nicolle is also a mindfulness teacher at a middle/high school and is the meditation guide for a Naturopathic Medicine Doctor’s cohort of Functional Medicine practitioners. Nicolle integrates self-compassion and interbeing concepts into her guided meditations, while maintaining a trauma-informed approach to personal coaching. For over 30 years, she served in the fields of social services and humanitarian aid, both in the US and overseas. She lives immersed in the wilderness on her family nature preserve in Northern Minnesota and is constantly inspired by the land she stewards.

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