Sylvia Boorstein is an American author, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher.[1][2][3]
Boorstein studied with Dipa Ma[4] and is a co-founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation CenterinWoodacre, California.[5] She is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation SocietyinBarre, Massachusetts.
All four of Boorstein's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.[2] She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Barnard College.[2] After moving to California in 1961, Boorstein earned a master's degree in social work from the University of California Berkeley in 1967 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Saybrook University in 1974.[2]
She has written numerous books such as It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness,[6] That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist,[7] Don't Just Do Something, Sit There[8] and Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake.[9]
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