Lisa Ernst
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist and founder of One Dharma Nashville. She has maintained a committed meditation practice for over 30 years in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. Lisa received full teaching authorization in the Thai Forest/Spirit Rock lineage of Ajahn Chah, Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield. She offers private meditation training, workshops and leads meditation retreats and classes internationally. She has taught retreats and served as a mentor at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She also teaches retreats through InsightLA, Big Bear Retreat Center, Southern Dharma and many more. Lisa’s regularly writes articles for Lion’s Roar Magazine and has also been published in Tricycle Magazine.
In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. As a practicing visual artist Lisa incorporates Dharma into contemplative painting, photography and writing. Lisa especially enjoys teaching students how to engage in the unknown, the mystery, and to work with open ended, unanswered life questions that can’t be solved through traditional logic.
In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. As a practicing visual artist Lisa incorporates Dharma into contemplative painting, photography and writing. Lisa especially enjoys teaching students how to engage in the unknown, the mystery, and to work with open ended, unanswered life questions that can’t be solved through traditional logic.
