Imee is recognized as a leading mindfulness teacher in the Philippines and across Asia.  She is the founder of Mindfulness Asia and Nibbāna Forest Refuge.  She is a co-founder of Philippine Insight Meditation Community and Katahimikan; Philippine Day of Mindfulness. She is a mentor for Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program and the Power of Awareness at Sounds True, an authorized teacher at UCLA Health, a Cross-Cultural Mindfulness Teacher and Board Member of Braided Wisdom, and a visiting teacher at East Bay Meditation Center. She is a founding Advisory Council member of the Global Compassion Coalition.  

 

She graduated from Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leadership Program, UCLA's Training in Mindfulness Facilitation program, and is an IMTA-Certified Mindfulness Teacher. She develops and facilitates mindfulness programs for companies, schools, and events; both locally and internationally.  She volunteers to teach incarcerated women serving life imprisonment and also supports abused women and children in the Philippines.

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