Matthew Daniell has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1985. He studied Zen in Japan, Tibetan Buddhism in India, and Insight Meditation in India, Burma, Thailand, and the United States. His teaching mentors include Larry Rosenberg, Joseph Goldstein, and Jack Kornfield. He is the founder of the North Shore Insight Meditation Center in Massachusetts. He teaches nationally and is a member of the Religious Services Department at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he leads meditation groups.