Devon Hase co-guides Refuge of Belonging, an online dharma community where meditation meets daily life. She is coauthor of How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Buddhist Survival Guide for Modern Life, and This Messy Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership.
Devon first encountered meditation in 2000, as a college sophomore longing for a deeper way to meet life. Since then, she has spent more than six years in meditation retreats in both the Insight and Vajrayana traditions, studying closely with teachers such as Joseph Goldstein, Tara Brach, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and others. Most recently, she and her partner Nico Hase fulfilled a long-held dream by completing a three-year meditation retreat.
Before teaching dharma full-time, she was a classroom teacher, focusing on creative writing and cultural studies. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leaders program and the Insight Meditation Society's teacher training program and now serves as co-coordinating teacher for Spirit Rock's CDL program.
Devon also teaches on retreat teams at Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers internationally. She is passionate about depth practice—on retreat and in daily life—and deeply grateful to lineage teachers who have modeled these forms so beautifully.