Elizabeth Winkler, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified meditation teacher, and mindfulness and embodiment guide. She holds a bachelor of science in psychology from Tulane University and a master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

With more than 25 years in private practice, she integrates psychotherapy, meditation, mindfulness, and embodied healing to help people bring awareness into lived experience. Elizabeth has taught mindfulness and meditation internationally, led retreat experiences in Joshua Tree and Ireland, and is the cocreator of Heart Surgery® and cohost of The Shadow and The Light podcast with meditation teacher davidji. In the workshop, Elizabeth holds grounding, emotional safety, embodied awareness, and the felt atmosphere of the room, helping participants slow down enough to listen inwardly.