A bit about Robert’s mindful path

Robert Lurye is a certified MBSR teacher through Brown University Mindfulness Center and UMass Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness. Robert became a certified Mindfulness facilitator through InsightLA, and is also a qualified facilitator for Dr. Judson Brewer’s Mindfulness-Based Behavior Change programs which combine app-based training with in-person facilitated sessions to address unwanted habits from cigarettes to smart phones, emotional eating, and anxiety. He is also a certified RYT-200 yoga instructor and often includes elements of embodied mindful movement in his classes. Robert especially enjoys leading daylong retreats and meditation groups outdoors amongst nature, and as a graduate of the Sati Center’s Eco-Chaplaincy Program, he is trained to offer support and spiritual care to individuals and communities impacted by ecological and environmental crises. Robert teaches Mindfulness-Based Habit Change: Unwinding Anxiety and Mindful Eating programs, MBSR, Essentials of Mindfulness, Co-Facilitates the InsightLA LGBTQueer+ Mindfulness group and the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Practice Group. He also leads mindfulness classes and facilitates sitting-groups for Long Beach Meditation, Mindful USC, and University of California Irvine.

He has been a computer animation artist since 1985 working in television, research and development and feature film production. He received his Master of Education degree from The Ohio State University and has taught art at Ohio State, Texas A&M, and University of Texas, Austin.

“Wherever you are is the entry point.” ~ Kabir