Sylvia Boorstein

Sylvia Boorstein is an American author, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher.

Boorstein studied with Dipa Ma and is a co-founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. She is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.

Biography All four of Boorstein's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Barnard College. That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There and Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake.