Elaine Retholtz has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1988. In 2004, she completed the internship in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and in 2005, the Teacher Development Intensive at the Center for Mindfulness in Worcester Massachusetts. She is also a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Program. Elaine has been teaching the traditional 8 week MBSR program at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan since 2005. In addition, she has adapted the MBSR program into a 3-day model suitable for use in institutions. As part of a facility staff stress reduction initiative, she is training the staff at Rivington House, a residential facility for people living with AIDS, where she is the coordinator of complementary care therapies. Elaine is on the faculty at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture, where she teaches MBSR to first year students. Here she also guides students in cultivating mindfulness of the experience of learning to be acupuncturists and taking on the identity of healers.  Elaine is an associate teacher at New York Insight Meditation Center.

contact: elaine.retholtz@gmail.com