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Sylvia Boorstein is an American author, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher. [1] [2] [3]
Boorstein studied with Dipa Ma [4] and is a co-founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. [5] She is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.
All four of Boorstein's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. [2] She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Barnard College. [2] After moving to California in 1961, Boorstein earned a master's degree in social work from the University of California Berkeley in 1967 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Saybrook University in 1974. [2]
She has written numerous books such as It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness, [6] That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist, [7] Don't Just Do Something, Sit There [8] and Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake. [9]