Amita Schmidt is a meditation teacher who has been leading retreats nationally since 1998.  Her training includes over two decades of meditation practice in Buddhism (Vipassana) and numerous three-month, silent retreats.  She was the resident teacher at Insight Meditation Society (Massachusetts) from 2000-2006.   Amita’s teaching has been deeply impacted by teacher Adyashanti.  She currently combines her history of mindfulness practice with the non-dual teachings of inquiry and resting in stillness/true nature.

Amita is the author of Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master (BlueBridge, May 2005) and a contributor to Buddha Laughing: A Tricycle Book of Cartoons. 

“Amita,” which means boundless in Sanskrit and truth in Hebrew, lives in Hawaii with her husband Jerzy.  She is currently writing a book called "Love No Matter What," a collection of stories about lovingkindness in different circumstances. Amita has a blog you can visit, http://lovenomatterwhat.blogspot.com.