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Lisa Moore

Insight · Mahayana
East Bay Meditation Center
Lay
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Insight
Tradition
Mindfulness of breath and body
Primary practice
1998
Active since
Lay
Status

About

Lisa Moore has practiced since 1998 in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. She is a member of the East Bay Meditation Center and participates in its programming committee. Moore is in Dharmacharya (Buddhist teacher) training with Ven. Pannavati. She teaches at San Francisco State University, where she works with students in public health, harm reduction, and social justice.

Teaching focus

mindfulness of breathbrahmaviharasethical foundation

Lisa Moore's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the Insight and Mahayana traditions. Several threads come up: dharma applied to social and collective suffering;. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. Lisa Moore works with whatever shows up in the room rather than reading from notes, which is part of why these talks land as conversational instead of scripted. Short pauses, longer sits, and questions that come back to direct experience are usual. Listed specialties on the source profile include social justice. The bigger move Lisa Moore keeps making is back toward attention itself: what's happening, how it's being held, and what gets in the way. That keeps the teaching close to practice rather than drifting into commentary about practice. For talks, schedules, and longer essays, the affiliated organization's page is where the live material lives. Lisa Moore's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. Lisa Moore's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on.

Background

Lisa Moore teaches in the Insight and Mahayana traditions. The teaching home is East Bay Meditation Center. From the teacher's own profile: Lisa Moore began practicing in 1998, with the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. She joined the EBMC community by participating in the first Commit2Dharma study series where she began to deepen her practice of sangha. She is currently working with the programming committee of the Center and in Dharmacharya training with the Ven. Pannavati. She teaches at San Francisco State University where she supports the next generation of public health, harm reduction and social justice advocates. In the Insight stream Lisa Moore works inside, the emphasis is on direct attention to body, feeling tone, and mind, alongside the brahmaviharas and an ongoing investigation of how clinging and aversion arise. Talks tend to be conversational rather than scripted, and there's room for sila and ethics to be talked about as part of practice rather than as a separate topic. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Lisa Moore's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography.

Lineage

Lisa Moore teaches as a lay teacher in the Insight and Mahayana traditions. The institutional home, per the source listing, is East Bay Meditation Center, and that's where most of the public teaching schedule and any retreat offerings will be posted. The Insight lineage in the West runs through teachers like Mahasi Sayadaw, U Ba Khin, Anagarika Munindra, and Dipa Ma into the founders of IMS, Spirit Rock, and the regional centers, and most contemporary Insight teachers position themselves somewhere in that broad family.

What to expect

On a class or retreat with Lisa Moore, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. The container is shaped by East Bay Meditation Center, so format details, fees, and access policies follow that organization's norms. Expect plenty of silence, less talking-at-you than you might think, and an emphasis on letting the practice do its work rather than chasing experiences. For exact dates, registration, and any sliding-scale or scholarship information, There's usually a short Q&A window and, on retreats, optional teacher interviews where students can bring specific questions about their practice.

Who this teacher resonates with

Insight practitioners
For folks already sitting in the IMS / Spirit Rock / regional-center stream, Lisa Moore's talks fit comfortably alongside the teachers you already listen to.
People who learn through the body
If you find that abstract dharma talk slides off but body-grounded teaching sticks, the felt-sense, embodied register here tends to land.
Curious newcomers ready for substance
Newcomers who don't want a watered-down version of practice will find the talks accessible without being thin. There's no assumption that practice has to be complicated to be real.
For Lisa Moore, the work isn't to escape experience but to sit with it carefully enough that it stops running the show.

Frequently asked questions

What tradition does Lisa Moore teach in?
Lisa Moore teaches in Insight, Mahayana. The directory entry pulls tradition tags from the affiliated source listing rather than self-reporting, so the framing reflects how the teaching home positions the teacher rather than personal branding.
Where does Lisa Moore currently teach?
Lisa Moore's primary teaching home, per the source listing, is East Bay Meditation Center. That's where current schedules, registration, and any drop-in or retreat offerings are posted.
Is Lisa Moore a monastic teacher?
Lisa Moore teaches as a lay teacher. Lay teachers in the contemporary scene have ordinary householder lives, and authorization to teach typically comes through long training with a recognized teacher rather than through monastic ordination.
Where can I hear Lisa Moore's talks?
OMP's directory doesn't track a separate talk count for Lisa Moore. The affiliated organization's page is the best place to look for available recordings, retreat archives, or any podcast or video offerings the teacher may have.

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