About
Marcy Reynolds has taught yoga, meditation, nutrition, and western herbalism. She practices and teaches Qigong, having studied with Chinese and American masters since 1997, with emphasis on Dr. Bingkun Hu's teachings and Wild Goose (Dayan) Qigong. She has practiced Insight meditation since 1994 and has served as a sit leader, manager, and movement teacher with Insight Santa Cruz, Insight LA, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center since 2003.
Teaching focus
Marcy Reynolds's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the Insight and Vipassana traditions. Several threads come up: chronic illness and pain as practice ground;. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. Marcy Reynolds 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 chronic pain. The bigger move Marcy Reynolds 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. Marcy Reynolds'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. Marcy Reynolds'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
Marcy Reynolds teaches in the Insight and Vipassana traditions. The teaching home is InsightLA. From the teacher's own profile: Marcy Reynolds is a long-time student of holistic health having taught yoga, meditation, nutrition and western herbalism. Chronic Fatigue led her to the self-healing practice of Qigong which has been instrumental in her recovery and continues to bring depth, peace and healing to her life and the lives of those who practice with her. Marcy has studied with a number of Chinese and American Masters in a variety of traditions. Since she began teaching qigong in 1997, her group classes and individual sessions have reflected this eclectic training while emphasizing Dr. Bingkun Hu’s teachings and Wild Goose (Dayan) Qigong. Marcy has practiced Insight meditation since 1994 and has supported weekly sitting groups and retreats as a sit leader, manager and movement teacher through Insight Santa Cruz, Insight LA and Spirit Rock Meditation Center since 2003. In the Insight stream Marcy Reynolds 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. Marcy Reynolds'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. Marcy Reynolds'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. Marcy Reynolds'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. Marcy Reynolds'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. Marcy Reynolds'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. Marcy Reynolds'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
Marcy Reynolds teaches as a lay teacher in the Insight and Vipassana traditions. The institutional home, per the source listing, is InsightLA, 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 Marcy Reynolds, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. Retreats are part of the offering, usually a few days to a week, mostly silent. The container is shaped by InsightLA, 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.
