David Lorey began meditating as a teenager in the 1970s and undertook intensive training in transcendental meditation in college. In the early 2000s, he shifted to Buddhist practice within the Theravada tradition. He integrates tranquility and insight meditation practices and draws from the Pali canon for practical instruction. Gil Fronsdal is his guiding teacher. Lorey holds a PhD in history and is affiliated with Insight Meditation Center.