Sylvia's teaching feels like sitting with someone who actually gets it—because she's lived it. As a psychotherapist, parent, and grandparent, she doesn't offer abstract wisdom. She offers her own story, which somehow makes it safer to look at yours. Her core gift is helping you pay attention—really pay attention—to what's happening in your mind and heart right now. That clarity alone shifts things. She believes in truth-telling as medicine, and she models it constantly. You'll find her especially grounded in how practice shows up in real life, not just on the cushion. If you're drawn to teachers who weave personal narrative with dharma, who name what's actually happening, she's your person.