Mindfulness Education Leader & Director at UCLA Mindful; Author of "The Little Book of Being"; Founding Board Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association
Diana Winston Biography
Diana Winston serves as the director of UCLA Mindful, the mindfulness education center of UCLA Health. She has taught mindfulness since 1993 in various settings, including hospitals, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and schools in the United States and Asia. Winston's personal mindfulness practice began in 1989 and includes a year spent as a Buddhist nun in Burma.
During her tenure at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, Winston developed the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices curriculum and the Training in Mindfulness Facilitation program, which has trained more than 500 mindfulness teachers worldwide. She contributed to the creation of the UCLA Mindful app, which provides free meditations in 19 languages. Her guided meditations are featured on the California governor's mental health website and are available on the 10 Percent Happier and Waking Up apps.
Winston is the author of several books on mindfulness, including "The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness," "Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens," "Glimpses of Being: A Training Course in Expanding Mindful Awareness," and co-author of "Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness" with Susan L. Smalley, PhD. Her books have received awards and achieved top sales rankings in their category on Amazon. Winston is recognized as an early founder of meditation programs and retreats for youth.
Winston advises organizations across healthcare, education, and workplace sectors on integrating mindfulness practices. She is a founding board member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association and serves on the Teachers Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California, where she was trained by Jack Kornfield. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, O Magazine, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, and Women's Health, among other publications and journals.
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