Alabama-born Lewis Bates is a software professional and mindfulness teacher in the Denver, CO area.* He has practiced vipassana meditation since 2012, primarily in the Insight Meditation Community of Colorado, and is in the midst of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach's two-year mindfulness meditation teacher certification program (MMTCP). He is certified by the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute to teach Search Inside Yourself (SIY), a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training curriculum. Lewis draws inspiration from the Buddhist teachings on the two wings of awakening - wisdom and compassion - and feels a particular calling to offer support to individuals experiencing the unique challenges of loving someone with mental illness.
Join Deep South Dharma via Zoom this Monday, February 7th at 7pm Central Time!
*He's also a wonderful brother