Mary Stancavage, MA, has practiced meditation, yoga, and cultivated a spiritual practice for almost 40 years and in 2009 was empowered to teach Buddhadharma.
Mary is based in the Los Angeles area and teaches classes, retreats and does individual mentoring. She completed the Buddhist Chaplaincy Program at the Sati Center and served as volunteer chaplain at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Mary sits on the board of CLUE: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, and is a Guiding Teacher at the Insight Community of the Desert in Palm Springs, CA.
She is Guiding Teacher of the online sangha, Undefended Dharma and investigates what it means to live with an undefended heart. Fun fact: Mary has a degree from UCLA and has worked as an archaeologist in Syria.