About Celeste Young

Celeste first started formal meditation practice in 2002. In 2011, she was invited to join the first teacher development cohort at InsightLA under the guidance of founder Trudy Goodman, PhD and has since taught thousands of students mindfulness meditation. She teaches intermediate Buddhist and secular mindfulness classes, daylongs, and residential retreats throughout Los Angeles, the US, and internationally including Sri Lanka, Spain, France, Germany, Canada and Mexico. From 2012 - 2019 she served as the core teacher for ILA’s Essentials of mindfulness program, teaching multiple classes a week in person on an ongoing basis that introduced people to the fundamentals of meditation.

Upon request, she teaches meditation for non-profit organizations and companies. Additionally, Celeste serves as a life balance strategist, offering private sessions online internationally for individuals and small groups seeking more balance in their lives or support in going through changes and transitions.

Celeste first started sitting Buddhist meditation retreats in 2002, and has sat multiple silent meditation retreats in the Insight tradition each year for over 16 years. In particular, longer retreats of 1 - 3 months at a time have been a strong support and a commitment she’s maintained every year since 2011. She’s a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Advanced Practitioner Program, and has participated in Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing training. Celeste is a former member of the InsightLA teacher council and also mentors new teachers internationally through Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification program. She has received formal teacher authorization in the Theravadin Buddhist lineage from Trudy Goodman, PhD and Jack Kornfield.

Celeste is passionate about sharing mindfulness and meditation in creative and innovative ways. She enjoys sharing the teachings in a wide variety of settings with many different communities, offering mindfulness gatherings, retreats, and collaborations in an effort to make the teachings accessible to a wider range of Angelenos as well as the global community. She is also the founding teacher of the donation based sitting group for folks in their 20's + 30's Sunday nights at InsightLA.