Maureen Shannon-Chapple
Maureen is an educator and lifelong yoga & meditation practitioner. Nurturing responsive, empathetic community is central to Maureen’s work.
Maureen Shannon-Chapple, M.S., has been a practitioner of yoga and meditation since her teenage years. Her career as an educator has found its expression in programs that span classroom teaching, parenting courses, community college and university teaching and more.
A 2008 graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Community Dharma Leader Training, Maureen has led mindfulness classes in a variety of community settings. She currently teaches in the Mindful USC program, guest lectures in Loyola Marymount University’s Yoga Studies program, and leads a weekly drop-in group online at InsightLA. She is also one of the team of teachers anchoring the monthly Mindful of Whiteness: Anti-Racism Practices for White People at InsightLA. Maureen has co-led three cohorts of InsightLA’s Facilitator Training Program, and was formerly the director of InsightLA’s Family Program. She loves gardening with native plants, hiking, swimming and sitting under big trees.