Stephanie Renée Payne
Teacher
With over 12 years as a meditation and mindfulness practitioner & coach, Dr. Payne has engaged in numerous teacher trainings, including multiple trainings at the Upaya Zen Center under the tutelage of Roshi Joan Halifax, a certificate in Vishoka Meditation from the Himalayan Institute, and numerous teacher trainings at the Omega Institute.
Dr. Payne is an Associate Professor in the Writing Program at the University of Southern California, a Board-Certified Coach (BCC), and a mindfulness practitioner who finds joy in melding mindfulness into her teaching and coaching practices. Payne holds a doctorate in Educational Sustainability and an MFA. Dr. Payne is the author of a mindfulness workbook, ESP: Extreme Self-Pampering for the Soul.