Meditation Guidance and Mentoring

One on One Mentoring with is a valuable tool in receiving guidance from an experienced Buddhist meditation teacher. It’s a chance to learn and deepen your meditation practice from the ground up, to bring the practice of mindfulness more fully into daily life and sustain inspiration for an ongoing spiritual practice. This is also an opportunity to apply skillful tools for dealing with habitual patterns and thoughts, fears, anxiety, grief, etc., while learning to develop and deepen self compassion and lovingkindness. Lisa works with students of all ranges of experience but especially focuses on intermediate to experienced mediators. Lisa’s mentoring roster is currently full, but spots open periodically for new students. You’re welcome to inquire at the email directly below. Rate is offered on a sliding scale, $125 – $150 with a few reduced fee spots available.

Currently most sessions are offered on Zoom. The sessions last up to an hour. Please note that a cancellation fee is charged for appointments that are canceled less than 24 hours of the meeting time. For more information email Lisa at ernst.lisa@gmail.com.

Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist and founder of One Dharma Nashville. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. Lisa has been meditating for over 30 years in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. She received teaching authorization in the Thai Forest/Spirit Rock lineage of Ajahn Chah, Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield. Lisa teaches internationally and has led retreats and classes for organizations such as Spirit Rock, InsightLA and Southern Dharma. She has also led retreats in India and Costa Rica. As a practicing visual artist Lisa incorporates Dharma into contemplative photography and writing.

“Lisa is a wise and skillful teacher who generously shares her deeply lived experience of the dharma. She teaches from the heart with authenticity, tenderness, and compassion, which make the teachings come alive. Lisa has an outstanding ability to make complex teachings more accessible and applicable to your life. Her experience in both the Zen and Insight traditions is weaved beautifully in her teachings. If you are on retreat with Lisa, you will appreciate the wisdom, care and support she brings to each student, from beginner to advanced practitioner.”  Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield