Rebecca Bradshaw

Advisor to the Buddhist Community

Office
Eliot House first floor
413-695-4008
Email: Rebecca Bradshaw

Rebecca Bradshaw has studied Buddhist meditation (vipassana or insight meditation) since 1983 and taught since 1993.  She completed her studies as a Buddhist teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA.  She teaches mindfulness meditation retreats at locales in the United States and co-teaches a yearly three-week retreat at Kyaswa Monastery in the Sagaing Hills region of Myanmar.  At the Insight Meditation Society she leads the yearly Teen Retreat and the Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds.  She is the Guiding Teacher of the Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley in Easthampton, MA, a non-residential urban center dedicated to exploring the integration of mindfulness in our daily lives. 

Rebecca also holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).  She has worked since 1995 as a Spanish-speaking psychotherapist at a community mental health agency in Holyoke, MA.  She currently maintains a small private therapy practice as well.

In her spare time, Rebecca thrives on being outdoors – hiking, skiing, biking, canoeing, and gardening flowers and vegetables.