Phillip Moffitt
At the peak of his career, former CEO and Editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, Phillip Moffitt, traded in his worldly success to explore the inner life.
He subsequently founded the Life Balance Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to the study and practice of spiritual values in daily life.
Phillip is a co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He teaches vipassana meditation at Spirit Rock and at retreat centers around the United States and Canada, and he teaches a weekly meditation class in Marin County, California.
Phillip is the author of Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering and the co-author of The Power To Heal and Medicine’s Great Journey: One Hundred Years of Healing. He has written numerous magazine articles about Buddhism and yoga for Yoga Journal, Shambhala Sun, and Body and Soul. His writings have been selected for publication in Best Buddhist Writing 2004 and 2009.
He is currently writing a book on skillful living.
“Surround yourself with reminders of what you are doing, such as objects or photographs of places or persons that symbolize your desired change.”