How my journey began

Joslyn Hitter has been studying Insight Meditation since 2008. Her approach is greatly informed by her multiple Masters’ degrees in eastern classics, counseling psychology and depth psychology with an emphasis in somatic studies. Jos credits Donald Rothberg, Trudy Goodman, Spring Washam and Tempel Smith as her sources of inspiration and motivation for sharing the practices of loving awareness with communities suffering from intergenerational trauma and systemic violence.

A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Jos was born and raised in Los Angeles and attended Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland for high school and American University in Washington, D.C. for undergraduate study. After a stint in NYC working in fashion publishing, Jos went onto Santa Fe, NM, where she worked and studied Hatha Yoga closely with Tias and Surya Little, studied Ayurveda with David Frawley, and studied Sanskrit with Nicholai Bachmann. She has practiced Ashtanga Yoga since 2000 and has completed additional training in Ayurveda and Hindu philosophy, as well as graduate academic work in Eastern Classics. See below for more on her education. 

Jos is a Mindfulness Facilitator certified by the Mindful Awareness Research Center at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. In addition, she is certified to lead groups specializing in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) as well as Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP). Jos completed Facilitator Training at InsightLA in 2016, as well as the Dedicated Practitioner Program at Spirit Rock in 2019. 

In addition to her one on one and group classes, Jos regularly facilitates the Mindful of Whiteness Anti-Racist Practice Group at insightLA. For more on these offerings or to find her teaching online, visit insightLA. Jos also consults with the humanitarian group iACT developing Mindfulness-based interventions for refugee-led early childhood education programs. Jos serves as a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. 

A life long dog lover, Jos currently teaches one on one sessions and group classes on Zoom and yoga classes at Zen Revolution from the winter wonderland of Western Abenaki land also known as Dorset, Vermont with her rescue dog Cleopatra and her designer doodle dog Marley.