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Teddi Dean

Teddi Dean is the Head of Mindfulness and Movement here at MEA. He offers a fun, accessible and wisdom filled approach to both mediation and yoga. Teddi loves working with beginners and has a gift in showing that each and every one of us is capable of dropping into stillness.

Teddi Dean grew up in Southern California where he was immersed in surf and skateboard culture. He was part of skateboard royalty as a team member of the infamous Powell and Peralta Bones Brigade.

Live Sessions

Radical Transitions

Teddi Dean, Christine Sperber & Stacy Peralta

April 2, 2024 9:00 AM PT 12:00 PM ET

Join us for this lively Live Talk & Q&A with Stacy Peralta, former pro-skateboarder and a master of reinvention together. Explore pivoting and embracing change, rewriting y...

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Wisdom Well Blog

gratefulness includes everything.

November 23, 2022

it is in the homeless tents you see sprinkled off the freeway and under the overpassgratefulness is in the taste...

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The Body as a Refuge of Wisdom.

July 25, 2021

We will need to establish another place to go for direction rather than our own minds. We will require a...

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Mindfulness in Action

June 14, 2020

The father of mindfulness and creator of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, Jon Kabat-Zinn, defines mindfulness as “awareness that arises...

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Midlife Compass

Let Your Heart Break Daily

November 3, 2024

By MEA’s Head of Mindfulness and Movement, Teddi Dean In a world filled with sadness and suffering, it can be...

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