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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 meditation 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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What’s a Silent Retreat Like? Why Saying Nothing Can Change Everything

Derek Gehl & Teddi Dean

June 24, 2026 9:00 AM PT 12:00 PM ET

Silent meditation retreats can sound intimidating. What would it be like to spend days without small talk? Would your mind settle, or race faster? Would you get bored? Could you ha...

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Wisdom Well Blog

Guest Post: A Few Days of Quietude in Baja

December 13, 2025

How we start the year and what rituals we welcome into our lives can have a profound influence on how...

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Guest Post: silence is a letter

November 2, 2025

What a joy it was to be part of the teaching team for our first MEA Silent Retreat with Teddi...

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The Timeless Gift of Mindfulness: A Path to Longevity

May 17, 2025

I’m excited to be co-leading a silent meditation retreat, Landscapes of Silence, August 25-30 on MEA’s Rising Circle Ranch with...

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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

The Rich Social Fabric of a Silent Retreat

June 19, 2026

Silent retreats often create deeper social connection than retreats filled with conversation. It sounds counterintuitive, but again and again, the...

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The Rich Social Fabric of a Silent Retreat

June 19, 2025

Why I’ve found that there’s richer social connection in a silent retreat than other retreats where people can talkShared Presence...

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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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