Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty is a member of the first wave of Theravada Buddhist teachers who brought Mindfulness from Asia in the 1970s. He is the founder and guiding teacher of the Portland Insight Meditation Community. For forty years he has created a synthesis of Buddhist practices and Western psychotherapy to help people live happier, more loving and compassionate lives. Robert founded the Portland Insight Meditation Community where he is the guiding teacher.​ He has taught thousands to meditate.  Robert is a husband, father, grandfather, poet, musician, and is fully engaged with life.