Metta Institute

Metta Institute is an Institute formed in 2004 that provides education on spirituality as connected to dying. It is inspired by the Buddhist tradition and is based in Sausalito California.
Program
Metta Institute's program encourages integration of the spiritual dimensions of living, dying and transformation, through professional training and educational programs. It provides workshops, presentations and retreats that are lead by its director, Frank Ostaseski (also founding director the Zen Hospice Project) and other core faculty. These programs train healthcare professionals and support medical institutions in improving care of the dying. Experiential workshops and retreats assist family caregivers, people living with life-threatening illness, and others in living fully in the face of death.
Board of Directors
*Frank Ostaseski, President & Director
*Sigward Moser, Treasurer
*Larry Haimovitch, Board Member End-of-Life Practitioner Program
Core Faculty
*Angeles Arrien, PhD, author, anthropologist, Associate Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies.
*Ram Dass, author, internationally renowned spiritual teacher.
*Zoketsu Norman Fischer, author, Zen priest, Founder of Everyday Zen Foundation, former Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center.
*Charles Garfield, PhD, author, founder of Shanti Project, Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco Medical School, Board Member Jung Institute.
*Rabbi Alan Lew, (deceased, January 2009) Former Spiritual Leader, Congregation Beth Shalom, founder of Makor Or Center for Jewish Meditation.
*Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author, co-founder of Commonweal Center, Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco Medical School.
*Ange Stephens, MA, MFT, integral

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