Jon Aaron

Jon Aaron’s Dharma home is New York Insight Meditation Center, where he teaches Buddhism and MBSR. He is also the co-guiding teacher of the Makom Havurah at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan.

Jon’s training has been mainly grounded in the Theravāda tradition, in addition to non-dual and Mahayana approaches. His teacher of many years has been Matthew Flickstein. More recently he has been training with Kittisaro and Thanissara, former monastics from the Ajahn Chah lineage, having been invited to join the first iteration of their Dharmapala (Guardians of the Dharma) program. Jon also studied contemplative care at the Zen Center for Contemplative Care and completed the Integrated Study and Practice program at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. 

Jon has taught over 100 cycles of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and is a Certified MBSR Teacher Trainer, supporting and mentoring MBSR teachers-in-training across the US, Europe, and Asia. As a Somatic Experience Practitioner®, he has a particular interest in somatic approaches and healing trauma. With Upayadhi, he co-founded Space2Meditate, which offers online meditation sessions six days a week; initially launched in response to the pandemic, it is still going strong.

You can find Jon in weekly conversation with his friend Doug Smith over on the Diggin’ the Dharma podcast.