Sylvia Boorstein

Sylvia Boorstein is an American author, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher.

Boorstein studied with Dipa Ma and is a co-founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. She is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.

Biography
All four of Boorstein's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Barnard College. After moving to California in 1961, Boorstein earned a master's degree in social work from the University of California Berkeley in 1967 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Saybrook University in 1974.

She has written numerous books such as It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness, That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There and Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake.