About the Instructors
THANH HUYNH, M.D.
Dr. Huynh is a radiation oncologist holding faculty appointments with the University of Hawaii's School of Medicine (Department of Surgery and Department of Integrative Medicine) as well as its Cancer Center. Thanh has been studying and practicing mindfulness meditation since 1984. His practice includes multiple month-long silent retreats under the guidance of Asian masters as well as other training with western teachers, including the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock.
Thanh has been conducting and coordinating regular meditation sessions for prison inmates since 1993 and has offered free introductory mindfulness meditation classes to the public, including children, with rewarding results. He and his wife Xuan lead monthly day-long and weekend retreats in Honolulu.
Medical students at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine and other medical schools on elective rotation there have the opportunity to attend mindfulness workshops and monthly weekend retreats lead by Dr. Huynh. He and co-investigators at the University of Hawaii's Cancer Center were the first researchers to complete a successful feasibility study using the internet to teach mindfulness to cancer patients.
The online course developed for this study is now being freely offered to people around the world.
Current study: https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2hF6ujmPISg03Zj
Additional reading: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830719304689
KIM LANGE
Kim Lange is a filmmaker, experience curator, and Mindfulness Facilitator from Honolulu based in Charleston, Southern Carolina who has produced projects for PBS, NBC, Brave New Films, Google and the San Francisco Symphony.
Kim has ben practicing mindfulness meditation for over 25 years and received teacher training from Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach in partnership with the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
She also serves on the board of Mental Health Heroes, which supports the work of the Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center, and is on the Advisory Board of Art With Impact, a nonprofit that promotes mental wellness by creating space for young people to learn and connect through art and media.
Assistant Instructors
Xuan Huynh
Xuan has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1984 and studied with the renowned teacher Sri Munindra. Deeply influenced by Dipa Ma and Michele McDonald's wisdom and loving-kindness, Xuan's goal is to achieve a seamless mindful awareness between daily life activities and formal meditation practice.