Learn more about the "One Moment at a Time" Team
below!
Our Team
Important note for those of you who are participating in the upcoming MMTCP Cohort: Dalila, Rae, and Alison are all mentors in Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP). Shawn is a graduate of MMTCP.
Dalila Bothwell
retreat teacher
Dalila Bothwell’s (she/her) Dharma-meditation practice lives at the intersection of love for community, land, wholeness, and 12-step recovery. The granddaughter of Claudia and Gussie Pearl, she finds refuge and hope in the liberation teachings of revolutionary lovers - from the Buddha to bell hooks. During her nearly decade-long tenure as a director for New York Insight Meditation Center, she learned the priceless value of sangha and the role relationships play in embodying the teachings and in creating kinder human beings. Dalila is a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Program, formally educated in nutritional science and food studies and has served with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Insight Meditation Society, and Dharma communities throughout the US. She loves dancing furiously in her kitchen and taking long walks in the desert with her handsome pup, Brisco. Dalila believes freedom is a holistic art.
Rae Houseman
retreat teacher
Rae is passionate about integrating mindfulness into daily life. They believe moving toward an embodied practice is what supports growth and happiness. They find patience and humor to be of great benefit when learning to observe the habits and tendencies of the heart/mind. Rae has practiced extensively in both the Insight Meditation tradition and the Vajrayana tradition, and finds the interweaving of these two approaches to be complementary of a deeply compassionate and discerning practice. They hold a Masters degree in Somatic Psychology and they are a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
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Alison Cohen
retreat teacher
Alison (she/her), also known as Ali, loves supporting people in strengthening their capacity to connect: with themselves, with others, and with ancient and contemporary wisdom traditions. Ali's journey to practice began as a young adult when she was desperate for guidance on how to compassionately navigate her tumultuous internal landscape, not to mention the world. On a retreat, she found what she was looking for. Retreat practice has been a cornerstone of her life ever since. A former public school teacher and mindfulness program director, Ali teaches trauma-informed mindfulness practice to people from many walks of life, in secular, Buddhist, Jewish, and multifaith spaces. She has degrees in sociology and teaching and has trained with Mindful Schools, the UMass Center for Mindfulness, and the International Institute for Restorative Practices. Ali is profoundly grateful to her teachers and fellow journeyers (you!).
Shawn Holmes
retreat manager
Shawn is a mother, educator and consultant. She is a cisgender Black able-bodied woman residing in Canada, a retired dentist, and holds a Ph.D. in science education. Introduced to meditation at 19, she's been a dedicated practitioner since 2004 and an Insight practitioner since 2018. Shawn completed MMTCP in 2021. She attends numerous residential retreats yearly and calls Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS) her home Sangha. Under Tuere Sala's mentorship, Shawn co-facilitates the monthly SIMS BIPOC Sangha and completed the Dedicated Practitioner Program in 2024. Presently, she is in Phillip Moffitt’s Life Balance Strategist training, where she assists clients in redefining their values and intentions amidst life changes, to uncover unexplored choices, possibilities, and strengths so they can move from chaos to wellbeing. Her unwavering curiosity in Dharma, held fast by ehipassiko, fuels her practice for the liberation of all beings.
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