April 9, 2026
Our Burmese lineage has been greatly influenced in a very unique way by Sayadaw U Tejaniya, a former householder and businessman who trained under the late Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw, and who now teaches at the Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Such Forest Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar.
Carol, Andrea, and Alexis will share stories of this living master and give us a sense of how our collective practice has benefitted and is now shaped by his perspectives.
Registration for this program is through IMS Online Learning Center.
Or register for the first six sessions as a bundle:
https://ims.dharma.org/bundles/lineage-stories-2025
Carol Wilson first began practicing Vipassana or Insight meditation in 1971, with S.N. Goenka, in Bodh Gaya, India. Since then she has studied and practiced with a number of Theravada teachers, both Asian and Western. She has been particularly influenced by the teachings and practice styles of Sayadaw U Pandita, and in the past ten years, of Ashin U Tejaniya. In the 1980s she spent a year in Thailand as a Buddhist nun, which she continues to appreciate as an immensely valuable and inspiring experience. Carol has been sharing vipassana and metta retreat teachings since 1986, both in the United States and abroad. She feels a strong commitment to supporting the conditions for long intensive retreats to take place, and for many years she has been teaching the three-month retreat at Insight Meditation Society as well as a month long retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is an IMS Core Guiding Teacher.
Andrea Fella has practiced insight meditation since 1996, studying with both Western and Asian teachers. Her teaching emphasizes clarity and practicality. She is co-guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA, a member of the Spirit Rock Governing Teacher’s Council, and teaches retreats nationally. For more information about Andrea and her teaching schedule, visit her website at www.andreafella.org.
Alexis Santos has practiced insight meditation since 2001, including training as a Buddhist monk in Burma with Sayadaw U Tejaniya. He brings a practical, intuitive and compassionate approach to the development of wisdom. Teaching retreats in the US and internationally, he offers daily life practice support online at his website alexissantos.io