Christiane Wolf
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Christiane Wolf | |
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| Born | 1969 in Bielefeld, Germany |
| Occupation | Author • Speaker • Insight (Vipassana) Meditation Teacher |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Giessen Humboldt University of Berlin Free University of Berlin |
| Website | www |
Christiane Wolf [pronounced "kri-stii-aa-ne"] is a German-American author, speaker and teacher of mindfulness, compassion and stress reduction. With her medical background, Wolf is known for her specialty in working with people who suffer from chronic illness and pain.[1] Wolf is an authorized Buddhist teacher in the Insight (Vipassana) meditation tradition and teaches classes and retreats worldwide.[2]
Career
[edit]Wolf was trained as a physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Germany before moving to Los Angeles in 2003, where she studied Zen Buddhism and Insight meditation with Trudy Goodman.[3] She was additionally trained and mentored by Jack Kornfield, and Gil Fronsdal, as well as in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn. [4] After helping to co-found InsightLA with Goodman, she trained to become a Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher.[5]
Wolf is the lead consultant and co-founder of VA CALM, a national mindfulness facilitator training for the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Whole Health Program,[6] which has trained over 800 clinicians who work with veterans, in MBSR. Wolf completed a Dharma/Retreat teacher training through Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Society (IMS) under Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.[3] Wolf teaches and leads retreats on mindfulness in the US and Europe, in both English and German.[7]
Mindfulness
[edit]Wolf has written extensively about mindfulness and chronic pain in her book, Outsmart Your Pain,[8] which has a foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA.[9][10]The Buddhist concept of compassionate acceptance is also explored in the book.[11] Wolf also co-authored A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness, with Dr. J. Greg Serpa, a colleague at the VA. Wolf has authored many articles about incorporating mindfulness into daily life.[12][13][14]She has appeared on journalist Dan Harris’ podcast Ten Percent Happier,[2] and was featured on Sharon Salzburg's podcast ep.175 of the Metta Hour.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Wolf is married and has three children. She is an avid runner and ultra-marathoner.[16]
Bibliography
[edit]- Wolf, Christiane; Serpa, J. Greg (2015). A Clinician's Guide to Teaching Mindfulness. New Harbinger Publications. ISBN 9781626251410.
- Wolf, Christiane (2021). Outsmart your pain: mindfulness and self-compassion to help you leave chronic pain behind. New York: The Experiment. ISBN 9781615197217.
References
[edit]- ^ "Trapped in the Box We Call Pain". mindful.org. 10 February 2015.
- ^ a b "How to Outsmart Your Pain | Christiane Wolf". Ten Percent Happier.
- ^ a b "Meet Christiane". Christiane wolf.com.
- ^ "Wende Museum Meditations with Christiane Wolf". Wende Museum.
- ^ "Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD". InsightLA Meditation.
- ^ "Whole Health | Reduce Stress Through Mindfulness". Veterans Affairs.
- ^ "Was im Weg ist, ist der Weg". Arbor Seminare (in German).
- ^ "Outsmart Your Pain: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to …". Goodreads.
- ^ "UCLA Mindful". www.uclahealth.org.
- ^ "Outsmart Your Pain". theexperimentpublishing.com. 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Book Review: Outsmart Pain". Spirituality+Health.
- ^ "How to Multiply Joy in Your Life". lionsroar.com.
- ^ "How to Find Balance Through Equanimity". lionsroar.com.
- ^ "The Relaxing Practice You Should Make Sure You're Doing on Vacation". HuffPost. 19 July 2014.
- ^ "Ep 175 Christiane Wolf". Sharon Salzberg.
- ^ "Running Can Teach Us a Lot About Courage, Resilience, and Mindfulness". mindful.org. 12 October 2022.