Before transitioning full time to teaching the Dharma and mindfulness Christiane trained as an OB/GYN and received an PhD in psychosomatic medicine from the University of Berlin in Germany.
She is a graduate of the Spirit Rock/IMS/Insight Meditation Center teacher training and teaches retreats and classes in the US and in Europe. She is a MBSR teacher trainer for the UC San Diego Center For Mindfulness and the co-founder and lead instructor for VA CALM, the national mindfulness facilitator training program for clinicians at the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
Christiane is the author of “Outsmart Your Pain – Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Help You Leave Chronic Pain Behind” and the co-author of the classic training manual for mindfulness teachers “A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness”.
She is a senior teacher at InsightLA in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband and their three teenagers.
Events with Christiane Wolf
June 2 - 8, 2025
This retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. The simple practices of sitting and walking meditations are the time proven containers to allow the mind and heart to remember its interconnectedness and belonging. Loneliness and alienation permeate these times of political conflict, climate crisis, and social discontent. Connections to our phones and the virtual world often leads to an increased sense of isolation. And whether you are a healthcare provider, family caretaker, or just a human being who feels the constant painful ruptures in the fabric of humanity, finding ways to reconnect are a necessity, not a luxury.…
June 2, 2025 - June 8, 2026
This program is open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. The simple practices of sitting and walking meditations are the time proven containers to allow the mind and heart to remember its interconnectedness and belonging. Loneliness and alienation permeate these times of political conflict, climate crisis, and social discontent. Connections to our phones and the virtual world often leads to an increased sense of isolation. And whether you are healthcare providers, family caretaker, or just a human being who feels the constant painful ruptures in the fabric of humanity, finding ways to reconnect are a necessity, not a luxury. On…