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
Deep Belonging: Connecting with ourselves, each other, and the natural world 2025 [On Land]June 2 - 8, 2025
This retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Registration for this program closes on May 19, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org. On this silent retreat, led in the Vipassana (or Insight) meditation tradition, we will explore how being still and opening our hearts in a supportive environment can connect us back to ourselves and to each other. We are doing this nestled in the beauty of the San Bernardino National Forrest with time to practice outdoors both formally (with sitting and walking meditation) and informally (with hikes…
Deep Belonging: Connecting with ourselves, each other, and the natural world [ONLINE]June 2 - 8, 2025
This retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. Registration for the online program closes on June 1, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org. On this silent retreat, led in the Vipassana (or Insight) meditation tradition, we will explore how being still and opening our hearts in a supportive environment can connect us back to ourselves and to each other. We are doing this nestled in the beauty of the San Bernardino National Forrest with time to practice outdoors both formally (with sitting and walking meditation) and informally (with…