David Cabrera has been a Vipassana practitioner and instructor since 2007 and received certification through Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program in 2021. He is currently a mentor, and is part of the faculty training new mentors, for Banyan.
David has also led meditation and mindful movement retreats at Spirit Rock where he is also on the CDL team training new teachers for certification. He also leads meditation and mindful movement with One Dharma Nashville, where he co-founded their thriving BIPOC Sangha and as a guest teacher for Insight LA’s BIPOC sangha
Incorporating many years of martial arts studies, David is Laoshi in Chen Taiji and has taught mindful movement, Qi Gong ,Taiji for since 2011 and was trained by the International Tiancai Chenjiagou Federation USA under Sifu Kam Lee. David also specializes in Somatic Integration healing practices.
Being of Afro Cuban Asian heritage, David comes from a long lineage of Afro Cuban abolitionists who have devoted their lives to equality and liberation for all people of color in Cuba.
David is also a Grammy award winning musician in the Latin music industry and a devout father and husband.
Events with David Cabrera
The Brilliant Weave of the Brahma Viharas and EmptinessAugust 31 - September 4, 2025
This in-person retreat is open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. Experience the power of an open heart in the expanse of awareness. The Buddha taught that we all have the capacity to abide in the four Brahma Viharas (the divine heart states). These are: Lovingkindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity. If we look deeper, we will see the interplay of emptiness with the Brahma Viharas and how they support each other. Emptiness in Buddhism is the direct experience of seeing through separation – a separate self. Thich Nhat Hanh famously said “we are all here to wake up from…