Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist, and founder of One Dharma Nashville. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. She offers meditation training, classes and workshops, and she teaches daylong and residential retreats nationally.
Lisa is a visiting teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre California. She has been meditating for 30 years in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. She received dharma teacher transmission from Trudy Goodman in 2010. As a practicing visual artist, Lisa also incorporates Dharma into contemplative photography and painting. To learn more about Lisa and her upcoming offerings, visit her website: www.lisaernstmeditation.com.
Events with Lisa Ernst
July 20 - 25, 2025
This in-person retreat is open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. copy copy copy. copy copy copy. Registration for this retreat closes on July 6, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. What retreat participants have to say about programs at Big Bear Retreat Center “The natural beauty of Big Bear Retreat Center offers the perfect space to feel interconnected to all life and to open to the beautiful teachings we experienced this week. The cabins, meditation hall, food, and staff all supported our opportunity to become still and stable, to open our hearts to all of life. Thank you for…
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…