Kimber Simpkins

Kimber Simpkins Meditation Teacher Big Bear Retreat Center BRBC

Kimber (She/her), for over twenty years, has been learning and teaching how to use meditation and movement to improve our relationships with our bodies, our spirits, our communities, and our world.

Kimber is a white, cis, queer mom and author who’s taught movement and mindfulness in the San Francisco Bay area for more than twenty years, bringing a body love and social justice perspective to teaching and learning. As a dharma practitioner, Kimber has witnessed first hand how the practice of mindfulness brings more compassion, connection, and joy to relationships and to life. Lately she has been diving deep into the devotional practices of Kwan Yin, which are tremendously nourishing and transformative. She’s also enjoying getting to know my healed ancestors and learning how to invite them into my life.

Kimber is immensely grateful to my teachers who include Noliwe Alexander, Carol Cano, JD Doyle, Amana Brembry Johnson, Thanissara and Kittisaro, Larry Yang, Spring Washam, Pema Chodron, Carlos Pomeda, and so many more. All of her work is infused with a Buddhist Dharma social justice and racial justice perspective.

Kimber is  a big believer in therapy, but is not a therapist. She offers instead compassionate listening, spiritual mentorship, and support for movement and meditation practice.

 

Books

Full: How I Learned to Satisfy My Insatiable Hunger and Feed My Soul 2015 New Harbinger

52 Ways to Love Your Body 2016 New Harbinger

Events with Kimber Simpkins

online retreat, meditation, racial healing, ream, kimber simpkins, em morrison Ancestors Welcome Here [Online]
November 14 - 16, 2025

*For self-identified white people. If you identify as white and are committed to racial justice, land and liberation, this retreat is for you. Registration for this program closes on November 14, 2025 at 5pm Pacific Time. To inquire about joining after registration closes, please contact guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org.  An Ancestral Healing Retreat for White Practitioners Committed to Racial Justice White people: We need all the help we can get.  Who can we be today to change the conditions of our world for the better, to right the wrongs of the past in the present, and to find the way to the future,…

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