Since falling in love with the path Eleni has spent more than two years in intensive silent retreat. In 2023 she completed over a year of continuous retreat and was invited into a four-year teacher training by her primary teachers Guy Armstrong and Kamala Masters. She is gratefully mentored by Guy, Kamala and other beloved insight teachers including Sally Armstrong, Susie Harrington, Steve Armstrong, Winnie Nazarko, Tempel Smith and Brian Lesage. Eleni is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Advanced Practitioner Program and a current participant in the first Nature Dharma Teacher Training program with Susie Harrington, Mark Coleman and Gil Fronsdal. Eleni is also a nurse who loves poetry, backpacking and bringing the practice out of doors