Gina LaRoche (she/her) was introduced to meditation in 2000 and had a sporadic mindfulness practice for a decade. In 2010 she began attending residential retreats at Insight Meditation Society. Since that time, Gina has participated in several retreats, sitting the annual People of Color retreat as well as other retreats with teachers such as Gina Sharpe, Larry Yang, Sharon Salzberg and DaRa Williams. She was a teacher at the New Haven (Connecticut) Insight Sangha, now called Elm Community Insight, and currently serves as their board chair. She is a member of Cambridge Insight Meditation Center and sits often with the POC affinity group. Gina is an entrepreneur, coach, writer and collage artist, and the co-author of The Seven Laws of Enough: Cultivating a Life of Sustainable Abundance (Parallax Press).
In 2014, Gina was nominated by Sharon Salzberg for the Community Dharma Leaders Program at Spirit Rock where she graduated in 2017. She has completed the eight-week MBSR training. She is currently on the Board of Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA
In this honest and tender talk, Gina LaRoche reflects on equanimity as a lived practice of non-reactivity — meeting life’s waves, insomnia, loss, and uncertainty with steadiness and care. Drawing on her teacher DaRa Williams and the “seven brahmavihāras,” she explores forgiveness, generosity, and gratitude as daily companions on the path toward a balanced, open heart.
