Yong Oh began meditating through the Soto Zen tradition and eventually transitioned to study, practice and teach in the Insight tradition. He serves as a teacher on the Dharma Council for the Durango Dharma Center, as well as teaching for the Chattanooga Insight Meditation group, and has taught retreats at Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He is also currently serving on the Guiding Teachers Council for Sacred Mountain Sangha.
Yong is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s two-year Community Dharma Leaders program and the Sacred Mountain Sangha two-year Dharmapala training, taught by his primary teachers Kittisaro and Thanissara. He is also a graduate of the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Retreat Teacher Training program. Yong is an acupuncturist, loves the outdoors and bringing the practice into nature, and has a particular interest in devotional practice as well as supporting communities of color in the Dharma.