The Teachers Collective is a group of active sangha members who have completed teacher training, demonstrated a dedication to practice, and maintained a commitment to serving the sangha. The TC puts together creative learning opportunities for sangha members through events, retreats, and weekly talks.
Our Teachers
Beth Hinnen
Beth Hinnen left the corporate world in 1998 to study Yoga, completing over 1,000 hours in teacher trainings, particularly focusing on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a philosophy which closely aligns with Buddhism. In 2008, she began studying Zen Buddhism including in-person month-long monastic retreats (in total, living for a year as a monk), and in 2020, she found Vipassana and certified in The Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
Beth began teaching at Insight Meditation Community of Denver (IMCD) in 2022, and joined the IMCD Council, ultimately becoming co-leader and a member of the Teachers Collective. In August, 2024, she left IMCD and co-founded Insight Denver, where she currently serves as Board Chair and as a member of the Teachers Collective.
In addition, Beth hosts a Meetup group, Meditation at Mayu, and for the past four years, has led an online Dharma Wednesdays class that discusses the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita along with Buddhist teachings, Sufi poetry, and Christian/Judeo principles. Beth also teaches twice a year at her Yoga mentor’s community, Reverend Jaganath Carrera’s Yoga Life Society in New Jersey, and has taught at Insight Meditation Community of Colorado (David Chernikoff’s group). She studies with a variety of online teachers, with Durango Dharma Center, and individually with Justine Dawson (www.justinedawson.com), and Dave Smith (www.davesmithdharma.com). Most importantly, she lives by the Buddha’s purported last words, “work on your own salvation diligently.”
Anne Heerdt
Anne started meditating in 1985 in Boulder. She has continued through raising children, working, going to college and earning a Masters in Education. Based on her training in education she is interested in how to work with the best meditation techniques for a variety of learning styles, life circumstances and physical differences. She has studied with Amma Thanasanti and is currently in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Sounds True. Previously she was a facilitator in the local Dharma Punx meditation group for four years. She has recently joined the Teacher’s Collective at Denver Insight and looks forward to being part of the team of teachers.
Andrew Posner
Andrew Posner was introduced to the Buddha’s teachings in 2012. After leaving a career as a classical composer in 2018, he pursued more intensive training in meditation through many long retreats at the Insight Meditation Society and at North American monasteries in the Thai Forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He moved to Denver in 2022 and now works as a trauma therapist in private practice. In August 2024, Andrew co-founded Insight Denver, where he serves on the Board of Directors and as a member of the Teachers Collective. He is also in the current cohort of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program facilitated by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
Andrew emphasizes integrating early Buddhist teachings on awareness, tranquility, wisdom, and loving-kindness into our everyday lives. Investigating suffering, freedom, and the nature of the mind continues to steer his life and guide his choices, and he remains a grateful student of the Dharma. He offers respect and appreciation to the teachers and mentors who have most influenced him on this path, including Joseph Goldstein, Alexis Santos, Mark Nunberg, Carol Wilson, Rob Burbea, Andrea Fella, Peter Williams, Caroline Jones, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Ajahn Sucitto, Ajahn Thanissaro, and Terry Gliedt.
“Dhamma is everywhere, all the time. Is the mind
ready to understand?” – Sayadaw U Tejaniya