Johann Robbins is Director Emeritus and Cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. He teaches Dharma and meditation in the Insight/Vipassana tradition.Johann has been meditating since 1974 with a focus on Mindfulness since 1997. He was asked to teach in 2008, and has completed the two year Community Dharma Leader teacher training program at Spirit Rock. His primary teachers include Shinzen Young and Eric Kolvig (who also helped found Impermanent Sangha and taught wilderness retreats for many years before his retirement). His passion is teaching spiritual practice in nature, and he has guided and taught wilderness retreats in various traditions for over 25 years. Johann founded Impermanent Sangha in 2002 and has led dozens of nature meditation retreats since then, including backpacking, camping, canoeing, and rafting.