Sylwia Willcox

Sylwia Willcox

Sylwia Willcox has been practicing in the Zen, Dzogchen, and Theravada traditions since 1994. After moving to the United States in 2017 she began practicing and volunteering at the Insight Meditation Center of Newburyport. She holds certificates in Mindful Educator Essentials and Mindfulness Fundamentals from Mindful Schools. For the past few years, she has been incorporating the mindfulness program into her kindergarten class curriculum. She has taught Aikido - a martial art emphasizing nonviolent conflict resolution - to children and adults in both Poland and the United States, where she now runs Newburyport Aikido with her husband. She has a master's degree in philosophy with an emphasis on Buddhist studies.