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LOU WEIR
ORDAINED D.A. TEACHER

Lou is a certified Diamond Approach teacher and founder of Insight Meditation Ann Arbor. For years, Lou was a social security attorney who studied in a variety of spiritual practices, including Christianity, and various forms of Buddhism. In 1992, he found the Diamond Approach, and Lou became an avid student and practitioner. And now Lou is one of only a handful of full-time, ordained teachers in the world. 


What he loves about the Diamond Approach is that it supports each student right where they are, and helps point the way to greater realization. The practices hold each person in a respectful loving place, allowing them to see into even the hard places in their experience. As a former collegiate tennis player, he still enjoys playing regularly with his tennis friends. He also enjoys hiking and summertime at Lake Michigan.

Anne F. Hoff, M.A

Anne F. Hoff, M.A. has been a student of the Diamond Approach since 1995 and a teacher of the path since 2015. The organic unfolding of her life led her from Wisconsin to Japan to Hawai’i, and ultimately to Seattle where she has lived since 2005. Her professional life has moved through various iterations, including corporate jobs in Tokyo’s financial sector, editing books and a professional journal, and private practice as a bodyworker and as a psychotherapist.


Her journey has been grounded in a fascination with the interplay / co-emergence of body, mind, and spirit and a love of the “edge” where transformation happens. Her work as a Diamond Approach teacher centers around the Pacific Northwest, Hawai’i, and Michigan. 

JULIE ENDRESS - SUPPORTING TEACHER

Julie Endress, is an ordained Diamond Approach Teacher. She declared her quest on a mountain peak in Arizona in her early 20’s: “learn to love as much as possible”. Years later during a challenging life situation, she awakened to the power of the inner journey. Her guidance led her towards a meditation practice, a deep therapeutic healing, and a career change from technical management to leadership development.


As Julie opened to her own unique spiritual path, she found the Diamond Approach in California and then Oregon where she lived with her husband and two sons. Becoming a student in the Diamond Approach has helped her realize more and more of her vision in her daily life. She and her family moved to Ann Arbor Michigan in 2021.

SHERYL LYNDES STOMAN - SUPPORTING TEACHER

Lou is a certified Diamond Approach teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation, Ann Arbor. For years, Lou was a corporate attorney who dabbled in a variety of spiritual practices, including Christianity, and various forms of Buddhism. In 2005, he stumbled upon the Diamond Approach, and Lou became an avid student and practitioner. And now Lou is one of only a handful of full-time, ordained teachers in the world. 


What he loves about the Diamond Approach is that it combines the best of established religion with learnings from modern psychology. The result is a unique practice that meets the needs of day-to-day life as well as overall spiritual well-being.


Lou’s teaching depends heavily on listening to his students, and then zeroing on any blocks to realization, and leading to places that need more illumination. He believes that being present with all our impulses (good and bad), with loving support, allows us to understand and find our way to our true nature.

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