Jon Aaron

Jon Aaron has been active in the music industry for over 25 years as a manager, agent and producer of concerts, festivals and recordings.

He trained as a pianist at the University of Michigan and came to meditation while a student there. Jon began seriously studying mindfulness meditation in 1998 and over the course of the last 10 years his meditation practice became central to his life.

Jon is an associate teacher at the New York Insight Meditation Center. He also teaches at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, for the Wellness Program at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is part of the faculty of New York’s Yoga Sutra teacher‾ training program. He has given workshops and classes for the NYU Medical School, for the Department of Psychology at Einstein College of Medicine, and for the 92nd St Y.

Jon trained in MBSR at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, where he continues advanced training and supervision for experienced teachers. Jon has studied Buddhist meditation in the Theravada tradition at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and continues to study under the guidance of his primary teacher Matthew Flickstein. He is also a foundations student with the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care.

More information about Jon's teaching and about MBSR can be found at: www.mindfulnessmeditationnyc.com