Workshop Leader

Cheryl Kurash, Ph.D., is trained as a clinical psychologist and has been a student and practitioner of meditation for over 25 years.       She coordinates a mindfulness meditation training program at the University Counseling Center at Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York, and conducts workshops privately in the community. She received her doctorate from City University of New York, completed Postdoctoral Fellowship Training at Yale University Medical School, and has held faculty appointments at SUNY and Hofstra Universities.

Dr. Kurash rediscovered the joy of swimming in midlife. She found it natural to enhance the rhythmic strokes of swimming with mindfulness meditation principles and practices and has been developing the practice over the past several years. Systematic self study, experimentation, teaching and writing have all contributed to the development of SwM. She offers workshops, consultation and private instruction to those who are interested and continues to write on the central dimensions of a swimming meditation practice.