About Phil Jones

Philip Jones has practiced meditation since 1987 and has been teaching since 1996. After working as a psychotherapist for 25 years, he now works part-time as a medical social worker, devoting the remainder of his time to service work, teaching, and his family. He helped found Show Me Dharma, the Insight Meditation community of Mid-Missouri, and serves on the Board of Directors of Mid America Dharma, the regional retreat organization.

His primary teacher has been Matthew Flickstein. Matthew co-founded the Bhavana Society Monastic and Meditation Center with Bhante Gunaratana, his own primary teacher. Matthew is the author of Journey to the Center: A Meditation Workbook, Swallowing the River Ganges: A Comprehensive Practice Guide to the Path of Purification, and The Meditators Atlas: A Roadmap to the Inner World.

In addition to being trained to teach by Matthew, Philip completed Spirit Rock Meditation Center's first Community Dharma Leader Program. He has also studied with Bhante Gunaratana and teachers from the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.