Bonnie & Philippe

Bonnie Mioduchoski

Bonnie Mioduchoski has practiced Vipassana since 2005. In that time she’s spent almost a year on retreat, spread out over 1 month, 2 month and 3 month periods. She is passionate about practice and sees it as her “life,” along with NVC. She discovered NVC at Plum Village and was amazed by the power and connection that resulted in a role-play she saw. She’s been studying it ever since and has found it enormously helpful for working with conflict, for dealing with challenging emotions and for sharing her honesty. She sees NVC as a major support to her dharma practice, her 17-year old relationship with Philippe, her mediation work in the Boston courts and in teaching mindfulness to kids in K-12 in the Boston area. She volunteers periodically as a retreat manager at CIMC.

Bonnie has an MBA and BA in Anthropology. After working in non-profits she founded and ran a small wholesale business which had products in over 2000 U.S. boutiques. She sold her company in 2005.

Philippe Daniel

Philippe Daniel has been practicing Vipassana since 2004. He has spent about 15 months on retreat over that time. His passion is learning and his curiosity fuels his practice. As he values both community involvement and silent practice he has decided to forgo retreat practice this year. He is spending mornings in silent meditation and afternoons filled with other activities as an experiment toward this end.

Philippe supports individuals using NVC and loves the self-connection and clarity that come out of his own NVC practice. NVC has helped him access emotions that didn’t come up as readily on the cushion. He is part of the 2-year Community Dharma Leader Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and leads a weekly sitting group in Cambridge and guides students in the practice individually as well. He’s a practice leader at CIMC. Prior to this work, Philippe worked in the telecommunication industry as a software engineer. He earned an advanced degree in Systèmes de Communication from the Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL) and Eurecom Institute in France.

Bonnie & Philippe were both part of the 2-year long Dedicated Practitioner Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center which involved study, practices and numerous retreats. Rather than adhere to a model or technique, both strive to embody compassion in their speech and actions as naturally as possible. They see NVC as a skillful means to support their meditation practice toward that aspiration.