… Shell earned her MFA in creative writing from Naropa University, a Buddhist-based university in Boulder, CO, in 1994. Today, she is a mentor with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C., and is enrolled in the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, a two-year certification program with senior Insight teachers Tara Brach, Jonathan Foust, Hugh Byrne, and Pat Coffey. She writes frequently about meditation for both local and national publications, including Yoga International and Tricyc …