Jan Rosamond leads the Dharmatown Insight Meditation Group in St. Louis, Missouri. She has practiced since 1998 and is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner, Community Dharma Leader, and Advanced Practitioner Programs. She loves chanting – especially the Metta Sutta in Pali and the Great Compassion Mantra in Chinese – and aspires to learn to chant the Satipatthana Sutta in Pali by heart. Jan has sat more than 500 nights of silent residential retreats at Spirit Rock, IMS, the Forest Refuge, Gaia House in England, Dharmagiri in South Africa, and SweOoMin Monastery in Burma (Myanmar).