David Chernikoff
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About David Chernikoff
David Chernikoff (he/him), M.Div., LCSW, is a meditation teacher, spiritual counselor, and life coach. For many years, he taught psychology and meditation at Naropa University. In the early 1980s, he worked at Ram Dass’s Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and later served as director of Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
He then spent three years in Nepal supporting public health development for the Seva Foundation while studying with Tibetan Buddhist teachers. After returning to the United States, he became education and training director for the Spiritual Eldering Institute, now known as Sage-ing International, where he led conscious aging programs across the U.S., Canada, and Ireland. He is currently one of the guiding teachers of the Insight Meditation Community of Colorado and maintains a private practice in Boulder. David is also the author of Life, Part Two: Seven Keys to Awakening with Purpose and Joy as You Age (Shambhala, 2021).