Isabel Adon

ISABEL ADON is an Afro-Latinx born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx, in NYC. She is a trained social worker and licensed by NYS as a LCSW. Isabel served on the Board Insight Meditation Society for 6 years and held the position of Diversity Chair. Isabel has been a meditator for over 20 years and practice in the tradition of Vipassana. Isabel is a community dharma leader who presently leads meditation sits at New York Insights. She was accepted into Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program but unfortunately, due to COVID19 this program had to close. Isabel is a trainer/instructor on Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy (IFOT) and ITFL (Indigenous Tools for Living) a philosophy that is trauma focused and land based. She is a certified Focusing Oriented Therapist and a member of the leadership committee on FORCE (Focusing Oriented Relational Community Empowerment) which focus is to bring the focusing philosophy to those who may not have access free of charge. This is a ten-month training program with no cost to trainees. Isabel has been a housing advocate and received a commendation from the Bronx Borough President and NYC Council for her work in community organizing and fighting injustice against tenants. Isabel is a psychotherapist in private practice, who works with individuals. She served as a rape crisis volunteer for 11 years.