What is The Miksang Institute?

The Miksang Institute of Contemplative Photography ® has been established to promote the propagation of the Miksang Training curriculum and the expression of direct, non-conceptual visual experience through various related disciplines.

The Institute will present courses in the core Miksang Training curriculum as well as courses designed to teach the integration of the practice of Miksang principles into art education and art therapy, film making, printing, and familiarity with the medium of digital photography and its use in the expression of Miksang images.

The Institute will also periodically conduct a Teacher training Academy for those students who have completed the core Miksang curriculum and have been invited to apply to the program.

Each summer the Institute will hold a 3 -5 week module which will include courses in the basic curriculum as well as more advanced courses in applied application. It is our hope that this format will make it possible for students who wish to study Miksang in an intensive setting to immerse themselves fully in this practice before returning home. Each course can be taken on its own, provided the pre-requisites have been met, or in succession.

The Miksang Institute has no relationship to nor any affiliation with any other contemplative photography organizations or teachers, and only workshops taken with Miksang Institute Teachers are counted as pre-requisites for any Institute programs.

Director and Founder

Julie DuBose

• Miksang Instructor, All Levels
• B.A. Wellesley College
• Boulder Colorado

Miksang Institute Advisory Committee:


Michael Wood

• Original Founder of Miksang Training
• Miksang Instructor in Canada and Europe
• Consultant to the Miksang Institute
• BFA from Syracuse University
• Toronto, Canada


Brian Sano

• Senior Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law
• B.A. in Philosophy from Hamilton College
• Certified yoga teacher training from Tranquil Space.
• Washington D.C.

Dennis Connor

• Senior Manager, Reverse Logistics and Repair Operations
• Tyco Safety Products, Tyco International, Inc. 
• B. S. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research,
   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Delray Beach, Florida

Todd Roseman

• Web Designer-Developer, Owner, LUKY Designs
• B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology,
   Southern Polytechnic Institute.
• Louisville, Colorado

Hiltrud Enders

• Architect & Feng Shui Consultant
• Health design, residential houses, supporting workplaces
• Diploma in Architecture, University of Applied Science
• Entrepeneur www.hiltrud-enders.de
• Düsseldorf, Germany

The 2013 Miksang Institute is currently taking Registrations