Gemma Gambee Lewis

Gemma Gambee Lewis is a meditation and spiritual teacher who guides people toward balance and well-being through the integration of spirit and mind. She teaches a simple, natural meditation technique, and she pairs it with scientific insight, accountability and support so that a regular practice can take hold.

Her path began with prayer, learned from her Irish-Catholic grandparents, and with a sense of inner connection to the divine as a young girl in the Catholic Church. She later questioned the church's dogma, explored world religions, and found meditation through the mystical traditions of India. She has trained for more than two decades in Yoga, Bhakti, Kashmir Shaivism, the Vedas and Vedanta. She also spent a decade in mentorship with Dr. Lydia Craigmyle, studying Dr. Gerald Epstein's Mental Imagery.

Alongside her spiritual studies, Gemma holds a BFA in Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied Psychology and Art History at Loyola University Chicago. For about twenty years she worked in fashion modeling, trend forecasting and concept design. She still draws and paints, and she does brand strategy work.

In her teaching she uses meditation, visualization, breathwork, conversation and free-writing to connect the soul and the mind. Her offerings include learning to meditate, deeper self-study work, advanced sessions for established meditators, and meditation programs for corporate teams. She has also led movement-and-meditation retreats, often with fellow teachers, that use movement, stillness and ritual as ways into self-acceptance, love and freedom.

Gemma describes herself as a teacher, mother, wife and artist. She draws on years of daily practice and her own journey of healing, and she teaches in an accessible, sincere way.