Norman Feldman attended his first meditation retreat in 1971, in India. Since then he has practiced and studied with teachers in the Theravada, Tibetan and Zen traditions, and has spent periods of time practicing in India, Thailand and Sri Lanka, as well as in the West. He has also lived in Buddhist communities in England and Canada. Norman began teaching in 1986, and since then he has regularly lead Insight Meditation retreats throughout Canada and the US, as well as at Gaia House retreat centre in England, in Bodh Gaya, India, and in Israel. He also leads sutta study classes and retreats that emphasize the integration of meditative awareness and inquiry into daily life, and guides small groups on pilgrimage to Buddhist sites of India and Nepal. Since 1998 he has been engaged full-time in offering Dharma support to others. In previous lives he has been a pharmacist and a shiatsu therapist.

Norman is the teachers' representative on TNI's Board of Directors. He presently lives with his wife, Molly Swan, in Guelph, Ontario.