Tiger Singleton

Tiger Singleton, who also goes by Tigmonk, is a spiritual teacher who lives on Panglao island in the Philippines. For around fifteen years he has been teaching, coaching and talking with people about awakening, and he has lived and taught in more than ten countries along the way. His earlier work went out under the name HeartBased; today he publishes as Tigmonk, through a YouTube channel, a Substack of essays and spoken letters, and regular free livestreams, most of them held on Insight Timer.

His style is conversational and unadorned, closer to a frank talk among friends than a formal lesson. He is wary of spiritual jargon and arguments about doctrine, and keeps returning to a few plain moves: becoming still, looking honestly at what is actually true in this moment, and letting that truth have room rather than pushing it away. Recurring themes include fear, the ego's habit of seeking, self-forgiveness and the relief of seeing that nothing essential is missing. On Insight Timer he has published multi-day courses such as 30 Days of Conscious Living and Spirituality 101. He also hosts an online community for regular listeners and takes on a small number of one-to-one mentoring clients, who apply first through a short exchange of emails.