Matthew Daniell has been practicing Buddhist meditation and yoga since 1985. He studied Zen Buddhism in Japan and Vipassana (Insight) Meditation in India, Burma, and Thailand. His primary teachers include Munindra, Dipa Ma, Larry Rosenberg, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein. He also studied yoga in the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar and is certified to teach in several traditions.

Matthew Daniell is the guiding teacher at North Shore Insight Meditation Center in greater Newburyport, Massachusetts, and is a member of the religious services department at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he leads meditation groups for students and faculty. He also teaches nationally.