Archives: Authors

Atia Sattar

Atia Sattar is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies and Writing at the University of Southern California. She has been practicing Buddhism for nine years and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two daughters, cat and dog.

Kimmen Sjolander

Kimmen Sjölander is a genome scientist, evolutionary biologist, and professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley. She has three children and lives with her husband in Amsterdam.

Sandra Gonzalez

Sandra was born in Nicaragua and has lived in the United States since 1980. Since 1988, Sandra has focused on meditative work based on the practice of understanding and exploring our true essence through direct observation from the here and now, moment by moment, which is practiced at the Springwater Center in New York. In 2003, Toni Packer named Sandra as one of the people in charge of continuing the work of "Meditative Inquiry", leading retreats and workshops at Springwater Center, in California, Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina and Nicaragua during the winter. For more information visit <a href="http://www.springwatercenter.org">www.springwatercenter.org</a>

Keturah Kendrick

A Nichiren Buddhist and member of the Soka Gakkai International, Keturah Kendrick chants nam-myoho-renge-kyo as a core part of her practice. She is an award winning author and freelance writer who currently resides in New York City.

Lorena Saavedra Smith

Lorena Saavedra Smith has been sharing therapeutic applications and her commitment to holistic and integrated health in English and Spanish for nearly twenty years. She’s a certified Holistic Coach, Yoga Therapist, Mindfulness Guide and Eco-Somatic Specialist. With Andean roots, she is a keeper of the Peruvian Ancient Medicine Wisdom and as an expert in trauma-informed and grief care and mental health advocate, she mentors and supports others' paths, especially those recovering from traumatic events associated with acculturation and immigration journeys.

Eric Wilson

Eric G. Wilson is the author of How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life and many other books, including Against Happiness, Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck, and Keep It Fake. He teaches creative writing at Wake Forest University.

Tanny Jiraprapasuke

Tanny Jiraprapasuke is a second-generation Thai-American and holds a BA in Religious Studies from the University of California, Riverside, and an MTS in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She is a storyteller and development associate for Thai Community Development Center in Los Angeles.

Jury Candelario

Jury Candelario is a Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Nichiren Buddhist practitioner. He is a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles and currently a doctoral student of public health at Johns Hopkins University.

Victoria Mausisa

Victoria Mausisa, a dedicated practitioner, is ordained in the Order of Interbeing in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. A contemplative at heart with a passion for healing communities of color, she enjoys cultivating sangha, and is co-founder of ARISE Sangha, Awakening Through Race, Intersectionality, and Social Equity.

Jen Racho

Jen Racho lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her wife and puppy. She leads meditation groups through Common Ground Meditation Center and Clouds in Water Zen Center.

Karl Palma

Karl Palma is the resident caretaker of New York Buddhist church since 2011. He’s also been running his own Takoyaki business called KARLSBALLS Takoyaki since 2015.

Brian Joshin Byrnes

Brian Joshin Byrnes is a Zen priest and teacher in the White Plum Lineage and Zen Peacemakers, is the founder of the Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in Vermont. His practice, which is informed by his long experience working in social nonprofits, specifically in HIV/AIDS and community-based philanthropy, is centered around social action, with a focus on economically marginalized communities.

Candice Tsuei

Manufactured in Taiwan, assembled in Canada, Candice first became interested in Buddhism while traveling in Burma in 2014. In the following year, she met Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and became his disciple. Candice is currently working for Khyentse Foundation and is studying for her master’s in Buddhist Counseling at Hong Kong University. She also helps manage the daily meditation initiative Dhyana Daily and will be co-hosting the podcast Dharma Radio that is going to launch at the end of this year.

Lin Wang Gordon

Lin Wang Gordon has been leading eco-dharma courses and retreats since 2017. She cohosts the Sacred Earth Sangha at the New York Insight Meditation Center.

Naomi Matlow

Naomi Matlow is a writer and educator specializing in integrating mindfulness and meditation into the lives of those that struggle with busy minds. She recently published her Mindfulness Studies Masters thesis from Lesley University, "A Thought is Just a Thought: A Buddhist Guide to OCD" which is available on Amazon and naomimatlow.com

Singhashri Gazmuri

Singhashri is a queer, Latinx-American Dharma teacher and writer ordained in the Triratna Buddhist Community. She teaches mindfulness and compassion as means to awakening to love, beauty and truth and has committed her life to supporting collective healing and transformation and the joy and freedom found there. She currently lives in London with her partner.