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Joe Loizzo
Joseph (Joe) Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist, clinical researcher and meditation scholar-teacher who integrates neuroscience with contemplative practice to help people cultivate personal well-being, interpersonal compassion, and transformational leadership. Assistant Professor at Weill-Cornell Medical College and founder of the educational non-profit Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, he has published dozens of chapters and articles on the benefits and mechanisms of meditation in peer-reviewed publications such as The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. His books include Boundless Leadership, Sustainable Happiness and Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy. In addition to offering frequent classes and workshops internationally through his Nalanda Institute, Dr. Loizzo maintains a private psychotherapy and consulting practice in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife, Gerardine, and their sons Maitreya and Ananda.
Nguyet B. Ho
Nguyet B. Ho is a business consultant who spent several years in Southeast Asia.
Sukhasiddhi Foundation
Sukhasiddhi Foundation, founded in 1996 by Lama Palden, is a spiritual center in the Vajrayana/Tibetan Buddhist tradition that offers a guided path of embodied wisdom, compassion, and kindness through a complete cycle of timeless practices rooted in the divine feminine that are relevant to life and the world today. Our women-led organization offers an untainted transmission of the unbroken Shangpa and Karma Kagyu lineages in an environment which is imbued with safety, awareness and heartfulness, allowing people of all cultural and gender identifications to develop their innate qualities and come into greater service in the world. We are now offering classes online and in person at Wisdom River Meditation Center - located north of San Francisco in Marin County.
Daitsu Tom Wright
Daitsu Tom Wright lived in Japan for over forty years, teaching English and other subjects at Ryukoku University in Tokyo. He was ordained by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi as a Buddhist priest in 1974. Wright has translated multiple of Uchiyama Roshi’s works into English.
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (1912–1999) was a Zen priest and abbot of Antaiji monastery in Japan. He wrote over twenty books on Zen and several books on origami.
Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen
Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche arrived in the United States in the 1980’s and established the Tibetan Meditation Center, as well as other centers across the country. In 2001, Rinpoche was formally enthroned as the khenchen (“great khenpo”) of the Drigung Kagyu Lineage by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche. He has translated critical Drikung Kagyu practices, prayers, and histories into English, and published altogether thirteen highly regarded books. Among them are Great Kagyu Masters, In Search of the Stainless Ambrosia, Jewel Ornament of Liberation, A Complete Guide to the Buddhist Path, Opening the Treasure of the Profound, and Wheel of Wisdom.
Cheryl A. Giles
Cheryl A. Giles is the Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling at Harvard Divinity School and a licensed clinical psychologist. She joined the faculty in 1997 and teaches courses in spiritual care and counseling, trauma-informed care, and contemplative care of the dying. Dr. Giles is a core faculty member of the…
Lisa Miller
Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiritual Child and her latest book, The Awakened Brain. Dr. Miller is a tenured Full Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she founded the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program and research institute in…
Yudron Wangmo
Yudron Wangmo is a practitioner and teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. She was authorized to teach by Lama Pema Dorje Rinpoche, and given the title loppon. She also serves as the director of <a href="http://www.mayummountain.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayum Mountain Foundation</a> , a Buddhist non-profit organization, and is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK665TJ9?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_61GPTV9AJDZGYKZ11X1A&bestFormat=true&newOGT=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clearing the Way to Awakening: A Nine-Step Practice from Tibetan Buddhism.</a>
Joe Loizzo
Joe Loizzo, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over forty years of experience studying the beneficial effects of contemplative practices on healing, learning, and development.
Sister Boi Nghiem
Sister Boi Nghiem, or Sister True Pearl, is a nun and dharma teacher at Deer Park Monastery in California. She enjoys music and basketball.
James K. Rowe
James K. Rowe is an associate professor at the University of Victoria. He’s the author of <em>Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital</em>.
Linda Hess
Linda Hess is a Zen practitioner, a translator of the Indian poet Kabir, a retired Stanford professor of Religious Studies, and a scholar and writer on various subjects.
Eunsu Cho
Eunsu Cho is Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Seoul National University and Visiting Professor in the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University. She is the editor of Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen--Hidden Histories, Enduring Vitality, also published by SUNY Press. Soojin Oh is a freelance translator. She studied at Reed College.
Sanathavihari Bhikkhu
Sanathavihari Bhikkhu is a Mexican American Theravada Buddhist monk. He has a BA in religion and an MS in counseling psychology and is currently enrolled in the Buddhist Chaplaincy program at Upaya Zen Center.
David Chang
David Chang, PhD., is a psychotherapist, educator, and Zen practitioner in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Chandra Chiara Ehm
CHANDRA CHIARA EHM is a researcher in Tibetan and religious studies affiliated with the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l’Asie orientale (CRCAO), Paris, and with Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich. She works with both philological and qualitative research methods, drawing on extensive fieldwork.
Andrea Burgos
Andrea Burgos met her teacher, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, in 2015 during a trip to Kathmandu, Nepal, and has been his student ever since. In 2017, while living in Bangkok, she discovered her love for Ashtanga yoga. Since then, yoga and meditation have played vital roles in her personal journey. Becoming a mother inspired Andrea to share her experiences in balancing the demands of her career as a real estate agent, family life, and her yoga and meditation practice as she strives to cultivate harmony in every area of her life. Andrea currently lives in La Riviera Maya, Mexico, with her husband and son.
Marisela B. Gomez
Marisela B. Gomez (she/they) is a dharma teacher in the Thich Nhat Hanh Order of Interbeing, and a dharma practitioner for more than 20 years. Her practice focuses on mindfulness in everyday life. This includes her work as a public health scholar, activist, physician, and solidarity economy organizer. Of Afro-Latina ancestry, they live in Baltimore. She co-authored the book <em>Healing our Way Home</em> and authored <em>Race, Class, Power and Organizing in East Baltimore</em> as well as numerous book chapters, and articles in popular and scholarly publications. She has blogged on the intersection of spirituality and justice at Huff Post and on the intersection of community rebuilding, wisdom justice and health at mariselabgomez.com. They’ve also delivered a TedTalk on healing racism through “waking up.”
Paulina Lamas Morales
Paulina Lamas Morales is the Co-founder and Director of Instituto Felicidad Sustentable, an organization dedicated to contemplative sciences and practices. She is a clinical psychologist graduated from Universidad Central de Chile and holds extensive academic and professional expertise in mindfulness and compassion.