Archives: Authors
Claire B. Willis
Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who has worked in the field of oncology and bereavement for more than twenty years. She is a cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together and regularly leads bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. As a lay Buddhist chaplain, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. She maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts.
David Richo
David Richo is a psychotherapist and the author of <em>How to Be an Adult in Relationships and Triggers: How We Can Stop Reacting and Start Healing.</em>
Benjamin Mui Pumphrey
Benjamin Mui Pumphrey is a psychiatrist and Zen teacher in Augusta County, Virginia.
Annabelle Zinser
Annabelle Zinser received dharma teacher transmission from both Ruth Denison and Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh bequeathed to Zinser his urban practice center in Berlin. She has a PhD in history and politics.
Linda Galijan
Formerly a clinical psychologist, Linda Galijan is currently president of San Francisco Zen Center..
Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao
Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao is head teacher at the Zen Center of Los Angeles.
Phil Stanley
Phil Stanley is the chair of the Department of Wisdom Traditions at Naropa University and Dean of Academic Affairs of Nitartha Institute. A scholar of Tibetan, he is the cofounder of the Union Catalog of Buddhist Texts, which is currently working to place multiple editions of the Theravada Pali canon online. He is also an instructor, alongside fellow Naropa professors Amelia Hall and Judith Simmer-Brown, of <em>The Three Turnings of the Wheel</em>, an in-depth online course presented by Lion’s Roar.
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Sayadaw U Tejaniya began his Buddhist training as a teenager with the famous Burmese monk Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw, eventually ordaining at age thirty-six. Today, he teaches at Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar. He is known for his distinctive approach to meditation, which deemphasizes form and places heavy emphasis on paying close attention to greed, aversion, and delusion. His most recent book, <em>Relax & Be Aware</em>, was published by Shambhala in December.
Avikrita Vajra Sakya
Avikrita Vajra Sakya is a lama in the Sakya school and author of <em>Wake Up to What Matters: A Guide to Tibetan Buddhism for the Next Generation.</em>
Bhante Sujato
Bhante Sujato is an Australian Theravada Buddhist monk and cofounder of the website SuttaCentral, which provides free translations of early Buddhist teachings alongside the texts in their original languages. He lives in Sydney at Lokanta Vihara, the Monastery at the End of the World, which he established in 2019 with his student
Kwan Haeng Sunim
Kwan Haeng Sunim is a monk in the Kwan Um School and head dharma teacher of Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Jyoshin Clay
Jyoshin Clay is a Soto Zen priest serving Dharma Rain Zen Center and Wy’East Zen Center, both in Oregon.
Justin Ritzinger
Justin Ritzinger is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Miami, whose research focuses on modern Buddhism in China and Taiwan. He spent almost a decade living, working, and traveling in the Chinese-speaking world, primarily Taiwan. The author of <em>Anarchy in the Pure Land: Reinventing the Cult of Maitreya in Modern Chinese Buddhism</em>, he is currently working on ethnographic study of a small blue-collar lay group in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Lama Bryn Dawson
Lama Bryn Dawson, a graduate of the traditional Tibetan Buddhist three-year retreat, is a contributing teacher to Natural Dharma Fellowship. As a tantric practitioner and teacher, she endeavors to honor and support “tantric elements inherent in all paths—particularly those of healers, artists, and earth protectors.” She believes we are called to “leverage an ethic of interdependence” within today’s globalized sociocultural context and actively engages with colleagues and communities in the arts, education, activism, and psychotherapy.
Matthew Hepburn
Matthew Hepburn is a core teacher with the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center. He has also taught meditation in prisons, schools, and at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, where he is currently enrolled in the 2017–2021 IMS Teacher Training Program. In addition, he works in content development for Ten Percent Happier (based on Dan Harris’ book about meditation).
Kokyo Henkel
Kokyo Henkel was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi and received dharma transmission from him in 2010. For the past three decades, he has lived and practiced in Zen residences and monasteries, including San Francisco Zen Center and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. In addition to his Zen training, he has studied Dzogchen with Tsoknyi Rinpoche since 2003 and plans to spend the next few years in Kathmandu, Nepal, along with his wife, Rev. Shoho Kuebast.
Katherine King
Katherine King is a clinical psychologist specializing in geropsychology and an assistant professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at William James College. She is an authorized guide in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition and occasionally teaches at the Boston Shambhala Center, where she also serves on the board of directors. She is the host of The Well Helper, a podcast looking at self-care, and co-host of the podcast Noble Mind, which explores mindfulness, meditation, and psychology.
Doshin Mako Voelkel
Doshin Mako Voelkel began Zen practice at San Franciso Zen Center after more than a decade of practicing transcendental meditation. In 2002, she left her position teaching philosophy at City College of San Francisco to train at Tassajara, where she stayed for ten years, eventually ordaining as a student of Ryushin Paul Haller. She now serves as head teacher of Austin Zen Center.
Hilary Smith
is the author of the bestselling mental health book <em>Welcome to the Jungle: Facing Bipolar Without Freaking Out</em>. She is also a YA novelist.
Kem McIntosh Lee
Kem McIntosh Lee lives in Atlanta and is a photographer, yoga instructor, and jewelry designer.