Archives: Authors
Gina Biegel
Gina Biegel is the author of <i>The Stess Reduction Workbook for Teens</i> and the CD, <i>Mindfulness for Teens</i>. She is the founder of Stressed Teens, which introduces youths, families, educators, and professionals to the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens program.
Chonyi Taylor
Chönyi Taylor was ordained as a Buddhist nun by the Dalai Lama in 1996. She is a retired psychotherapist and an honorary lecturer in psychological medicine at Sydney University.
Adeline van Waning
Adeline van Waning is a psychiatrist and Buddhist practitioner living in the Netherlands, where she leads shamatha classes for mental health professionals. She recently completed a master’s degree in Buddhist Studies, writing her thesis on the Shamatha Project, and is currently working on a book on “settling the mind in its natural state.”
The Sakya Trizin
The Sakya Trizin is the traditional leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Kiley Jon Clark
Kiley Jon Clark leads meditation groups for the homeless in San Antonio, Texas, through his organization, Homeless Meditation Practitioners Street Dharma. He is a student of Lama Tulku Tsori Rinpoche.
Tanya McGinnity
Tanya McGinnity describes herself as a “Gen X punk rock Buddhist girl who is a student of Nalandabodhi, honing her skills as a meditation teacher. Blogger, tweeter, culture freaker who is also interested in comic books, video games, movies and pugs." Visit her on the web at FullContactEnlightenment.com.
Adeu Rinpoche
Adeu Rinpoche (1931–2007) was a master of the Drukpa Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism who discovered hidden texts (termas) and wrote extensive teachings and instructions. He lived at Tsechu Monastery in Nanchen, Eastern Tibet, but spent twenty-three years in prison after the Chinese invasion in the 1950s. This article is from a new book of his teachings, Freedom in Bondage.
Mark Rivett
Mark Rivett is a Family Psychotherapist and has been following various Zen traditions for thirty years. He lives in Cardiff, South Wales, UK.
Brian Haycock
Brian Haycock is a writer and former taxi driver who lives in Austin, Texas. His first book, <i>Dharma Road: A Short Cab Ride to Self Discovery</i>, was published by Hampton Roads. Haycock currently works for a non-profit and secretly misses driving a cab.
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, originally from London, was one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. She is the subject of the biography <i>Cave in the Snow</i>, which describes her twelve-year retreat in the Himalayas, and is the founder of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Tashi Jong, India, where she currently resides.
Roberta Werdinger
Roberta Werdinger is a poet, freelance writer, and editor in Ukiah, California. She lived at Tassajara Mountain Center and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center for ten years, and was ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2000.
Rose Taylor
Rose Taylor Goldfield is a second-generation Buddhist teacher with the Wisdom Sun practice and Study community in San Francisco.
Laura Jomon Martin
Laura Jomon Martin is a licensed clinical social worker and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor in Portland, Oregon. She is a student of Jan Chozen Bays Roshi and Zen teacher Hogen Bays at the Zen Community of Oregon.