Archives: Authors
Joan Halifax
Joan Halifax is the abbot and head teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her most recent book <em>Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet</em> explores how we can face the challenges we are facing in our current fraught political climate.
Michael Jerryson
Michael Jerryson is the author of <em>Buddhist Warfare</em> and <em>Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand</em> and an associate professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Michael Jerryson
Michael Jerryson is the author of <em>Buddhist Warfare and Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand</em> and an associate professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Leigh Brasington
Leigh Brasington studied with the late Ayya Khema, who authorized him to teach retreats on the jhanas; he was also empowered to teach by Jack Kornfield. His is the author of <em>Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas</em> (Shambhala, October 2015), and editor of <em>The Path to Peace: A Buddhist Guide to Cultivating Loving-Kindness</em> (Shambhala, July 2022).
Ken Jones
Ken Jones was Welsh Buddhist activist, poet. He was an important voice in socially engaged Buddhism and was the founder and later president of the UK Network of Engaged Buddhists and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He died on August 2, 2015.
Cyndi Lee
Founder of the world-renowned OM yoga Center in NYC (1998-2012), Cyndi is known for her contemplative classes and soulful teachings. She is the author of 5 books, including <em>Yoga Body, Buddha Mind: A Complete Manual for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being</em>, and the New York Times critically acclaimed <em>May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind</em>. In 2019, she launched a new online course, "<a href="https://learn.lionsroar.com/p/taking-refuge-in-your-body" target=_blank">Taking Refuge In Your Body</a>," available from Lion's Roar.
Wendell Berry
Poet and essayist Wendell Berry is best known as one of America’s foremost writers on agricultural policy. His books include “Another Turn of the Crank,” and “A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997,” both published by Counterpoint.
Narayan Helen Liebenson
Narayan Helen Liebenson is a guiding teacher at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center.
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a lineage holder of the Bön Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. His is the author of <em>Spontaneous Creativity: Meditations for Manifesting Your Positive Qualities</em> (2018).
Karen Kissel Wegela
Karen Kissel Wegela, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice and a professor in Naropa University’s MA Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology department. Her most recent book is <i>Contemplative Psychotherapy Essentials: Enriching Your Practice with Buddhist Psychology</i>.
Philip Glass
Philip Glass is one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century.
Willa Blythe Baker
Willa Blythe Baker is the founder and spiritual director of <a href="http://www.naturaldharma.org">Natural Dharma Fellowship</a> in Boston as well as its retreat center, <a href="http://www.wonderwellrefuge.org">Wonderwell Mountain Refuge</a>, in Springfield, New Hampshire. She is an authorized teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, having completed two three-year retreats, and the author of <em>The Arts of Contemplative Care</em>, <em>Everyday Dharma</em>, and <em>Essence of Ambrosia</em>. Her forthcoming book explores the body’s natural wisdom.
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Leslie Booker
Leslie Booker brings her heart to the intersection of Dharma, Embodied Wisdom and Liberation. She was voted by her peers as one of the "12 Most Influential Women in the Mindfulness Movement," and is a graduate of Spirit Rock's four-year Teacher Training.
Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman is a poet, editor, performer, teacher, and activist who has published over thirty printed volumes, including the recent poetry collection "Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble". She is visiting writer and director at The Bowery Arts and Sciences Ltd., a nonprofit organization in New York dedicated to preserving and enhancing the oral tradition of poetry.
Gavin Harrison
Born in South Africa, Gavin Harrison is a vipashyana teacher who lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. He is gay, HIV+, and has a long involvement in anti-apartheid politics, as well as gay and AIDS civil rights work. His teaching focuses on dealing with life-threatening and chronic health problems.
Gretel Ehrlich
Gretel Ehrlich is an world renowned nature writer. After being struck by lightning, Ehrlich wrote "A Match to the Heart" about the experience. It was published in 1994.