Archives: Authors
Cheri Maples
Cheri Maples was a dharma teacher, keynote speaker, organizational consultant and trainer, and the cofounder of the <a href="http://www.mindfulnessandjustice.org/">Center for Mindfulness and Justice</a>. In 2008 she was ordained a dharma teacher by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, her long-time spiritual teacher. For 25 years Cheri worked in the criminal justice system, as an Assistant Attorney General in the Wisconsin Department of Justice, head of Probation and Parole for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and as a police officer with the City of Madison Police Department, earning the rank of Captain of Personnel and Training. Cheri passed away in late July, 2017.
Arnie Kozak
Arnie Kozak is the founder of Exquisite Mind, a consultation service for individuals (in the form of mindfulness-based psychotherapy), as well as for the community, healthcare and other professionals, and corporations. Exquisite Mind teaches mindfulness, the art and skill of living in the present, as a vehicle for managing stress and enhancing quality of life. He was also a Clinical Fellow in Psychology at the Harvard Medical School, where he completed his doctoral training. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.
Sallie Jiko Tisdale
Sallie Jiko Tisdale is a lay dharma teacher at Dharma Rain Zen Center in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of several books, including the recent Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them).
Jane McGonigal
Jane McGonigal, PhD is the author of the <em>New York Times</em> bestseller <em>Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World</em>. Her new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SuperBetter-Revolutionary-Approach-Stronger-Resilient--Powered/dp/1594206368/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439086362&sr=8-1&keywords=superbetter"><em>SuperBetter</em></a> is the definitive guide to a decade’s worth of psychology, neuroscience and medical research on how games can help us get stronger, happier, healthier, and more resilient. You can find Jane on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/avantgame">@avantgame</a>.
Tracy Franz
Tracy Franz is the author of <em>My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk’s Wife in Japan</em>.
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, filmmaker and director/choreographer who lives in New York City. A pioneer in what is now called “extended vocal technique” and “interdisciplinary performance,” she has created more than 200 works.
Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll is a teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma school of Vajrayana Buddhism and author of <em>Mindful Leadership Training.</em>
Bethany Saltman
Bethany Saltman lives in the Catskills with her family and practices at Zen Mountain Monastery. Her poems can be seen in many national journals, and her non-fiction can be found in magazines such as <em>Parents</em>, <em>The Sun</em>, <em>Body + Soul</em>, <em>Clean Eating</em>, and <em>Geez</em>. You can read more of her work at <a href="http://www.bethanysaltman.com">bethanysaltman.com</a>.
Bethany Saltzman
Bethany Saltman lives in the Catskills with her family and practices at Zen Mountain Monastery. Her poems can be seen in many national journals, and her non-fiction can be found in magazines such as <em>Parents</em>, <em>The Sun</em>, <em>Body + Soul</em>, <em>Clean Eating</em>, and <em>Geez</em>. You can read more of her work at <a href="www.bethanysaltman.com">www.bethanysaltman.com</a>.
Kate Wheeler
Kate Wheeler is a teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the author of <em>When Mountains Walked</em>.
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).