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Peace Twesigye is the former Director of Programming of Buddhist Studies and of the Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism at Union Theological Seminary. Peace has taught meditation and Buddhadharma throughout the northeastern...
Christopher Titmuss
Christopher Titmuss, a senior Dharma teacher in the West, offers retreats, leads Zoom meetings and supports social/global change. His teachings focus on ethics, insight meditation (vipassana), the expansive heart and enquiry into emptiness/liberation. Poet,...
JD Doyle
JD Doyle (they/them) co-founded the East Bay Meditation Center’s LGBTQIA+ (Alphabet) Sangha over 15 years ago and co-lead the first Buddhist meditation residential retreats for transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive people. While JD is...
Chris Willard
Dr. Chris Willard, (Psy. D.) is a clinical psychologist, author and consultant based in Massachusetts. He has spoken in thirty countries, and has presented at two TEDx events. He is the author of twenty...
Lisa Ernst
Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist and founder of One Dharma Nashville. She has maintained a committed meditation practice for 30 years in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. Lisa received full teaching authorization...
Gregory Kramer
Gregory Kramer is the Founder and Guiding Teacher of the Insight Dialogue Community, and has been teaching Insight Meditation since 1980. He developed the practice of Insight Dialogue and has been teaching it since...
Christine Kupfer
Meditation has been at the heart Christine Kupfer’s life for 33 years. She engaged in Zen as a young adult looking for who she really was. Later, she completed a postgraduate degree in Buddhist...
Yaara Lokits
With a gentle and accessible approach, Yaara Lokits shares practices of presence, compassion, and inner freedom. She invites practitioners to explore the transformative gift of Dharma, making contemplative practices directly applicable to daily life. ...
Dawn Mauricio
Dawn Mauricio (she/her) is Mindfulness Meditation and Buddhist Meditation teacher, author, and mentor. She has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005 and has graduated from the first teacher development group of True...
Miles Kessler
Miles Kessler is a lineage holder in the Mahasi tradition of meditation. For over 25 years he has been teaching meditation and the embodiment spiritual awakening to thousands of people around the world. His...









