Drs Larry Ward and Peggy Rowe Ward
Dr. Larry Ward is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Lotus Institute and a senior teacher in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village tradition. He has a PhD in Religious Studies with a Buddhism emphasis, and is the author of America’s Racial Karma. His teachings are focused on integrating Buddhist psychology and practices with neuroscience, trauma resiliency work, indigenous wisdom and social imagination. As a teacher, Dr. Ward interweaves insights with personal stories and resounding clarity that express his Dharma name, “True Great Sound.”
Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward is the co-founder and Director of Education at The Lotus Institute. Dr Rowe Ward offers a path of deep insight through methods such as movement, writing, art and ritual. She has her EdD in Adult Education and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology and co-author with her husband, Larry, of Love’s Garden: A Guide To Mindful Relationships. She has taught in graduate schools of social work, psychology and counseling psychology. Her Doctoral research is in dreamwork. She has had a private therapy practice for many years and now offers consultations with a spiritual direction focus.
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