Naomi Matlow

Naomi Matlow

Naomi Matlow is a Mindfulness Studies Masters student at Lesley University and a freelance writer. You can find more about her at <a href="http://naomimatlow.com">naomimatlow.com</a>

Singhashri Gazmuri

Singhashri Gazmuri

Singhashri is a queer, Latinx-American Dharma teacher and writer ordained in the Triratna Buddhist Community. She teaches mindfulness and compassion as means to awakening to love, beauty and truth and has committed her life to supporting collective healing and transformation and the joy and freedom found there. She currently lives in London with her partner.

Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox is a spiritual theologian, Episcopal priest, and activist for gender justice and eco-justice. His new book is <em>Essential Writings on Creation Spirituality</em> (Orbis).

Gilbert Gutierrez

Gilbert Gutierrez

Gilbert Gutierrez is one of the five lay dharma heirs of Chan master Sheng Yen. Based in Southern California, he leads Riverside Chan Meditation Group.

Bhikshuni Heng Yi

Bhikshuni Heng Yi

Bhikshuni Heng Yi is director of the International Institute for the Translation of Buddhist Texts at Dharma Realm Buddhist University. She ordained under the guidance of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

Lina Verchery

Lina Verchery

Lina Verchery is a scholar of modern Chinese Buddhism who teaches Buddhism and Asian religions at the University of Otago. She’s also an independent filmmaker.

Lucas Matthew Oswalt

Lucas Matthew Oswalt

Lucas Matthew Oswalt is a practitioner in Yukon, Oklahoma. He works as a labor advocate in his home state and is a member of a sangha in the Plum Village tradition of Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh. He and his wife are parents to a four-month-old little boy.

Didi Koka

Didi Koka

Dr. Didi Koka is a community medicine family physician currently working to include trauma healing practices in primary care. She holds an MFA in poetry and has received Jukai in the Soto Zen lineage.

Sherri Posey

Sherri Posey

Rev. Jyakuen Sherri­lynn Posey is a watchmaker, interfaith minister, and Buddhist chaplain in the Soto Zen tradition.

Sara Jenkins

Sara Jenkins is author of <em>This Side of Nirvana: Memoirs of a Spiritually Challenged Buddhist</em> (Fair Winds Press). This article was originally published in Buddhadharma in March 2003.