Archives: Authors

Kimberlyn David

Kimberlyn David is a freelance writer, editor, and content producer. After living outside the United States for about a decade, she now hangs her hat in the Netherlands.

Dorotea Mendoza is a writer, activist, and Zen practitioner. She was born in the Philippines and grew up in New York City’s East Village. She now lives in Brooklyn with her partner Matthew and thirty-three house plants.

Satsuki Ina

Satsuki Ina, PhD, was born in the Tule Lake Segregation Center, a maximum security prison where Japanese American dissidents were held during WWII. She is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Sacramento and has a psychotherapy practice specializing in community trauma.

Matthew Gindin

Matthew Gindin is a former monk in the Thai Forest Tradition who now works as a journalist, educator, and meditation instructor in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Dojin Sarah Emerson

Dojin Sarah Emerson trained at San Francisco Zen Center, primarily Tassajara, for ten years, culminating in ordination as a Zen priest in 2007. She has also worked in the fields of mental health and pastoral care. She and her husband Korin serve as head teachers of Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, California, where they live with their two children.

Kenley Neufeld

Kenley is a Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village tradition and is Dean of Educational Programs at Santa Barbara City College.

Justin Whitaker

Justin Whitaker is the author of the blog <em>American Buddhist Perspectives</em>, where he explores Buddhism as it relates to ethics, ecology, philosophy, and politics; he is also the North America correspondent for Buddhistdoor Global. A Buddhist scholar, he is currently a visiting instructor at the Centre of Buddhist Studies of Hong Kong University, where he teaches courses on Buddhism in contemporary society and Buddhist ethics.

DaRa Williams

DaRa Williams is a practicing therapist and Insight Meditation teacher who is committed to the healing of intergenerational trauma. They are creators of Deep Time Liberation, a mindfulness-based journey to help people from the African Diaspora heal from ancestral and intergenerational trauma.

Rosetta Saunders

Rosetta Saunders is an educator and historian with degrees in Ethnic and American Studies. With a deep practice in West African and Afro-Cuban drumming, she uses her art primarily as a healing medium.