Archives: Authors
Matthew Kohut
Matthew Kohut, co-author of Compelling People, has worked as a writer, teacher, and musician for twenty-five years.
Anita Feng
Anita Feng is the guiding teacher for the Blue Heron Zen Community in Seattle. She’s also the author of <em>Sid</em> and a sculptor of clay buddhas.
Jozen Tamori Gibson
Jozen Tamori Gibson began formal meditation practice and study in 2004. He is the Director of Community and Youth Engagement and sangha facilitator with the Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC), and Program Director for the Awake Youth Project. A participant in the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program, Jozen highlights all of his teachers especially his mother, Akimi, and root Dharma teacher, Pamela Weiss.
Chimyo Atkinson
Chimyo Atkinson received Dharma transmission under Rev. Teijo Munnich in 2015. She received her monastic training in Japan and the US. She currently serves as Head of Practice at Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple in Alexander, North Carolina.
Dawa Tarchin Phillips
Dawa Tarchin Phillips is Founder/CEO of Empowerment Holdings and co-founder of the Mindful Leadership Online Training Conference. He is a mindfulness and meditation expert, author, entrepreneur, spiritual teacher, researcher and educator. He is the acting President of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, and founder of the Mindful Leadership Tribe.
Kamilah Majied
Kamilah Majied, Ph.D. is a mental health clinician, educator and internationally engaged consultant on building inclusivity and equity using meditative practices. Dr. Majied is a social work faculty member at California State University, Monterey Bay. To learn more visit <a href="http://www.KamilahMajied.com" rel="noopener">KamilahMajied.com</a>
Shoda Douglas Kanai, Shonin
Shoda Douglas Kanai, Shonin is the head priest of the Nichiren Buddhist Kannon Temple of Nevada, a branch temple of Nichiren Shu. He is currently the only American priest that has completed the 100 Days Acetic Training twice.
Alison Wearing
Alison Wearing is a Canadian writer and performer. Her new book, <em>Moments of Glad Grace</em>, will be published the fall of 2019.
Susan MacLeod
Susan MacLeod is a Nova Scotian artist working on a humorous graphic memoir. You can follow her on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/humans_of_saint_vincents/" rel="noopener">@humans_of_saint_vincents</a>.
