Archives: Authors
Misha Becker
Misha Becker is a linguistics professor, poet, hospice volunteer, and mom of two. These days her meditation practice involves cultivating patience with both her two-year-old and herself.
Paul Ekman
Paul Ekman is a renowned expert in emotional skills and nonverbal communication, pioneering techniques to unmask deception and other mental states through facial recognition. He collaborated with the Dalai Lama on the 2008 book, <em>Emotional Awareness</em>. In 2009, TIME magazine named him one of its top 100 influential people.
Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman is a mindfulness meditation teacher and nature guide. His newest book is <em>From Suffering to Peace: The True Promise of Mindfulness</em>.
James Baraz
James Baraz is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and leads retreats, workshops, and classes around the U.S. and abroad. With Shoshana Alexander, he is the author of <em>Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness</em> (Bantam). Since 2003, he has also led an online course at www.awakeningjoy.info
Peter Levott
Poet, translator, and Zen teacher Peter Levott is the author of Within Within and twelve other books of poetry and prose, and is a recipient of the Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry. He leads the Salt Spring Zen Circle in British Columbia, where he resides.
Marc Lesser
Marc Lesser is CEO of ZBA Associates LLC, a company providing executive coaching, seminar, and facilitation services. He is the founder and former CEO of Brush Dance, a publisher of greeting cards, calendars and gift items, with spiritual themes and artwork. Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years, was director of Tassajara, and is a Zen priest. He is the author of Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, and Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration: How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work and Your Life.