Lecturer
Renee Owen, Ed.D
For over 20 years, Dr. Renee Owen has been supporting teachers and educational leaders in personal development and wellness. She is currently Executive Director at Rainbow Community School in Asheville, NC, a holistic, contemplative, P-8 school founded in the 1970's by leaders in the Sufi movement. She believes that if every child had the opportunity […]
Vimalasara Mason John
Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John is a human in deep recovery, Buddhist teacher, writer, performance artist.... the lasting impression is that of striking presence, a genuine person with joyful wisdom extracted from profound suffering. She is one of the most profound teachers of our time. She leads her studies with love, compassion and lived experience. Her […]
Susmita Barua (Acharya Navasajiva)
Susmita Barua (Dharmacharya Navasajiva) MS, MA, CPC is a Certified Professional Coach, Mindful Life Coach, Mindfulness Educator and Contemporary Dharma Teacher from Lexington, KY. Susmita is a lifetime member of Sangha of Thousands Buddhas and Dharmankur Bengal Buddhist Association. She was a panelist in 'Teaching Dhamma in New Lands' at the IABU conference in Thailand […]
Deborah Eden Tull
DEBORAH EDEN TULL, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, teaches the integration of compassionate awareness into every aspect of our lives. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She trained for seven years as a Buddhist monk at a silent Zen monastery in Northern California, and she has been traveling […]
Terri Edwards
Terri Edwards is a licensed Food For Life Instructor with the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine. She says, “Plant-based nutrition healed my body and gave me my life back. My personal mission now is to promote this way of health and see some lives changed.” Terri has an upbeat friendly teaching style and will show […]
David Loy
David Robert Loy is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is a prolific author, whose essays and books have been translated into many languages. His articles appear regularly in the pages of major journals such as Tikkun and Buddhist magazines including Tricycle, Lion’s Roar, and Buddhadharma, as well as in a […]