Kate Davies – Assisting Teacher

Kate Davies – Assisting Teacher

For as long as I can remember, I have been curious about life and about how human beings relate to the Earth. After completing a doctorate in biochemistry at Oxford, UK, I spent 30 years working on environmental issues and social change for government and social...
Deborah Helzer

Deborah Helzer

I got my first formal mediation instruction in college while I was working on my engineering degree. I desperately needed some stress reduction, and sought out the local Zen center. The tools I learned helped me get through my courses, and then the stress of a job in...
Neesha Patel

Neesha Patel

Neesha is inspired by the call to awakening. She is deeply grateful for the Buddha’s teachings and for the opportunity to learn and practice dhamma in both Asia and the US.  She loves both intensive longer retreat practice as well as daily life practice. Her practice...
Ayya Ānandabodhī Bhikkhuni

Ayya Ānandabodhī Bhikkhuni

Ayya Ānandabodhī was born and raised in Wales, UK. Ayya first encountered the Buddha’s teaching in her early teens while reading about the Four Noble Truths. This was life-changing and from that moment she experienced a deep confidence in the Buddha’s insight and a...
Ajahn Kovilo Bhikkhu

Ajahn Kovilo Bhikkhu

Ajahn Kovilo is an Ohio-born Theravāda forest monk. Having been introduced to meditation, the five precepts, and the Pāli Canon through the Goenka tradition, Ajahn Kovilo’s growing interest in Dhamma led him to enter the monastery in 2006 in hopes of devoting his life...