About the Teachers
James Baraz
James Baraz is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. James started the Community Dharma Leader program, the Kalyana Mitta Network, the Spirit Rock Family Program and helped create the Heavenly Messengers Training Program. James has been leading the online course Awakening Joy since 2003. He serves as a guiding teacher to One Earth […]
Learn more about James BarazKaira Jewel Lingo
Kaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in blending spirituality and meditation with social justice. Having grown up in an ecumenical Christian community where families practiced a new kind of monasticism and worked with the poor, at the age of twenty-five she entered a Buddhist monastery in the Plum Village tradition […]
Learn more about Kaira Jewel LingoDuane Elgin
Duane Elgin is a renowned speaker, author, and social visionary. In 2006, he received the International Goi Peace Award in Japan in recognition of his contribution to a global “vision, consciousness, and lifestyle” that fosters a “more sustainable and spiritual culture.” Duane is currently the Co-director of the Choosing Earth Project.
Learn more about Duane ElginColeen LeDrew Elgin
Coleen LeDrew Elgin develops and leads educational programs and creates media that explore our time of great transition. She produced, directed, and co-wrote the documentary film Facing Adversity: Choosing Earth, Choosing Life. For over 15 years her documentary work has focused on pioneers of consciousness and spiritual growth.
Learn more about Coleen LeDrew ElginRenee Lertzman
Renee Lertzman is a pioneer and leader at the intersection of psychology, climate, and environment. She applies psychosocial insights to drive engagement and action on ecological issues. She partners with business leaders and nonprofit and government agencies who want to learn how to awaken people’s own capacities for change.
Learn more about Renee LertzmanKristin Barker
Kristin Barker is co-founder and director of One Earth Sangha. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader program and teaches with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (DC). Kristin serves on the advisory boards of Project Inside Out and the Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue on Climate Change.
Learn more about Kristin BarkerMaMuse
MaMuse (Sarah Nutting and Karisha Longaker), wholeheartedly fed by the folk and gospel traditions, create uplifting music to inspire the world into thriving. Interweaving brilliant and haunting harmony with lyrics born of honed emotional intelligence, MaMuse invokes a musical presence that inspires the opening of the heart.
Learn more about MaMuseCategories : Dāna, Daylong, Hide End Date, Online, Retreat