About the Teachers

James Baraz, MA
James Baraz, MA, has a master’s in Psychology and 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 […]
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Kaira Jewel Lingo
Kaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in spirituality and social justice. Her work continues the Engaged Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh, and she draws inspiration from her parents’ lives of service and her dad’s work with Martin Luther King, Jr. After living as an ordained nun for 15 years in Thich […]
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Duane 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.
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Coleen 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.
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Renee 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.
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Kristin 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.
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MaMuse
“Ma” as in Mama; “Muse” as in the one who inspires. MaMuse was born out of a collaboration between songwriters Karisha Longaker and Sarah Nutting. 2008 was a year of great alchemy. Fires erupted in Northern California and a great wind of inspiration blew through, catalyzing a series of songs written from the soil and […]
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