Caverly Morgan

Caverly Morgan is a teacher of awakening, author, nonprofit founder, and speaker. She spent eight years as a silent Zen monk before discovering, through direct experience, that the freedom she had been seeking was already here. Named one of 2025’s powerful women of the mindfulness movement by Mindful magazine, she has been featured in publications including The New York Times and Mindful magazine, where she was a cover subject.

Her practice began in 1995 and has included eight years of training in a silent Zen monastery. She has taught contemplative practice since 2001. Her teaching blends the original spirit of Zen with a modern nondual approach, and she supports people in recognizing their true nature not through more techniques or self-improvement strategies, but through presence, inquiry, and togetherness.

Caverly is the author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together and A Kids Book About Mindfulness. She is the founder of two nonprofits. Peace in Schools brings contemplative practice to teens in public schools and launched the first for-credit mindfulness class in U.S. public high schools. Realizing Freedom Together is dedicated to making contemplative practices that lead to liberation for all accessible to all. Through both organizations, she has pioneered ways for communities to awaken collectively.

She lives on Whidbey Island, Washington, with her husband Vineet and their dog Dōgen.