Tuere Sala

Tuere Sala is a Guiding Teacher at Seattle Meditation Society (SIMS). She is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 25 years and has been a practicing member of SIMS since 2001.  She is also the founding teacher o... Read more

Venerable Bhikkhuni Tathaaloka Theri

Venerable Bhikkhuni Tathaaloka Theri was born in Washington, DC in 1968 to environmentally- minded scientist parents. She followed her mother’s example by observing nature for answers and for peace, and her father’s example of inquiry through scientific... Read more

Tristan Harris

Called the “closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience,” by The Atlantic magazine, Tristan Harris spent three years as a Google Design Ethicist developing a framework for how technology should “ethically” steer the thoughts and actions of billions... Read more

Lama Surya Das

Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and a leading spokesperson for the emerging American Buddhism. The Dalai Lama affectionately calls him... Read more

Vimalasara Mason-John, MA

Dr. Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John MA is a TEDx speaker, author of 8 books including Detox Your Heart, Meditations for Emotional Trauma, and her award-winning books Eight Step Recovery - Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction and her novel ... Read more

Vince Horn

Vincent Horn is part of a new generation of teachers translating age-old wisdom into 21st century code. A computer engineering dropout turned modern monk, Vincent spent his 20s co- founding the ground-breaking Buddhist Geeks project while doing a full y... Read more

Rose Taylor Goldfield

Rose Taylor Goldfield is a second-generation Buddhist teacher in the Karma Kagyü lineage, with the blessing of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and her teacher Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. She teaches Buddhist meditation, philosophy, yogic ex... Read more

Yaisha Vargas-Pérez

Born in Puerto Rico, Yaisha Vargas-Pérez teaches secular mindfulness and is a translator, poet, editor, blogger, volunteer tree-planter, and former awarded hard-news journalist. She is especially interested in cultivating mindfulness, kindness, and comp... Read more

Vinny Ferraro

Vinny Ferraro has been a practitioner of insight meditation (vipassanā) since the mid 90s. He is a co-Founder of the Dharma Punx and he’s been the Guiding Teacher of a Sangha in San Francisco for 15 years. He is also a nationally recognized lead... Read more

Cayce Howe

Cayce Howe has 25 years of meditation experience in a variety of traditions but he feels the strongest ties with the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. His passion for meditation has led him to live and work at meditation retreat centers for nearly 6 ... Read more