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We want to be pulled beyond ourselves, to be who we are really meant to be.
~ Lama John Makransky

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TERRY CONRAD
PROJECT CLEAR LIGHT
MAXIMUM SECURITY UNIT - BEAUMONT, TEXAS

Since 2004 Terry has been sponsoring programs with inmates at the maximum security prison in Beaumont, Texas, including a meditation class, an ethics course... read more...
 
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ILONA O'CONNOR
VISITING NURSE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

The Natural Love and Awareness Meditation is an integral part of my own "treatment plan." After 25 years on the street as a visiting nurse in inner city Boston, I am a little worn around the edges. read more...
 
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ANDRIA LAURIE WHITED
MEDITATION TEACHER
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

I’ve been doing Natural Wisdom and Compassion practice for several years and recently began to lead the practice in the newly formed New York City NWC meditation group. read more...
 

Guiding Teachers

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The Foundation for Active Compassion provides the vehicle for John Makransky, with associate teachers Julie Forsythe, Leah Weiss Ekstrom, Bob Morrison and the Meditation Teachers that he has trained, to nourish activists and caregivers with contemplative methods that evoke greater motivation, fuller presence to others, and joy in the midst of challenging work. more...

Meditation Teachers

  • Joel Baehr<br />Old Greenwich, CT
  • Jane Burdick<br />Portland, ME
  • Betty Holmes<br />Austin, TX
  • Lili Knutzen<br />Montclair, NJ
  • Kathe McKenna<br />Cambridge, MA
  • Becky Spainhower<br />Tallahassee, FL
  • Ronnie Wilson<br />Portland, ME
  • Don Belanger<br />Concord, NH
  • Terry Conrad<br />Galveston, TX
  • David Ekstrom<br />Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Aaron Goldstein<br />Santa Fe, NM
  • Ana Hristic<br />Portland, OR
  • Paul Mintzer<br />Putney, VT
  • Philip Osgood<br />Brooksville, ME
  • Sandra Talansky<br />Pollenza, Italy
  • Ken Bent<br />Providence, RI
  • Cathy Cornell<br />New York, NY
  • Angela Goldstein<br />Santa Fe, NM
  • Paul Knitter<br />New York, NY
  • Carol Marsh<br />Cambridge, MA
  • Bob Morrison<br />Cambridge, MA
  • Andria Whited<br />New York, NY
  • Eric Zeeb<br />San Luis Obispo,CA

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