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Larry Ward
Larry Ward is a senior teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition. He holds a PhD in religious studies (with an emphasis on Buddhism and the neuroscience of meditation), is director of the Lotus Institute, and serves as an advisor to the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management. He is the author of <em>America’s Racial Karma</em> and coauthor, with his wife, Peggy, of <em>Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships</em>.
Peggy Rowe Ward
Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward is an ordained dharma teacher who, with Larry Ward, directs the Lotus Institute and co-authored <em>Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships</em>.
Lama Shenpen Hookham
Lama Shenpen Hookham has nearly 50 years of training in the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Buddhism and has translated for, studied with, and received transmissions from the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche. She is a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. She spends most of her time in semi-retreat at her home, The Hermitage of the Awakened Heart, in Wales, UK.
Gabriel Cohen
Gabriel Cohen is author of five novels and the nonfiction book “Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky: A Buddhist Path Through Divorce.”
Howard Axelrod
Howard Axelrod has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harvard Magazine, and The Boston Globe. He is also the author of a memoir, <i>The Point of Vanishing</i>, about the two years he lived in solitude in northern Vermont.