Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Author & Mentor
I guide people to transform and heal through embodied presence, stillness and play.
HEALING OUR WAY HOME
Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation
My newest book! Co-written with Valerie Brown and Marisela Gomez. Real talk on living joyfully and coming home to ourselves—with reflective self-care practices to help us on our interconnected journeys of liberation. Join three friends, three Black women, all teachers in the Plum Village tradition, in intimate conversation about healing, relationships, and transformation.
WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES
by Kaira Jewel Lingo
Transformative ways to meet life's challenges with wisdom, resilience, and balance. This book is for you if you're going through upheaval, loss, crisis, or facing the unknown. Learn how to come home to yourself even in the midst of the unexpected, practices for cultivating equanimity and joy in any circumstance.
Upcoming Teachings
Growing A Spiritual Sanctuary
Help us transform a monastery in upstate New York into a contemplative sanctuary for healing and spiritual growth.
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Take A Moment..
Here’s one of my guided meditation to help you pause, breathe, and reconnect with your inner wisdom. Give yourself these 28 minutes to come back home to yourself.
Other Offerings
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Buddhist Eco Chaplaincy Program
I am on the faculty of this 18-month program offering basic Buddhist training in the wisdom and skill needed to be a Buddhist Environmental Chaplain, i.e., those who work to support people in developing healthy, compassionate, and mutually supportive relationships with each other and with the natural world.
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BIPOC Intergenerational Justice and Healing Fellowship (BIJaH)
A 7-month training for BIPOC activists who are members of the Garrison BIPOC sangha designed and taught by myself and Marisela Gomez, funded by the Kataly Foundation.
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Beloved Community for Engaged Spirituality: Spiritual Radicals Speaker Series
I co-lead this monthly series of invited guest speakers who will explore a saint or bodhisattva—figures who embody the values and aspirations of the beloved community.
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Beloved Community of Engaged Spirituality
Our vision to create a Buddhist-Christian center rooted in spiritual contemplation and nourishment and the transformation and healing of societal suffering, racial justice, and care for the earth.