Thank You

An inexhaustible list of beings near and far who have supported my practice:

• Ancestors in my familial lineage for their offerings of love, belonging, and resilience particularly my mother and grandmothers
• Ancestors in my spiritual lineage who stewarded the dharma and offered refuge including the historical Buddha, Bodhisattvas Kuan Yin and Jizo, early enlightened Bhikkhunis, Dipa Ma, and Thich Nhat Hanh
• Earth, wind, water, fire, ether, sky, nature, trees, more than humans for their abundant teachings and offerings
• Brahmavihāras (boundless heartmind qualities), Mahasi Sayadaw, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, and Ajahn Chah Thai Forest lineages
• Dharma mentors Kaira Jewel Lingo and Andrea Fella and the IMS/SR TTP leadership Shelly Graf, DaRa Williams, Rebecca Bradshaw, John Martin, Tempel Smith, and Tuere Sala for their teachings/guidance
• Dharma teachers Annie Nugent, Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta, Chas DiCapua, Devin Berry, Gil Fronsdal, Joseph Goldstein, Kamala Masters, Michael Stone, Tara Mulay, Yong Oh, and countless more for their teachings/support
• Nayyirah Waheed’s salt & nejma, Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy and Equal Justice Initiative, Resmaa Menakem’s My Grandmother’s Hands, Linda Thai, Judy Becker, Marisa Cranfill, and countless writers, changemakers, somatic facilitators, healers, artists, and movement teachers
• Family, friends, practitioners, countless communities and beings including SR/IMS TTP sangha, BIPOC Embodied Refuge, and SR, IMS, NYI, and BZC sanghas…

Thank you and deep bows.

With appreciation and care,

Lissa