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, Andrea Fella, Shelly Graf, and all of the IMS/SR TTP leadership team for their teachings/guidance
• Dharma teachers Annie Nugent, Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta, Chas DiCapua, DaRa Williams, 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