The River Bird Sangha is delighted to host some of our dear friends and colleagues as ‘guest teachers’ within the offerings to our community. Each guest brings a unique and valuable perspective to approaching and walking the path of practice. We hope you enjoy their visits when they are able to join us.
Howard Axelrod is the author of The Stars in Our Pockets: Getting Lost and Sometimes Found in the Digital Age (2020) and The Point of Vanishing: A Memoir of Two Years in Solitude, named one of the best books of 2015 by Slate, the Chicago Tribune, and Entropy Magazine, and one of the best memoirs of 2015 by Library Journal. His essays have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, O Magazine, Politico, Salon, the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Boston Globe, and the Paris Review. He has taught at Harvard, the University of Arizona, and is currently the director of the Creative Writing Program at Loyola University in Chicago. For more on Howard: http://www.howardaxelrod.com
Linda Modaro is the founder and lead teacher at Sati Sangha, a vibrant online meditation community that offers daily virtual meditation sittings, online retreats and in-person retreats throughout the year. After receiving two grants from the Hemera Foundation to design a curriculum for Healthy Buddhist Communities, her course Ethical Reflecting launched this year. It is open to all Buddhist meditation and Mindfulness meditation teachers who want to explore their ethical concerns and power dynamics that arise within sanghas. Linda is accountable to a Council, her mentees, and her students as well as to a peer group of teachers. Her self-care includes hiking in nature with her family and friends, singing, reading, and individual therapy. For more on Linda: https://satisangha.org
Lauri Glenn is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher, dharma practitioner, Yin Yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer and a bodyworker of 25 years. Having an appreciation for the teachings of many spiritual paths , her studies include Buddhism, secular Mindfulness, Tantric hatha yoga, Iyengar yoga, Reiki, and Integrative Yoga Therapy. Her teaching and practice of the dharma are an integration of the essential teachings of these traditions. She offers Mindfulness meditation and movement classes, workshops and retreats to individuals, the public, and businesses. Aside from studying and sharing the dharma, Lauri’s spiritual path is deeply embedded in and supported by nature, athletics, and her favorite little buddha, Milo the dog. She is deeply grateful to her many teachers including Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Oren Jay Sofer, Josh Summers, Eric Rubin, Meg McCraken, Ashleigh Sergeant, and Rod Stryker. For more on Lauri: https://www.LauriGlenn.comYou can offer support to our Guest Teachers here: