Larry Yang teaches meditation retreats nationally and has a special interest in creating access to the Dharma for diverse multicultural communities. Larry has practiced extensively in Burma and Thailand, with a six month period of ordination as a Buddhist monk under the guidance of meditation master Ajahn Tong. Larry is one of the core teachers and leaders of the East Bay Meditation Center and is on the Spirit Rock Teachers Council. He is one of the coordinating teachers of the Spirit Rock Teacher Training program and their Community Dharma Leader program. He lives in San Francisco.
Jan Willis is the author of Dreaming of Me: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist-One Woman's Spiritual Journey. She teaches at Wesleyan University, and lives in Connecticut.
Sylvia Boorstein is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is the author of It's Easier than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness, as well as several other books
