JD Doyle
JD Doyle (they/them) serves as Guiding Teacher at Insight Santa Cruz and was a Core Teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center for 5 years. They graduated from Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Teacher Training, the Community Dharma Leader training, and the Dedicated Practitioner Program. They teach at sanghas across the US and in Canada.
JD began studying and practicing Buddhism in 1995, at Insight Meditation Society and at Spirit Rock and continued with extensive retreat practice in Thailand and Burma in the Theravadan lineage. For over twenty-three years, they worked as a public-school teacher. JD holds a BS in Environmental Studies from Cornell University, a bilingual multicultural teaching certificate from UC Santa Cruz, and a Masters in Language and Literacy and Sociocultural Studies from the University of New Mexico. They are committed to celebrating the diversity of our human sangha, addressing the impact of racism on our communities, expanding concepts of gender, and living in ways that honor the sacredness of the Earth. For more info: www.heartmindteaching.com
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August 15, 2022 - For the Welfare of the Whole World
Learning to practice love starts with ourselves. If we get still, we can turn toward trust and ask ourselves, “Am I bringing kindness to this moment?” And we use that pause to determine the action we need. So self-love is part of the practice of tending to the welfare of ourselves, our queer community, and the whole world. Because if we don’t start here—in the garden of our own heart—when we tend outward we find that we really haven’t had enough nurturing ourselves.