With a fierce heart and the practice of faith and trust, you discover that life isn't happening to you, it's happening for you." Sometimes when I'm really quiet, I can hear a sound like the beat of a drum, and it reminds me to pay attention, to listen, to wake up. We are human beings living in a world with beauty and tragedy, suffering and freedom. To be alive means that we will experience it all.
Spring Washam
Spirit Rock Residential Teacher
Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, healer, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California. She has practiced and studied Buddhist philosophy in both the Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism since 1999. Spring is also a shamanic practitioner and has studied indigenous healing practices since 2008.