I guide people to transform and heal through embodied presence, stillness and play.
mindfulness meditation teacher, author, mentor
I am a Buddhist teacher who has spent decades weaving mindfulness and meditation with social justice.
Help Us Secure this Spiritual Sanctuary
Be Part of this Opportunity to Renew and Grow this Place of Contemplation
I have some exciting news! And, this is also a request for your support and help.
Recently, my partner, Adam Bucko and I were offered a small monastery in upstate New York, 1.5 hours from New York City, to continue the spiritual work that was ongoing there for over 40 years. This has been an answer to our prayers, as some time ago we realized that the calling of our relationship is to live more contemplatively and ecologically, to share the gifts of that life with others by having a spiritual sanctuary where we can invite people to experience silence, intimacy with the earth, and to engage in deep contemplative practice that can help us all to be a healing presence in the world.
Before we can start realizing this dream, we need to pay over $53,000 in total property taxes (most of it by May 31, 2024). If you are able and called, please consider making a charitable donation to support us. All donations are tax-deductible as Our Lady of the Resurrection is a nonprofit organization.
For more information about the monastery and how to donate is here. https://givebutter.com/JqUSN5/
Healing Our Way Home
Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation
Marisela B. Gomez MD Kaira Jewel Lingo Valerie Brown
“This powerful trinity of Black authors invites us into the living room of their hearts, affirming who we are with earthy straight talk, textured diversity, and wise tenderness.”—Ruth King
Real talk on living joyfully and coming home to ourselves—with reflective self-care practices to help us on our interconnected journeys of liberation
Order and read more about the book here.
Enjoy viewing the book launch here. After remarks from Dr. Larry Ward, who wrote the forward to the book, the authors read excerpts from the book and answer questions.
We would be most grateful if you could leave a review of Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation on GoodReads or Amazon to help the book reach more readers:
Transformative ways to meet life’s challenges with wisdom, resilience, and balance.
This book is for you if you’re going through upheaval, loss, crisis, if you are facing the unknown or have to make a difficult decision. It's also for all of us, as collectively we are encountering multiple challenges as a species and faced with decisions no generation before us has ever had to make.
Learn:
How to come home to yourself even in the midst of the unexpected
Practices for resting back into the unknown
How to care for stormy emotions and maintain your centeredness
Practices for cultivating equanimity and joy in any circumstance
How to tap into your own unique capacity to respond to the collective challenges we face
In 90 seconds, why I wrote this book
Order your copy here:
Other Offerings
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Buddhist Eco Chaplaincy Program
I am on the faculty of this 18-month program offering basic Buddhist training in the wisdom and skill needed to be a Buddhist Environmental Chaplain, i.e., those who work to support people in developing healthy, compassionate, and mutually supportive relationships with each other and with the natural world.
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BIPOC Intergenerational Justice and Healing Fellowship (BIJaH)
A 7-month training for BIPOC activists who are members of the Garrison BIPOC sangha designed and taught by myself and Marisela Gomez, funded by the Kataly Foundation.
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Buddhist-Christian Community of Meditation and Action
I co-teach this monthly group, a community exploring the rich and diverse Buddhist and Christian contemplative practices and how these can support engaged spirituality.
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Beloved Community of Engaged Spirituality
Our vision to create a Buddhist-Christian center rooted in spiritual contemplation and nourishment and the transformation and healing of societal suffering, racial justice, and care for the earth.
Podcast Interviews
How can I reach the part of them that wants to awaken? on A long way from the block, aired November 2023
My podcast interview, The Way Out Is In, on White Supremacy and Racial Healing, aired April 2022
My podcast interview with Vince Fakhoury Horn, Buddhist Geeks, aired January 2022.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Facing the Unknown with Kaira Jewel Lingo aired in November.
Check out my 10% happier podcast which aired in October: A Buddhist Recipe for Handling Turmoil
4 meditations connected to my book are now up on the 10% Happier app. Under the Singles tab, look for "Made for These Times." If you already have the app downloaded, click the button to listen. Win a free 3-month subscription to the app by writing an online review of my new book and sending it to info@kairajewel.com.
The meditations are:
Deeply Accepting Yourself
Learn to connect with the true home of strength, wisdom, and clarity inside of yourself, a place of safety that no one can take away.
Caring for Strong Emotions
Instead of venting or denying intense emotions, learn to recognize & soothe them with mindfulness, gaining insight into your habit patterns.Calmly Riding the Waves
When the wild winds of life blow through, learn to find a steady calm in the eye of the storm in this equanimity meditation.Growing the Good
Cultivating what’s good in us helps during times of both abundance and adversity. In fact, it’s when times are hard that we need it the most.
