Rochelle Calvert, PhD, CMT, SEP,  is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified mindfulness teacher, and somatic experiencing practitioner who has a devoted love to share the power and healing potential of mindfulness, somatic awareness, and nature. To share the love of these healing practices she has published a book, Healing with Nature: Mindfulness and Somatic Practices to Heal from Trauma. She leads courses and retreats in mindfulness, somatic experiencing, and Awake in the Wild, nature-based mindfulness. She is the director of the Ecotherapy Program at Southwestern College and New Earth Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a certified mindfulness teacher with the Mindfulness Teaching Institute, the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, and Awake in the Wild, insight meditation teacher Mark Coleman’s organization.

Juliana Sloane first encountered the Dharma as a teenager, along with many of the beauties and challenges of practice. This led her to academic study of religion and gender, and ultimately, to pursue deeper practice and training in the Dharma. Over the years, Juliana has participated in Buddhist Chaplaincy training with the Sati Center, spent many years teaching with Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Family Program, and co-founded a weekly sitting group for those who identify as women. Juliana participated in the sixth iteration of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leader Program in 2019 and completed this training with an 11-month Dharma Mentoring Program with Erin Treat and Pamela Weiss. Today, Juliana works one-on-one with individuals as a hypnotherapist and spiritual counselor, and teaches with communities including San Francisco Insight, Spirit Rock, and the Durango Dharma Center. Juliana recently relocated to New Mexico and is delighted to be spending time with the Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha.

John Lehman is an academic specialist in Chinese language and Chinese Buddhism. He has studied and practiced Buddhism since 1971. He has taught courses in classical Chinese philosophy and Buddhism at the University of Alaska as well as serving on international committees that developed internet standards for modern and classical Chinese, including standards for classical Chinese language Buddhist texts.

Julie Tato

Julie Tato has practiced Insight & Lovingkindness meditation since 1988 in the US & Asia, and has taught these practices for 15 years in Northern NM. Her primary teachers include Sharon Salzberg, Marcia Rose, and Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Julie teaches at Taos Mountain Sangha, Lama Foundation, Golden Willow Retreat, and in Santa Fe & Albuquerque. She is also an instructor of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and works as a Spiritual Care Counselor at Anvoi Hospice in Taos. In addition to these settings, she has taught meditation with children, youth, parents, bereaved folks, and other groups. A member of spiritual communities for many years, her spiritual life is eclectic & inclusive, embracing not only Buddhist training, but also Sufi, Hindu, Catholic, and Earth-based Ways, emotional healing, and community life. Julie serves as a member of the Lama Foundation, and previously worked at Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts with the administrative team, and with teacher & author Sharon Salzberg. She is committed to sharing and exploring the Dharma in support of living a more compassionate and awakened life in all ways.