Kate Johnson

Kate Johnson teaches classes and retreats integrating Buddhist meditation, somatics, social justice, and creativity at leading meditation centers, universities and cultural institutions around the country. She also works as a culture change consultant, partnering with organizations to help them achieve greater diversity and sustainability. She's a graduate of Spirit Rock Meditation Center's four year teacher training, as well an utterly unprofessional dancer and performer who earned a BFA in Dance from The Alvin Ailey School/Fordham University and an MA in Performance Studies from NYU. She is the author of Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World.
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Making the First Move

The Buddha said that friendship is the whole of holy life. To accomplish it, we need only overcome our fear of reaching out to one another.

By Kate Johnson

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Admirable Friendship

Join dharma teacher Kate Johnson for an exploration, both on and off the cushion, of the practice of friendship as central in our collective journey toward freedom and wholeness.

By Kate Johnson

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