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Listening As Spiritual Care
Author and dharma teacher Willa Blythe Baker on the often overlooked and healing qualities of attuned attention
Willa Blythe Baker
Willa Blythe Baker is a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder and spiritual director of Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston, and its retreat center Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield, New Hampshire. She holds a doctorate in religious studies from Harvard University, was a visiting lecturer in Buddhist ministry at Harvard Divinity School from 2013 to 2017, and has completed twelve years of monastic training and two consecutive three-year retreats. She is also the editor, author, and translator (respectively) of The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work, Everyday Dharma, and Essence of Ambrosia.
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