PAUL KNITTER
PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY
NEW YORK, NY

I go about my own personal practice and my teaching of Active Compassion in what can be called a “hotbed” of social activism, of resolute commitment to justice, of dedication to a “preferential option for the poor,” and of standing up boldly to “speak truth to power.” I’m talking about Union Theological Seminary in New York City.  read more...

JANE VECCHIO
COLLEGE TEACHER
NORTHAMPTON, MA

After two decades of community college teaching I was burned out, dried up, and nearly done in. I’d gone from loving my students to avoiding them, and I was in mourning for those lost connections and for my missing joy. Then I serendipitously found these mediation practices, and, slowly but profoundly, I rediscovered my connection to my work, and my students became newly precious to me. read more...

BOB MORRISON
WRITER & MEDITATION TEACHER
CAMBRIDGE, MA

The practice of Innate Wisdom and Compassion has been a heart practice of mine for years now, something I do formally every day, and something that informs everything in my life.  I am currently active as a meditation teacher in three different sanghas –- FAC, Natural Dharma Fellowship and a nonsectarian Open Awareness sitting group –- and it affects all my teaching.  read more...