Turning Inward to Go Forth:

Ashley (she/her) earned her PhD in anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2019. Her anthropological training, a practice in clear seeing in and of itself, ultimately led her to the spiritual path. She is now an active practitioner in the Plum Village tradition.

 

She works as the Associate Editor at The Arrow Journal, where she finds pure joy in working at the intersection of the academic and dharma worlds. She also works in educational publishing, teaches yoga, and shares the practice of mindfulness and meditation through personal coaching sessions.

 

She delights daily in the practice of solo motherhood and seeing the world anew through the eyes of her young son and littlest teacher, Sage.

Kara (she/her) is a village-builder, systems thinker, organizer, participant-centered educator, and a skillful and playful facilitator. She is energized by growing our collective imaginations for liberation through body-based, earth-centered, equity offerings. With roots on the east coast, she now lives at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, on unceded Osage land that is colonially known as St Louis MO.

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Kara is the founder and lead consultant at Seed & Spiral, where she weaves Work that Reconnects practices and anti-oppression work together.

 

When she's not working, she spends time biking in parks near her home, scouting the next best ice cream place, and reading sci-fi fantasy novels next to her kitty.