Activism as a Vehicle for Awakening

This workshop integrates neuroscience, trauma therapy and the Engaged Buddhism teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

“It is a bit like activist archeology, digging carefully in the body/mind to find clues to healing ourselves and the world, where engagement and social activism is the vehicle” says Facilitator & Author Jo-Ann Rosen.

This workshop is a part of Deer Park Monastary's new Monthly Engaged Buddhism Series featuring Lay Dharma Teachers in the Plum Village Tradition. This series is for mindfulness practitioners around the world who want to learn more about engaged practice and how to build service-based mindfulness communities. 

About the Facilitator:

Dharma Teacher Jo-ann Rosen, True River of Understanding, Chân Tuê Hà (pronouns she/her), received the Lamp* in 2012, practices with the EMBRACE and Victoria Sanghas, and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She teaches and lectures internationally, focusing on inner stability and community resiliency. Jo-ann Rosen’s writings center on a neuroscience-informed and trauma-sensitive approach to individual practice and collective awakening. She lives with her partner of forty years in the oak woodlands of Northern California, US.  

Jo-Ann is also the author of the book, Unshakeable: Trauma-Informed Mindfulness for Collective Awakening, which can be purchased via Parallax Press.

This Workshop took place on the 24 July 2024 hosted by Br Phap Luu.

*Permission to teach within the Plum Village Tradition