Advisors
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Innovative nonsectarian Tibetan Buddhist Teacher and award-winning filmmaker whose vision inspires and guides Bala Yana. Read more
Chagdud Khadro
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Author and leader of communities in Brazil and California, passionate about children's programming and dharma as a lived experience. Formerly the managing editor of Padma Publishing in the United States, today Khadro is tireless in cultivating the seeds of dharm, particularly projects related to education. Read more
Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche
One of the most creative and well-trained of the new generation of Buddhist teachers with a mind toward the future but rooted in tradition. Read more
Dr. Gaylon Ferguson
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche
Dharma teacher and author, with a contemporary and accessible approach to sharing the wisdom of the dharma. Gaylon has led mindfulness retreats since 1976 and is the author of Welcoming Beginner's Mind (2024), Natural Wakefulness , and Natural Bravery Read more
Andrea Palumbos
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Lead Consultant. A 2x Emmy Award-winning Creative Producer, writer, and director who brings over 22 years of magic, momentum, and joy to children's and family media. She is passionate about fostering warm, playful, and deeply collaborative spaces where teams can thrive and joyous stories come to life.
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Susan Kaiser Greenland
Bestselling author (Real-World Enlightenment: Discovering Ordinary Magic in Everyday Life The Mindful Child, Mindful Game et al), globally recognized mindfulness innovator, and leader. As a trailblazer in bringing mindfulness to children’s classrooms, Susan developed the Inner Kids model, a hybrid of classical mindfulness and meditation practices adapted for children.
Harvey Koeppel
Harvey Koeppel
Harvey Koeppel
President of Pictographics, Inc., an executive advisory and management consulting firm since 1979. He has served on numerous Advisory Boards for Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Samsung, AT&T, and Oracle, as well as the Advisory Council of the New York State Office of Technology and Office of the CIO and has been a featured guest lecturer at prominent colleges and universities globally.
Casey Forgues
Harvey Koeppel
Harvey Koeppel
Translator, researcher, and editor of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and tantric meditation manuals. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Vienna, editorial director of Khyentse Vision Project, and contributes translations for 84000. She is a mother of two with a keen eye for how the authentic dharma can benefit young people.
Jennifer Axinn
Harvey Koeppel
Jennifer Axinn
An integral and somatic specialist, artist, and educator with an SEP, MFA, and MA in Transpersonal Psychology and consciousness studies. She has worked as an art therapist with young clients for more than a decade.
Talent
Christina Moses
Christina Moses
Christina Moses
An American actress known for portraying Jana Mayfield on The CW's limited series Containment, Keelin on The CW drama series The Originals and Regina in the ABC series A Million Little Things. Christina taught black history through art and performed in various community and off-Broadway theatre after graduating from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts of The New School. She has been studying and practicing Buddhism for more than 2 decades.
Nick Demeris
Christina Moses
Christina Moses
Two-time TEDx speaker and host, actor, singer, and facilitator of community building through music, turning audiences into orchestras around the globe. A singer, creator, and teaching artist at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Nick works with master musicians, public school teachers, aspiring artists, and young people in the juvenile justice system, to improvise, write, produce, and record original music. He is a three-time participant in Bobby McFerrin’s weeklong Circle Songs training where he also has led workshops.
Noa Jones | Founder
Noa Jones is an educator, author, and school founder with over 30 years of experience in education and contemplative practice. She holds an MSEd from UPenn's Graduate School of Education and has developed educational initiatives across the United States and Asia. She spent three years in the Kingdom of Bhutan working on intiaitives in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and various NGOs. In 2018, she founded Middle Way Education and the Middle Way School, an award-winning independent elementary school in Upstate New York. Noa has studied for decades with respected Buddhist teachers and brings deep respect for wisdom traditions alongside a commitment to inclusivity and child-centered design. Her children's book "How Do You Know What You Know" (Penguin Random House 2023) was honored with a 2024 NAPPA Award.
