Mushim Patricia Ikeda is a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) and founder and guiding teacher of the award-winning EBMC yearlong program Practice in Transformative Action, secular mindfulness training for justice activists. She is also an author of essays published in Tricycle, Lion’s Roar and Buddhadharma magazines and various anthologies, and she holds an MFA in poetry writing from the University of Iowa Graduate Writers Workshop. For more information see www.mushimikeda.com