[Online] Wise Intention: Connected to Nature in the New Year - InsightLA Meditation

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Michelle Latvala Guest

Kaira Jewel Lingo Visiting Teacher

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD Teacher

Location Online
Experience Levels All
This class is a donation based class. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Date/Time Wednesday, January 28, 2026
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

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An evening of nature-based meditative conversation & readings with Michelle Latvala and Kaira Jewel Lingo, hosted by Christiane Wolf.

Join Christiane Wolf as she hosts a conversation with two of her dear Dharma friends who recently each came out with a new book: Kaira Jewel Lingo and Michelle Latvala. Kaira Jewel’s first book “We are made for these times” is a beloved read for many, she now published her second book “Healing Our Way Home – Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy and Liberation”. Michelle is a skilled poet and her book “Between Latitudes” is a powerful poem collection. Christiane, Kaira Jewel and Michelle not only share their love of the Dharma but also their deep love and respect for nature and the confluence of the two. Kaira Jewel and Michelle will give context about their writing processes, share content from their books and answer guest questions.

Order Books:
Between Latitudes, Michelle Latvala, Green Writers Press
Healing Our Way Home, Kaira Jewel Lingo et al., Parallax Press

Michelle Latvala Guest

Michelle Latvala is an experienced leader, facilitator, and author with a deep commitment to humanity, nature, and authenticity. She led Spirit Rock Meditation Center as Executive Director from 2011-2022, was Vice President of Leadership Development at Backroads Active Travel from 2000-2010, and currently mentors leaders and non-profit organizations in leadership development and organizational strategy. Michelle’s book... Read more

Kaira Jewel Lingo Visiting Teacher

Kaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in blending spirituality and meditation with social justice. Having grown up in an ecumenical Christian community where families practiced a new kind of monasticism and worked with the poor, at the age of twenty-five she entered a Buddhist monastery in the Plum Village tradition... Read more

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD Teacher

Berlin to Los Angeles to InsightLA I started my professional life as a Gynecologist at the University Hospital in Berlin, Germany. I had fallen in love with the universality of the Buddhist teachings as a searching teenager and it surely helped me stay sane through medical school and residency. In 2003 my husband, baby daughter... Read more

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