Miller, W.

FirstName / namefirst	Willa
LastName / namelast	Miller
associatedwebsite	http://www.naturaldharma.org/about-us/teachers/
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibetan
languagetarget	English
phduniversity	Harvard
Other wikis	drl:Miller, W. buddhanature:Miller, W. bca:Miller, W. rtz:Miller, W. dnz:Miller, W. dudjom:Miller, W. khyentselineage:Miller, W. lcp:Miller, W.

Full Name

Willa Baker - NOW known as Lama Willa Miller

Affiliation

http://www.naturaldharma.org/about-us/teachers/

Other Information

Founding Teacher of Natural Dharma Fellowship

Lama Willa has studied and practiced in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for the last twenty years in the non-sectarian Kagyu, Nyingma and Shangpa lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Her teachers and guides have included Kalu Rinpoche, Bokar Rinpoche, Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Lama Norlha Rinpoche, Lama John Makransky and others. She completed two traditional Three Year Retreats in the nineties, was authorized as a lama [Buddhist minister] in 1999, and teaches Tibetan Buddhist practice, meditation and yoga in the Northeast. Her teaching specialties include natural meditation (mahamudra), heart-cultivation (lojong), deity practice, and practices for deep retreat. She is interested in the practical integration of meditation into daily life, and the power of nature to inspire authentic presence. She is the author of Everyday Dharma: Seven Weeks to Finding the Buddha in You (Quest Books), and the Arts of Contemplative Care (Wisdom Publications), and is the Founder and Spiritual Director of Natural Dharma Fellowship and Wonderwell Mountain Refuge. She is a Visiting Lecturer in Buddhist Ministry at Harvard Divinity School, and has a PhD from Harvard University. Source