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Gareth Young
Gareth is a co-founder and the Guiding Teacher of Red Clay Sangha. He has maintained a committed meditation practice since 1999 in the Zen, Chan and Vipassana Traditions. He received dharma transmission in the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Chah, Jack Kornfield and Lisa Ernst. He lives in the Atlanta area with his wife and their dogs, chickens and bees. He has two adult children.
Gareth holds regular and ad hoc private practice discussions with individuals. Please contact Gareth by email if you would like to schedule a conversation.
Anand Garlapati -
Charli SoKai Vogt - SoKai (she/her) has been a spiritual seeker as long as she can remember, through Lutheran Catechism, Pagan studies, Feminist spirituality and Buddhism. She has been studying Buddhism intensely since 2007, when she received the precepts from Thich Nhat Hanh and has studied with multiple Vipassana and Thai Forest teachers. She is currently studying with Sensei Shun’E Ulrike Greenway in the Zen tradition and received the precepts in a Jukai ceremony February 7, 2024
Katie Rhodes -
Learn more about her and her teachings at: Dassanaya.org
Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multifaith groups focused on intersectional liberation, racial justice, and climate justice. Ben is based at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, travels to teach across the United States, has written for Tricycle and Lion’s Roar magazines, and is author of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, Vasubandhu's "Three Natures", and Mindfulness and Intimacy.
Red Clay Sangha has three layers of governance: a board of directors responsible primarily for administrative matters; a guiding teacher responsible for dhamma and programming matters; and an Elder's Council, which serves primarily as a consultative body for the guiding teacher, but its members are also available on an as needed basis for members and sangha participants who wish to consult on a sensitive or personal matter.