COMMUNITY

Transmission of the Flame

Over the past decades that Adyashanti has taught, there have been special occasions when he receives clear inner directives to give formal dharma transmission to a student and to ask them to also share the dharma. Over this past year, he’s been moved to hold private dharma transmission ceremonies for three such individuals. Each of them have already been exceptional teachers in their respective fields—fields which deeply root the human experience in spirit, well-being, and flow. What follows are brief descriptions of their passions and roles, as well as means to contact them or learn more about their offerings.

Jerilyn Munyon has been the Executive Director of Open Gate Sangha for over two decades. She has practiced and taught Aikido for over 40 years at Aikido of Santa Cruz and considers Aikido as a path of dharma and exploration of our “true nature.” More recently she founded True Heart Dojo, where she is Chief Instructor. This online community (by invitation) practices peace through the principles of Aikido. Jerilyn can be reached at [email protected].

Riyaz Motan has served as a nondual-oriented psychotherapist in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 25 years. He currently offers spiritual mentoring sessions, awakening and embodiment groups, and daylong and multi-day retreats. His interest is in supporting his students on a path of embodied realization, one which integrates psychological and somatic awareness into their spiritual awakening. For more information, visit riyazmotan.com.

John Prendergast is the author of The Deep Heart and In Touch. He is a retired psychotherapist and also a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology for California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). As a spiritual teacher, he offers online programs, in-person retreats with his wife Christiane, as well as online spiritual mentoring sessions when available (by donation). His website is listeningfromsilence.com.