Willa Blythe Baker

About

Author, teacher, writer, speaker, and lecturer who is known for being the founder of the Natural Dharma Fellowship, for founding the Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, and for her books The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom (2021), The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work (2012), Everyday Dharma: Seven Weeks to Finding the Buddha in You (2009), and Essence of Ambrosia (2005).

Before Fame

She trained at a Buddhist monastery for 12 years. She attended two Buddhist retreats. She published her first book on Buddhism in 2005. 

Trivia

She has a PhD in Religion from Harvard University. She lectured at Harvard Divinity School from 2013-2017. She gave a lecture titled "Environment, Ethics, and Embodiment: Buddhist Approaches to Climate Change" at MIT in the year 2022.

Family Life

She was born and raised in Berkley, California.

Associated With

She is a Buddhist educator and lecturer similar to Tara Brach.