Kate Johnson
Kate Johnson is a meditation teacher, facilitator, writer and mother. She has studied Theravada Buddhism since her early 20’s in the Western Insight tradition, with roots in the Thai Forest and Burmese Sayadaw traditions. After over a decade of dedicated practice including several multi-month silent retreats, Kate was empowered as a retreat teacher in 2020 through Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s four-year training, under the leadership of Gina Sharpe, Larry Yang and Lila Kate Wheeler. Kate is also an utterly unprofessional dancer who holds a BFA in Dance from the Alvin Ailey School/ Fordham University, a MA in Performance Studies from NYU. She is the co-director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and the author of the book Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World.