• Read

    Receive encouragement and instruction from a variety of Sage Institute meditation leaders in your daily reminder email.

  • Practice

    Try the daily guided audio practice. Listen as many times as you'd like. Most meditations are about 15-30 minutes long.

  • Reflect

    What can I carry on from my practice into my daily life and into my interactions with others? How can I practice staying in the present moment?

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Meet the Meditation Leaders

Here are some of the meditation leaders who will guide you during the next two weeks. 

Sean Murphy, Sensei

Sean W. Murphy is a fully sanctioned Zen teacher (Sensei) in the American White Plum Zen Lineage. He has had over 30 years of formal Zen training and teaches widely on subjects of meditation, mindfulness, Zen practice, and writing. He is the author of the American Zen chronicle One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories, as well as three novels, and was a 2018 National Endowment for the Arts fellow in Creative Writing. He is the Executive Director of Sage Institute. Visit www.murphyzen.com to learn more.

Mirabai Starr

Mirabai Starr writes creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature, taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialogue. Please visit www.mirabaistarr.com to learn more about Mirabai.

Tania Casselle

Transpersonal psychotherapist and long-time meditation practitioner, Sage Institute board member Tania follows a contemplative path in the Zen Buddhist and Christian mystic traditions and has studied in the Living School for Action and Contemplation founded by Richard Rohr. An award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Tania is a committee chair for the American Society of Journalists & Authors. She leads online writing seminars and in-person contemplative writing retreats. Please visit www.TCwriter.com to learn more.

Lani Banner

Ven. Lani Banner (she/her) is an ordained Zen Buddhist priestess with an affinity for meditation, mindfulness, and dharma sharing in homeless communities. She is a former classroom teacher with a speciality in English, Transformational Leadership inspired by Malcolm X, and Gender/Queer Studies. Currently, she lives on a small farm in Ohio, along with her husband, Matt, and their two rescue dogs, Zoey and Willow. You can normally find her with a cup of coffee, a good book, and talking Pokemon with her nephews, Banner, Summit, and Wicker.

Sonya Luz Hinton Costanza

Sonya has practiced yoga and mindfulness since her late teens, and began teaching yoga in 1996. She specializes in Yoga for Back Care and Scoliosis as well as Four Seasons Yoga, which combines deep, fluid breath and movement with precise alignment. Her studies with the Sage Institute have deepened her understanding of Buddhist philosophy, fortified her personal practice, and provided practical skills to share these life-enhancing tools with others. Sonya continues this journey with gratitude to all of the teachers who guide the way.

Anne-Marie Emanuelli

Anne-Marie Emanuelli is a 2021 graduate of Sage Institute's 200-Hour Meditation Leader Training Program. She believes that mindful meditation is a holistic practice beneficial to human consciousness and personal growth, that humans can learn from Nature, and that we are forever expanding our capacity for compassion and knowledge. With a personal practice spanning over 20 years, Anne-Marie has been teaching mindfulness to children since 2016. Having retired from full-time classroom teaching in July 2020, she created Mindful Frontiers, an education-based meditation center in Taos, NM. Anne-Marie Emanuelli also instructs meditation at Be Meditation. Learn more at www.mindfulfrontiers.net

Jennifer Wood

Jenn serves as Education Director for Sage Institute. She has worked with adults and youth in diverse educational settings for 30 years as a teacher, workshop facilitator, public historian, researcher, and coach. She is passionate about mindfulness as self-care for educators and caregivers. Jennifer has been based in Germany for many years and currently works in Berlin with migrant and refugee communities, where mindfulness is an essential part of her efforts.

Erin Ashley Eggers

Erin serves as the Operations Manager of Sage Institute. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she also practices integrative bodywork. Erin graduated from UNM after studying psychology, structural integration massage therapy, yoga therapy, and holistic healing arts. To learn more about her offerings, visit www.sacredsomatics.net

“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.”

— Ram Dass, late spiritual leader and Sage Institute Emeritus Advisory Board Member