Manager and Resident Teachers
Bart Gruzalski, Ph.D.,taught courses in Western philosophy and Eastern religions at Northeastern University, Boston. He voluntarily left his tenured position to help found a centre for sustainable living that would focus on the ecological, social and psychological needs of people to live more sustainably, in community, and with a shared inner practice. Bart has written a book on Buddhism, a book on the philosophy of Gandhi, and is completing the biography of Luang Por Sumedho. He has over 35 years of meditation practice, has focused for the past 25 years on mindfulness mediation, has taught meditation in a number of venues, teaches mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR), and currently is a co-manager and resident teacher at Sunyata. Bart is available for talks on Buddhism, Buddhist ethics, Mindfulness, Advaita Vedanta, as well as numerous topics in these and other areas in philosophy and public policy.
after losing two daughters and a son, founded the Hospice at the Texas Medical Center. Her work in hospice ended in 2007 when she left the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, where she led weekly meditations and also led one day retreats at Green Gulch, a Zen monastery in Marin County. Marion has practiced meditation for over 25 years, spent many monastic winter retreat periods at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery under the spiritual guidance of Ajahn Sumedho, co-led a weekly group in Boston, and is the co-manager and a resident teacher at Sunyata Retreat Centre.
