Noliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 15 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, teacher of various sitting groups around the Bay Area, facilitator of community workshops and Buddhist meditation day longs and class series programs. She is a Life & Business Coach dedicating both her coaching & Dharma practice to the POC, LGBT, At Risk and Elder communities. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s CDL4 program and completed EBMC’s Commit 2 Dharma program in 2010. Noliwe is a wisdom keeper and humbled by the presence of her ancestors spirit that lives within and walks beside.
Leaning into the Heart of Compassion facing our collective suffering with boundless acts of deep love and care. Understanding what it takes to cultivate and resuscitate our hearts in turbulent times.
It's one thing to cultivate awakening, it;s another thing to stay woke, fierce tenderness, we are the ones we have been waiting for, practicing for 7 generations.
Exploring how cultivating a compassionate heart awakens and frames our capacities to respond with loving awareness to the suffering in ourselves and the world. Compassion practices allow us to ferry to the other shore with a softened, tender yet fierce heart.