Brooke McNamara, MFA

Brooke McNamara, MFA is an award-winning poet, meditation guide, and Zen teacher. Trained in the tradition of Diane Musho Hamilton Roshi, she is president and a founding Sensei of Dragon Lake Zen. The author of two poetry collections, Bury the Seed and Feed Your Vow, she received the Charles B. Palmer Prize from the Academy of American Poets. She has taught Yoga Studies at Naropa University and Dance at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work reflects a lifelong devotion to poetry, contemplative practice, and the transformative possibilities of attention.