Most of these teachers have free online talks and guided meditations on dharmaseed.org

Ajahn Amaro
Ajahn Passano
Ajahn Succito
Pema Chodron
S.N. Goenka
Jack Kornfield
Heather Sundberg
Spring Washam
Tempel Smith
Sylvia Boorstein
Joanna Macy
Vinny Ferraro
Donald Rothberg
Suzie Harrington
Marv Belzer
Larry Yang
Matthew Brensilver 
Sean Feit Oakes
Sharda Rogell
Joseph Goldstein
JoAnna Hardy

Dawn Scott
Enrique Collazo
Devon Cresci
Davis "Day" Nguyen
Jessica "J-Mo" Morey
​Jose Shinzan Palma

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Intellectual influences:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Herman Hesse
bell hooks
Mary Oliver
Gloria Anzaldua
Cornel West
Re-evaluation Counseling

Grandparents, parents, and family elders:
Marguerite Williams
Helen Maes
Victor Maes
Sydney Williams
Barbara Williams
Leroy Maes
Louise Pope
​Linda Sandoval