TEACHER BIOGRAPHY
Lisa Ferguson
Lisa Ferguson, Ph.D., integrates awakening, healing, and action in her work on Engaged Nonduality: how our spiritual recognition is embodied in response to planetary crises, suffering, and injustice
Through groups, 1:1 sessions, engaged non-duality sangha meetings, and public events, she holds space for personal and collective awakening and skillful action.
Lisa has worked closely with John Prendergast as a mentee and co-leader of Engaged Nonduality events, and has facilitated a meditative inquiry group for several years.
She founded Climate Compassion in 2015 to support the inner and outer work of responding to our existential crises, including climate breakdown, with wise action and a compassionate heart. Her offerings weave together non-dual understanding, psychological depth, and her engagement with social and global crises as a change agent and organizer.
She lives with her beloved partner in Berkeley, California.
What are people saying…
“Lisa Ferguson brings clarity, kindness, and a deep dedication to the truth to her work with others.”
Lisa Ferguson, who has studied closely with me for the past five years, brings clarity, kindness, and a deep dedication to the truth to her work with others, supporting their inner healing, self-recognition, and empowered engagement with the world.
John J. Prendergast, Ph. D., author of Your Deepest Ground, The Deep Heart and In Touch
“Lisa Ferguson is a remarkable teacher and wise guide who embodies truth and spiritual integrity.”
Lisa Ferguson is a remarkable teacher and wise guide who embodies truth and spiritual integrity. She skillfully supports deep inquiry for anyone seeking awakened action as a genuine response to the multiple crises humanity currently faces. Her compassionate presence and embodied wisdom offer a nourishing container for those opening to essential nature as a living truth. The seeds planted during your time with Lisa will grow deep roots and emerge in authentic and surprising ways.
Stephanie Lopez, LCSW, LISW-S, President, iRest Institute
“I love the lightness of being that Lisa exudes without falling into spiritual bypass.”
Lisa Ferguson’s Awakening-Healing-Action program gave me the opportunity to meet other people in the non-dual community who have a shared passion for social justice and a shared understanding of the one great heart we all share. I especially appreciated the beautiful way that Lisa facilitated the group: starting with a meditation, holding each person with care, making space for all that was arising in us. I love the lightness of being that Lisa exudes without falling into spiritual bypass. She is deeply aware of the reality of racism, ICE violence, climate change, etc. and she is engaged in the world, taking action. We are lucky to have such a being in our community.
