Thanissara is Anglo-Irish, from London. She is a Dharma teacher, writer, poet, eco-spiritual activist, and former Buddhist monastic trained in the Thai Forest tradition. Teaching Dharma for nearly four decades, her work brings together contemplative practice, feminist inquiry, sacred activism, ecological awareness, and systems change. Shaped by decades of engagement in rural post-Apartheid South Africa and an ongoing exploration of collective liberation amid our intersecting social and ecological crises, she works at the interface of inner awakening and cultural transformation. Her path also includes more than a decade of learning and ceremonial work within Indigenous lineages in South America, including sustained traditional dieta practice and exploration of the relationship among plant teachers, shifts in consciousness, healing, and the more-than-human world.