253 Philbrick Hill Road, Springfield, New Hampshire, USA
March 22, 2026
About this Retreat
Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Ph.D. is the Founder of Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston, MA and its retreat center Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield, NH. She was authorized as a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism after twelve years of monastic training and two consecutive three-year retreats. She also has trained in the Nyingma and Shangpa lineages. In 2013, Willa completed a doctorate at Harvard University, and was Visiting Lecturer in Buddhist Ministry from 2013 to 2017.
Willa is author of four books:
The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom (2021),
The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work (2012),
Everyday Dharma: Seven Weeks to Finding the Buddha in You (2009), and
Essence of Ambrosia (2005). Her articles and translations have appeared in
Tricycle, Lion’s Roar,
Buddhadharma,
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies,
Tibet Journal, and other periodicals and anthologies.
She is a contemplative faculty member with the Mind and Life Institute, Sangha Live, One Earth Sangha, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, the Omega Institute and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. She is a member of Clark University’s Council of the Uncertain Human Future and sits on the advisory board for One Earth Sangha.
At present, Willa writes, teaches, guides meditation retreats, and develops curriculum for people interested in cultivating a deep meditation practice in daily life. Her teaching interests include the wisdom of the body, eco-dharma, non-dual awareness and compassion.
Karen is a tribal native of the Isleta and Laguna Pueblos. After her initiation into Native Medicine, she introduced traditional healing practices into an urban American Indian health clinic in Albuquerque, NM. She continues to expand this program into local hospitals, the Indian Health Service, the VA Hospital, and surrounding organizations. Karen integrates Western medicine with Native healing in preventive health, mental health, and overall well-being. She is the founder and director of the Center for Native American Integrative Healing, LLC, located in Albuquerque, where healers from various tribal nations practice their traditional medicine and extend their services to the community.
Karen is a Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader program graduate and has been practicing mindfulness from a young age, guided by her grandparents in her traditional tribal practices of caring for the land, gardening, cooking and animals. She regularly provides dharma teachings incorporating Native teachings in her community and nationally. She has intertwined Native teachings with Vipassana meditation, incorporating these practices into ceremonies, sweat lodges, and her community at Laguna Pueblo. At Laguna Pueblo, the ancestral teachings of mindfulness have complemented the Buddhist teachings at the Detention Center, providing insight and wellness to inmates and their families.
Additionally, Karen co-founded the Annual Indigenous and Native Healers Silent Retreat and the Albuquerque People of Color and Allies Sangha. She has also been appointed volunteer faculty at the University of New Mexico's School of Medicine, where she guides faculty and staff on tribal health issues and wellness support to medical students and residents.
In her personal life, Karen enjoys spending time with her family, including her daughter and two grandchildren. She manages the family ranch and loves spending time with ancestral lands and caring for its inhabitants.
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Conversations for Uncertain Times—featuring inspiring spiritual pioneers
A year-long series hosted by Natural Dharma Fellowship and Mindful Living Revolution
We are living in extraordinary times—times that call for a Dharma as bold and transformative as the moment itself. Revolutionary Dharma is a monthly series of intimate conversations with visionary teachers, activists, and thought leaders who are expanding the boundaries of what it means to nurture collective liberation in an age of polycrisis. Hosted by Lama Willa and Deborah Eden Tull, these gatherings invite us to experience Dharma not as fixed doctrine, but as a living, relational field—one that emerges spontaneously through authentic dialogue and shared presence.
Guests for this series include Kazu Haga, Susie Harrington, Kritee Kanko, Adam Lobel, Thanissara, and Karen Waconda-Lewis, with additional guests to be announced.
Please join us to:
Engage in courageous conversations that challenge and expand your understanding of Dharma.
Witness and be inspired by spiritual pioneers living at the edges of clarity, compassion, and action.
Explore uncertainty boldly, discovering how clarity and compassion unfold in real time.
Bring teachings into practice with guided exercises that ground insight in lived experience.
Ignite compassionate action in your life and community through transformative dialogue.
Each Revolutionary Dharma session begins with a spontaneous dialogue between our host and a featured guest, followed by an invitation for participants to share reflections and questions in community. Sessions conclude with guided practice led by our guest to ground the evening's themes in direct experience.
Together, we’ll explore how wisdom arises in the midst of uncertainty, and how revolutionary clarity, compassion, and action can unfold through courageous conversation. This series offers a rare opportunity to witness the inner lives and evolving edges of some of today’s most inspiring spiritual pioneers.
Monthly on Sundays • 7:00–8:30 pm ET
Usually the 4th Sunday, with two exceptions: January meets on the 2nd Sunday and December on the 3rd.
January 11 - Lama Willa Blythe Baker & Deborah Eden Tull in conversation
February 22 - Kazu Haga interviewed by Deborah Eden Tull
March 22 - Karen Waconda Lewis interviewed by Lama Willa Blythe Baker
April 26 - Adam Lobel interviewed by Deborah Eden Tull
May 24 - Kritee Kanko interviewed by Deborah Eden Tull
June 28 - Thanissara interviewed by Deborah Eden Tull
July 26 - Susie Harrington interviewed by Deborah Eden Tull
August 23 - TBA
September 27 - Leslie Booker interviewed by Deborah Eden Tull
October 25 - Konda Mason interviewed by Lama Willa Blythe Baker
November 22 - Kaira Jewel Lingo and Adam Bucko interviewed by Deborah Eden Tull
December 20 - Lama Willa Blythe Baker & Deborah Eden Tull in conversation
For more information about the teachers, please visit the Dharma Dialogues page on our website.
Registration & Ongoing Access to Recordings
You only need to register once to access the full year of monthly Dharma Dialogues and you may join at any point during the series. Once registered, you’ll be able to attend upcoming interviews live and will receive access to all recordings via your NDF User Account as they become available—including any sessions you may have missed.
If you already have an NDF User Account, please register with the same email you use to log in. If you don’t have an account yet, one will be created for you using the email you provide at registration.
Program Cost
Our program fees provide essential support to our non-profit operations and NDF’s mission to spread the Dharma in accessible, relevant, and creative ways. Our goal is that no one misses out on our events due to lack of funds. Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to offer tiered pricing and additional support to fit varied financial situations:
May All Beings Benefit! *– supporting access for all and general support for NDF operations
A Middle Way – covering the base cost
Held in Sangha Loving-kindness – offering ease when financial resources are limiting
If the lowest cost tier creates an obstacle to your attendance, please see our financial support options on the registration page. The process is simple and does not require extensive information. Financial aid is immediately approved using discount code options that allow you to contribute the most you are able while honoring your particular resources.
* The difference between the May All Beings Benefit! tier and the Middle Way tier will be considered a tax-deductible donation and will be acknowledged as such in writing. Contributing at this level helps us offer financial aid to other participants. Thank you!
Zoom Link
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