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DonateDr. Peggy Rowe Ward is a writer, dreamer, world-renowned spiritual teacher, and co-founder of The Lotus Institute. A senior Dharma teacher ordained in the Plum Village tradition, she is also the co-author of Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships. Peggy has taught in graduate programs in social work, psychology, and counseling psychology. She holds an EdD in Adult Education and an MA in Counseling Psychology.
Known for her grounded and joyful presence, Peggy invites her students to uncover and embody their most creative and authentic selves. Her teaching opens a path of deep insight through movement, art, and ritual.
From time to time we offer multi-week courses related to mindfulness, the teachings and life of Thich Nhat Hanh, and a variety of similar subjects. Please see our schedule of upcoming courses.
Take the Deer Park Monastery and Plum Village community with you wherever you go. The Plum Village app is designed to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and joy through guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness, and other practices — all through a mobile device.
