Staff
Abigail Weinberg
Awakening the Body Program Coordinator
Abigail Weinberg found Reggie Ray’s online teachings in 2012, after life as she knew it fell apart. It soon became clear that falling apart was the way to go. Abby continues to appreciate how the powerful and alive teachings of this lineage break open life to reveal its utter perfection. Abby lives in NYC, though she can often be found in a small teepee in the woods with her partner and son, who offer her continual propulsion along the path. Abby is grateful for the opportunity to support this stunning presentation of the Awakening the Body teachings.
Deborah Raoult
Meditation Instructor
Deborah Raoult lives in Los Angeles where she has a somatic movement and meditation practice dedicated to serving women crossing the thresholds of pregnancy, birth and early mothering. Introduced to the Dharma Ocean lineage through the Meditating with the Body program in 2006, she entered the Vajrayana path in 2008. Deborah is also deeply inspired by her relationship and time with horses in the high desert.
Everett Wilson
Meditation Instructor
Everett Wilson is a writer and poet living in Crestone, Colorado with his wife Anoushka and their two dogs, Luna and Eevee. He came to Dharma Ocean after five years of monastic Zen practice at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in California, and has been a tantrika with Dharma Ocean since 2012. He finds Reggie’s somatic approach to meditation and opening up the life of the heart has profoundly deepened his experience of the world.
Jake La Botz
Meditation Instructor
After getting clean from heroin addiction and searching to understand what his life was for, Jake was lucky to discover the dharma of Chögyam Trungpa and then begin working with Reggie as his teacher in 2003. Along the way, he also learned a lot through participating in 12 Step programs, Jungian analysis, and several years training in Aikido. For the last few years, he's been teaching meditation in prisons and in his local community around Nashville, Tennessee. Professionally, Jake is a songwriter and performer.
Jonathan Daniel
Meditation Instructor
Jonathan began his journey with meditation in the forests of Colorado and Alaska in 1994. He worked for a decade as a hospice chaplain in Denver before becoming inspired by the possibilities of helping people across the globe access the teachings through digital media. He feels most alive practicing somatic meditation with the small Dharma Ocean sangha in Denver and also alone in high mountain meadows. Jonathan currently resides in Crestone, CO.
Libby Weathers
Meditation Instructor
Libby Weathers began studying with Reggie Ray in 2007. The depth of genuine awakening over her years of study and practice continually inspires her dedication to this lineage. Professionally, Libby teaches mindfulness in corporate settings, and enjoys hiking and sailing in San Francisco where she currently lives.
Usanee Nuchanong
Meditation Instructor
Usanee lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. She was first introduced to Reggie Ray’s work in early 2010’s by Vichak, Reggie’s Thai student. It was in 2013, when she first attended the Winter Dathün, that started her on this somatic journey. The practices have gradually softened and opened her, with curiosity, to the groundless ground of the reality of life.
Paul Adams
Meditation Instructor
Paul has been practicing in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa for 21 years. He became a member of the Dharma Ocean Sangha in 2014 and a Tantrika in 2016. Paul has worked as an IT Executive for 22 years and previously held senior operations management positions. Paul joined the Dharma Ocean board in May of 2020 with a focus on Operations and Technology.
