Program Teachers
Dr. Reggie Ray
Teacher
Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray is the Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, dedicated to the evolution and flowering of the somatic teachings of the Practicing Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He teaches in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. The author of many books, audio courses, and online series, Reggie’s work and teachings draw from his background as a Buddhist scholar and practitioner. His PhD is in the History of Religions from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago (1973). He was the first full-time faculty member and chair of the Buddhist Studies (later Religious Studies) Department at Naropa University. Over nearly four decades he grew the department and played various leadership roles at Naropa, developing with Trungpa Rinpoche many of the initiatives and projects that became part of Naropa’s unique identity as a Buddhist inspired university. He began explicitly working with dharma students in 1995 and now devotes all of his time to transmitting the teachings of the Vajra dharma of his teacher.
Callista Brown
Assistant Teacher
Callista Brown has been a student of Dr. Ray’s for 20 years, a meditation instructor for 19 years, and a tantrika for 15 years. Her Dharma Ocean teaching experience includes Sutrayana courses and, most recently, an offering of Somatic Descent for tantrikas. In Somatic Descent, she has found a doorway to an experiential understanding of the view of this lineage – inviting practitioners to enter this doorway brings her joy.
