Opening Ceremony and Welcome
(10:30 am US Central Time Zone)
Join Ginny Whitelaw Roshi and Elder Iya Tahirah Abubakr for opening ceremonies and words of welcome to the Living and Leading With Deep Resilience Summit.
About the Speakers in this Session
Ginny Jiko Whitelaw
Dr. Ginny Jiko Whitelaw (summit co-host) is an 86th Generation Rinzai Zen master, Chosei Zen priest, and founder of the Institute for Zen Leadership. She has been developing whole leaders for over 25 years and is the author of Resonate and The Zen Leader, and co-developer of FEBI (pronounced “fee-bee”), a personality assessment that links mind and body and behaviors. Formerly, Deputy Manager for integrating NASA’s Space Station Program, she has a doctorate in biophysics, degrees in physics and philosophy, and a 5th degree black belt in Aikido. She is a regular contributor to Forbes.com in leadership strategy.
Iya Tahirah Abubakr
Elder Iya Tahirah Abubakr of Black American & Yoruba ancestry, was born River Lee Adams in Pocahontas, Mississippi. Iya was initiated by Ifa Priestess Yamaya in the ancestral traditions of the Yoruba people of Western Africa and studied and trained with Malidoma Some' in shamanism. She is a medicine woman, diviner, and shamanic practitioner. She provides initiatory guidance and trainings for those who seek greater wisdom in the mystery. She is founder & co-founder for the St. Croix Council of Elders. Iya’s life purpose and dedication are to the service of humanity as a whole and to leave the Earth in a greater place than she found it.
Learn more about Elder Iya’s work: https://www.iyatahirah.com/
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