Meditation on Imperfection

I allow myself to be imperfect
I allow myself to make mistakes
I allow myself to be a learner, still learning life’s lessons
I offer that grace to myself    

—-  Kate Lila Wheeler

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Kate Lila Wheeler, who lives in Boston, has been meditating since 1977 and brings an amazing life journey to her teaching. She grew up in South America, was ordained as a nun in Burma by, and has received Dzogchen transmission as a lama in the Tibetan tradition, in addition to completing teacher training with Jack Kornfield. She has led teacher trainings at IMS in MA and Spirit Rock in CA. As “Kate” she’s a fiction writer, essayist, and travel journalist with books and prizes to her credit. As “Lila” she is an editor, teaches and practices in the Vipassana and Tibetan Nyingma Buddhist lineages.