Creative Courage: a Zen Approach to Dissolving Artistic Resistance

Brooke McNamara, MFA, is an award-winning poet, author, and transmitted Zen teacher and lineage holder. She has published two books of poems: Bury the Seed and Feed Your Vow, and is working on a forthcoming book of teachings, stories and poems due out with Shambhala Publications in 2027. She loves to write poems from 3 main ingredients: the raw material of everyday life, wholehearted and visceral listening, and the mind of meditation. Brooke has taught at Naropa University in Yoga Studies and CU Boulder in Dance. She teaches in-person and online courses and retreats to facilitate the awakening of innate wisdom, compassion, artistry, and play. She lives with her husband and two sons in Boulder, CO.