Considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based meditation practices to diverse communities; Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, healer, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California.
She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground.
Spring is one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, an organization that offers Buddhist teachings with attention to social action and multiculturalism. She is a member of the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, offering teachings on Buddhist philosophy, Insight meditation and loving-kindness practices. Spring is also the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom for transformative retreats in South America.
She has practiced and studied Buddhist philosophy in both the Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism since 1999. Spring is also a shamanic practitioner and has studied indigenous healing practices since 2008.
Spring’s workshops, interviews, and writing can be found in mainstream media worldwide.
Events with Spring Washam
Unfolding the Great Heart: A Journey to Radical Love and ConnectionJune 9 - 14, 2025
Open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. Registration for this retreat closes on May 26, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Immerse yourself in a journey to the heart, a sacred space of courage, grounding, and radical trust that calls us into profound self-discovery and connection. This event invites us into the ‘Great Heart’—a place of expansive love, awareness, and unity—where our inherent, untamed essence shines. Over these days together, we’ll engage in heart-centered practices, including Metta meditation, chanting, mindful breathwork, and gentle movement. These practices support us in opening to a state of loving awareness, where wisdom and deep self-discovery…
In Wisdom We Walk, In Liberation We Rise: A Women's RetreatOctober 5 - 12, 2025
This retreat welcomes all who identify as women, gender expansive, and nonbinary who are nourished in women centered spaces. Open to both beginners and experienced practitioners. A Sanctuary for Women’s Wisdom, Intuition, and Collective Liberation. Join us for a transformative journey at the praxis of wisdom and liberation. We intend to offer practices to tap into the energy of the sacred mother, the deep intuitive knowing, the awakening heart, and both personal and collective liberation. Through Insight Meditation, embodied movement, and earth-based practices, we will explore what it means to walk in wisdom, allowing our intuition to guide us and our…