Named one of 2025's powerful women of the mindfulness movement, Caverly Morgan is a spiritual teacher, nonprofit founder, speaker, and writer whose practice began in 1995 and has included eight years of training in a silent Zen monastery. She is the author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together as well as A Kids Book About Mindfulness. 

Caverly is the founder of Peace in Schools, a nonprofit that created the nation’s first for-credit mindfulness class in public high schools. She is also the founder of Realizing Freedom Together, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making practices that lead to liberation for all, accessible to all. Caverly leads meditation retreats, workshops, and online classes internationally. Learn more at caverlymorgan.org.

Dr. Brian Frank (he/him) is a primary care physician who loves helping people feel more at home in their own minds and bodies. He practices family medicine in the Pacific Northwest and is especially interested in how mindfulness, self-compassion, and community can support healing. Brian has spent many years working with teens and young adults, and feels deeply inspired by their courage, curiosity, and capacity for growth. As the father of a 15-year-old daughter, he knows firsthand the incredible insights (and humor!) that teenagers bring to the world. Outside of medicine, you can find him hiking forest trails, listening to live music, or experimenting in the kitchen. He’s grateful to be part of this retreat and excited to help create a space where every teen can feel safe, supported, and fully themselves.

Brian Ton has practiced Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and martial arts including Shaolin kung fu, and Hapkido where he holds a 2nd degree blackbelt, and meditation including Mindfulness, Vipassana, and a more recent exploration of Nondual teachings. He has led a movement workshop in Qi Gong and Tai Chi at Caverly Morgan’s meditation retreat, and other movement workshops in Shaolin kung fu for high school students in Southern California.

Through Illumination Institute, a nonprofit Brian co-founded, he has facilitated mindfulness training workshops for public school teachers, students, parents, and healthcare professionals.

Brian is passionate about helping others cultivate their own practice to achieve better health, peace and happiness.

Jess Jarris (she/they) is a Somatic Psychotherapist, Yoga Therapist and Embodiment Coach. In her private practice, she blends together Somatic Experiencing, mindfulness, Polyvagal Theory, parts work and embodiment practices. Jess began their personal exploration of contemplative practices in 2004 and since 2012 has journeyed alongside others in exploring how movement, mindfulness and somatic awareness can help to reconnect us with the innate wisdom of our bodies. She offers individual sessions, a quarterly group series called Embodied Homecoming, and workshops.

Shane Brent-Maldonado (he/him) is a trans/queer educator and teen advocate who believes in the transformative power of voice, reflection, and self-trust. With over a decade of experience supporting teens and young adults through pivotal life transitions, Shane creates spaces where teens feel empowered to show up as their full selves. His own journey with mindfulness and meditation began as a path toward self-acceptance, helping him navigate his trans identity, purpose, and belonging. That practice continues today as a tool for staying grounded amidst the pressures and noise of adult life and career. Shane’s work weaves together storytelling, stillness, and self-inquiry to help young people connect with who they are—beyond expectations or external noise. He is especially passionate about uplifting LGBTQ+ youth and those navigating complex school or family dynamics. Shane is honored to support this retreat and offer practices that help teens tap into their own clarity, strength, and sense of direction with joy.