Hello! We are Mike & Nicole Dunn, two ordained and core members of the Order of Interbeing (or OI members for short).
I (Nicole, cuz I’m the writer in our duo) am a 44-year-old gal born & raised in the suburbs of Philly and Mike is a 45-year-old guy from eastern Montana. We’ve been practitioners in the Plum Village mindfulness tradition for 20-years and we are wholeheartedly invested in wanting to help serve others in benefit and support on the path of practice, in the spirit of togetherness.
We are sangha builders; retreat organizers; retreat attenders; group/class/event leaders; and students of our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, who is often referred to as Thay (which means ‘teacher’ in Vietnamese). We are dedicated practitioners trying to find the balance of how to manifest Empty Mountain while also holding down the financial fort of living a lay life in the world.