Ingrid Adams qualified as a fashion designer, an art teacher and completed a B.A. Fine Arts with Unisa. She travelled extensively whilst running a successful business in fashion and home textiles. Viewing Sumie and ink painting in China, Japan and Korea, she embarked on a Sumie course with Louis and was instantly smitten. Retiring from business, she completed a B.A. Fine Arts Honours, and a PhD with UKZN university, Pietermaritzburg. Both her research and practical were focused on Sumie. She currently paints and teaches Sumie part-time.
Sharon Paterson is a potter who teaches ceramics at her studio in Ballito. She has a retail shop in Salt Rock. The coast and its life style influence her style of pottery and she produced a lot of wild life pottery and dinnerware while living in Mpumalanga for thirty-four years. Recently, she and a friend collaborated online and started a website called Curiosity. Their slogan is “Ceramics for Change” and their ambition is to empower local artists and give them a place to work and platform from which to sell their art.
Chris Rooke began his journey into complementary health in London in the 1980's studying Zen Shiatsu, Macrobiotics, Tai Chi and Qigong. In
1992 he emigrated to South Africa and presently practises Iridology and the Trauma Release Process. He also teaches a number of qigong forms in the Upper Highway area such as White Crane, Zhan Zhaung, Chi Lel and Five Yin Organ qigong.
William (Shogan) has been practising meditation for over 20 years, cultivating stillness and inquiry. He took precepts with Dae Chong, Osho at Poplar Grove and led morning and evening zazen at the BRC while he was a resident staff member as well as retreats. With a keen interest in how the Dharma might evolve in an AI-driven, multiplanetary future, he embraces both tradition and possibility.
