Jenny Douglas

Jenny Douglas

Jenny Douglas is a Brooklyn-based writer, artist, mom, meditator and event curator who’s passionate about the sweet spot where ideas and spirit meet.  A former television and radio producer, she is the author of “Culture Clash: Notes on a Tokyo Prom,” (which appeared in the 2008 anthology The Time of My Life, published by Doubleday), a co-creator or Karmatube.org, and the founder and host of “Sit/Still,” monthly meditation evenings for anyone wishing to walk through the unlocked front door of her brownstone and share silence and a meal together.  Jenny’s “Surrender” photo series—in which she asked random passersby to photograph her in prostration poses all over the world—was on display at the Marin Open Studios this past May, and in March she journeyed to India to teach creating writing to students of a school serving the “Untouchables” caste.Jenny has written about her impending divorce for The Huffington Post and is at work on a memoir. A native Canadian, she was raised in Japan and lives peacefully with her her dog, cat, and two teenage daughters.