Who it is for
For people looking for a body-oriented approach to nonduality and to the integration of insight.
Life and places
- Born in 1947 in a small town in Kansas and raised in the Methodist church, she turned to Buddhist meditation and later studied with Jean Klein. 1, 2
- She met Adyashanti at a conference in 2000, and he asked her to teach in 2003. 1
- She lives in Crestone, Colorado, where she holds retreats with Clear Light Sangha. 2, 3
Where to start
- Her interview with Rita Marie Robinson in Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom (2007), published on her website: on her path through Buddhism, Jean Klein and Adyashanti and on the embodiment of awakening. 2, 8
- Her talks, guided meditations and retreat recordings on her YouTube channel, linked from her website, for example The Way Knows The Way (2022). 3, 4, 5
Public context
- Her biography says that Adyashanti asked her to teach in 2003; in 2021 Open Gate Sangha, the organisation of Adyashanti's teachings, listed her among the students Adyashanti invited to share the Dharma. 1, 6, 7
- She teaches with Clear Light Sangha through retreats, weekend intensives, satsang and private meetings (dokusan). 3, 7
Documented teaching relationships
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Invited to teach by Adyashanti
Landrith's own biography mentions Adyashanti's invitation to teach in 2003.
Self-reported · sharon-landrith.com
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Learned personally with Jean Klein
Sharon Landrith's biography calls her a former student of Jean Klein; in her interview with Rita Marie Robinson she describes travelling from Kansas to the ten-day retreat he held once a year in California and the transmission she received from him.
Self-reported · sharon-landrith.com , sharon-landrith.com (2)
Teaching relationships are documented statements. They confer no trust and do not attest realisation.
Sources
- Sharon Landrith · About Her own biography: the invitation to teach by Adyashanti in 2003 and her own account of her realisation; read in full. accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom · excerpt Her interview with Rita Marie Robinson, chapter two of the book, published on her website with the author's permission; read in full. No independent assessment of her inner development. accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Sharon Landrith & Clear Light Sangha Home page of her website with retreats of 2026 and 2027 and links to her YouTube channel; read in full. accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Sharon Landrith (YouTube channel) Her YouTube channel, linked from her website; list of videos read. accessed 19 Oct 2026
- The Way Knows The Way (and it's perfect) (YouTube) Talk of 29 September 2022, published on her YouTube channel on 8 January 2023 (12:42); heard in full through our transcript and compared with YouTube's automatic captions. accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Resources · Open Gate Sangha (archived copy) Page of Open Gate Sangha, the organisation of Adyashanti's teachings, listing the students Adyashanti invited to share the Dharma; read as a web.archive.org copy of 22 June 2021 because the live site blocks automated access. accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Sharon Landrith · Open Gate Sangha (archived copy) Her entry in the list of Open Gate Sangha, the organisation of Adyashanti's teachings, with her own words on her teaching; web.archive.org copy of 2 March 2021. accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom · Open Library Catalog record of the book by Rita Marie Robinson (O Books, 2007). accessed 19 Oct 2026
Compiled by us from the sources listed. Last checked 19 Oct 2026.
E-mails about gatherings with Sharon Landrith: coming soon.