"Zappo is a gifted and experienced healer and mediator. He listens generously to varying perspectives and applies any number of his gifts which include compassionate listening, humor, and spiritual teachings. Children and adults are immediately put at ease by his grounded nature and he offers clear guidelines which encourage open hearted dialogue and emotional risk taking. As a teacher at Berkwood Hedge, he offered lessons on peaceful and honest conflict resolution and helped many of our students cultivate resilience and mindfulness in their relationships and lives. Zappo is a kind hearted, generative, and creative altruist. The restorative balance he helps people create between and within themselves is pure heart alchemy."

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Hanan Masri

Kindergarten Teacher