A LIFE THROUGH THE YEARSSelected documented milestones
RASHANI'S PRACTICE
A path
that keeps
opening.
Born into a family of artists, Rashani began writing and studying sumi-e painting at eight. Her biography traces her engagement with art, civil rights, feminist movements, spiritual teachers, music, and communities of shared practice.
1964
Illustrated poetry published in Contact magazine while she was twelve.
1982
Founded Sacred Spiral Press, beginning a substantial body of published books.
1990
Ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh into the Order of Interbeing.
2002
Received stewardship of the land that became Kipukamaluhia.
Today
Continues the work through art, books, mentoring, and care for the sanctuary on Hawaiʻi Island.
