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  • Lion's Roar

    Ruth Denison

    Jan 21, 2020 2 minutes

    NE DAY, WE DID a double take when Ruth entered the meditation hall trailed by two dachshunds. She tenderly bedded them down next to her, soothing them in her uniquely juicy form of German/English, before turning her attention to us, her human students. With Ruth, you never knew what to expect.

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