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HQP Teacher Profile
Ginger Buckley
 Ginger
Buckley was born in 1949, to Mary and Peter Wright of Bank Street
in Greenwich Village. When she was nine months old, her father drove
the family north, in search of a more appropriate place to raise
a family. They settled in Rhinebeck, NY, a lovely village on the
Hudson River surrounded by acres of forest, streams and lakes.
Ginger played a big role in rearing her five younger siblings,
so much so that by the age of 12 she knew she wanted to be a ‘free
woman’ and not a mother! She was raised Catholic and attended
Catholic schools so religion, prayer and spirituality were important
in her early years. Nature was another one of her teachers. In the
midst of the chaos inherent in a large family, she found peace by
spending time reflecting in nature’s calm.
From a young age, Ginger’s father encouraged her to be self-reliant
and a free thinker, and her mother, by example, taught her to love
nature and spirituality. This combination instilled in Ginger a
quest for truth, freedom and adventure! Many times in her life she
would surrender comfort for quest, venturing out from the known
to travel towards the unknown.
After graduating from college, Ginger taught elementary school,
got married and earned her graduate degree. Then she left for India
to follow a spiritual path. She first heard of the Hoffman Process
in a most unlikely time and place. While entering the gates of an
ashram in India, she met fellow New Yorkers, and when she asked
what they did, they said they were Hoffman teachers!
Another of Ginger’s adventures took root when she returned
to the “world” after many years of ashram living. She
met her husband Cheshta in 1984, and after buying a home in Marin
County, California, they were called to join friends for a Trans-Pacific
cruise on their 38-foot sloop, the “Wendy Ann.” Setting
sail in 1990, they cruised through the small islands of the Pacific
for more than two years, covering 8,000 (often terrifying) miles.
After returning from their sail, first Cheshta, then Ginger did
the Process. In 2000 Ginger was certified as a Process teacher and
it was an answer to her prayers: finding fulfilling and meaningful
work was part of her life-long vision.
Continuing on her quest, Ginger recently graduated from the Claritas
Institute of Inter-spiritual Mentoring and Inquiry, started by Joan
Borysenko (who Ginger lovingly calls her “soul sister”),
Joan’s husband Gordie, and Janet Quinn. “The Claritas
Program helped me deepen my spiritual practice, improve my listening
skills, and connected me to a community dedicated to bringing deep
peace to the planet by way of spiritual guidance and mentoring.”
Ginger now serves as both a Process teacher and a spiritual mentor
to those who are called to deepen their spiritual connection.
Ginger and Cheshta make their home on Cape Cod, closer to her family.
While there, she bird watches, sails, swims and basks in the mystery,
beauty and natural peace of the island.
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