Linds West Roberts (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is a modern-day bard, eco-chaplain, and facilitator who weaves together mindfulness, storytelling, movement, and nature connection in service of collective liberation and healing. After fourteen years as an educator, librarian, and professor, Linds answered a call to embrace wilderness and help others remember their own true nature.

Following a transformative year of sabbatical—including several months at a meditation retreat center—Linds emerged as a space holder for those whose stories have become lost, and who long to rediscover their inner wisdom, each other, and the natural world. They began meditating in 2016 and came to the Plum Village Buddhist tradition in 2019. Linds is currently an Order of Interbeing Aspirant and a chaplaincy student specializing in eco-chaplaincy with Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Linds created Gather the Wild Collective as a place to collaborate in offering customized classes, workshops, and retreats that combine stillness, creativity, song, play, and embodied practice. As a certified InterPlay somatics facilitator and certified Wilderness First Responder, they guide individuals and groups through practices that honor the seasons and our interconnection with all beings. This work brings joy together with grief, centering intersectional social change in support of racial, gender, and environmental justice.

Linds also offers one-on-one accompaniment for those seeking companionship through life’s transitions and deep questions. Having always lived with an inclination toward ceremony and finding sacred space in nature, they now help others do the same—reducing suffering, benefiting our precious planet, and remembering what has always been wild within us.