Theodore Richards, PhD, is a poet, writer, and religious
philosopher. He is a long time student of the Taoist martial art of
Bagua and hatha yoga and has traveled, worked and studied in 25 different
countries, including the South Pacific, the Far East, the Indian subcontinent,
the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Theodore has received degrees
from the University of Chicago, The California Institute of Integral
Studies, Wisdom University, and the New Seminary where he was ordained.
He has worked with inner city youth on the South Side of Chicago, Harlem,
the South Bronx, and Oakland, where he was the director of YELLAWE,
an innovative program for teens in Oakland created by Matthew Fox, teaching
philosophy, cosmology, and martial arts with a particular emphasis on
creativity and imagination. He is the author of Handprints on the
Womb, a collection of poetry. Theodore Richards is the founder
and executive director of The Chicago Wisdom Project.