Eric Garza founded Realyze to help people navigate today's converging crises with dignity and compassion
Eric lives in the Green Mountain State of Vermont, in the northeast United States. His academic background spans the natural and social sciences. He has taught more than a dozen graduate and undergraduate courses at various colleges and universities. Outside of the academic sphere Eric has trained in various martial, contemplative, relational, and subsistence disciplines. He is of mixed Basque, Spanish, and Indigenous heritage on his father’s side, and mixed Scottish and Irish heritage on his mother’s.
Eric sometimes makes himself available for interviews and public talks. Inquire about his availability and interest using his contact page. A selection of Eric’s past interviews are listed below.
How Are We To Live In The… Traumacene?, on The Poetry of Predicament with Dean Walker
Traumacene, With Eric Garza, on The Stoa
Eric Garza On Death, on Eugene Kim’s On Death podcast
Running the Numbers on Local Vs. Long Distance Food, on Vermont Public
Eric owes a debt of gratitude to many teachers and mentors. The plants, fungi, animals, sun, and other elements that graciously share the land with and support him have always been his primary teachers. He is also grateful for the mentorship of Leah Manaema Avene, Sister True Dedication, Karl Haloj, Shihan Robert Johnson, Lyla June Johnston, Resmaa Menakem, Sherri Mitchell, Zen Master Barbara Rhodes, LaUra Schmidt and Aimee Lewis Reau, Francis Weller, and Joh Young. Marimba Ali, Tom Brown Jr, Herman Daley, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, Soke Masaaki Hatsumi, Howard Odum, Daniel Quinn, Zen Master Seung Sahn, Jake Swamp, Gilbert Walking Bull, and various members of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Collective have also inspired him.
Note: Someone has partially recreated one of Eric’s old websites using a domain he no longer owns (ericgarza.info). Do not rely on any biographical information you find on that website, and do not use it to contact him.