Ralph Steele speaks with quiet deliberation, in the style of a man accustomed to easing listeners through rough terrain, not unlike the guidance a trained mountaineer might extend to neophyte climbers. Steele’s mountains are in some ways harder to scale: As a black man and an ordained Buddhist monk, he has made it his mission to involve people of color in meditation techniques designed to relieve stress.
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