Roshi Eve Myonen Marko is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and the Green River Zen Center. She has served as a Spiritholder at bearing witness retreats in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rwanda, and at programs with Lakota elders in the Black Hills, and is also a writer and editor. Her latest book, The Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up In the Land of Attachments, in collaboration with with Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, was published in February 2020.
To read some of Roshi Eve's Dharma Talks click here.
To read some of Roshi Eve's Dharma Talks click here.
Sensei Sally Sonen Kealy has been a student of Zen since 1976. Her first teachers were Sr. Elaine McInnis and Yamada Koun Roshi whom she met while in the Philippines. Sally continued her Zen Study with Roshi Bernie Glassman whom she met in 1980. She received lay ordination (jukai) from Roshi Bernie in 1987, and then following priest novice ordination she received Denkai in 1998. Bernie recognized Sonen as a Zen Teacher on April 24, 2011.
Throughout her Zen Study Sonen studied Yang and Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan, Ba Gua Jiang, Chi Kung and was certified in the Taoist Water Meditation Method in 1999. She also spent many years studying different styles of Yoga. She advocates body practices as an essential element of meditation which is often by-passed or missed.
Sonen co-taught with Roshi Eve Marko at the Green River Zen Center and now serves as Head Priest for Buddhist Liturgy.
Sonen has a Masters Degree from NYU and four-year post graduate degree in Gestalt psychotherapy. She has a psychotherapy practice in Amherst and currently also works virtually from her home-office. (914-837-7646).
Throughout her Zen Study Sonen studied Yang and Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan, Ba Gua Jiang, Chi Kung and was certified in the Taoist Water Meditation Method in 1999. She also spent many years studying different styles of Yoga. She advocates body practices as an essential element of meditation which is often by-passed or missed.
Sonen co-taught with Roshi Eve Marko at the Green River Zen Center and now serves as Head Priest for Buddhist Liturgy.
Sonen has a Masters Degree from NYU and four-year post graduate degree in Gestalt psychotherapy. She has a psychotherapy practice in Amherst and currently also works virtually from her home-office. (914-837-7646).