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about....
for thirty years i worked in higher education and corporate classrooms, doing instructional design and facilitation work with managers and educators. i published several books during that time, each born out of my direct experience of helping others learn. going to school in the evenings and many summers, led to degrees in adult education, curriculum development, counselling, and educational leadership. work on a doctoral dissertation aroused a wish for spiritual awakening. training in vipassana meditation, time spent with franciscan friars, and the personal journals of thomas merton motivated me to become a zen student in 2000. vowing "to be of service" and living according to precepts of ethical living, i received lay ordination (jukai) and the name daishin (boundless heart) from chozen bays roshi at great vow zen monastery.
taking bread to the farmers' market (and proceeds to local foodbanks)
whatever you do will be insignificant,
but it is very important that you do it. --mahatma gandhi
inspired by the buddhist ideal who "enters the marketplace with helping hands, "i currently live as a bread baker, hospice worker & volunteer trainer, meditation teacher, and occasional camino pilgrim.
i recently graduated as an end-of-life care practioner with the metta institute (zen hospice of san francisco) which aims to reclaim the spiritual dimensions of dying and create a network of educators, advocates, and guides serving as contempory midwifes to the dying. in that spirit i now offer in-service workshops for hospice/paliative care workers and retreats on conscious living & dying for the general public. click here to contact me. |