Category: Shokan Clement Spring

Shokan Clement Spring serves as Head Doan on the Practice Committee of Valley Streams Zen Sangha. He received Jukai (lay precepts) with Rev. Myō Lahey in 2013 and Shukke Tokudo (priest ordination) with Rev. Kyosho Valorie Beer in 2023. He has completed three practice periods, two pre- and one post-ordination at Green Gulch Farm in Marin County.

Malia is a member of the Valley Streams Board of Directors and serves as secretary.  She recently retired from the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry.  She has two daughters in college and lives in Davis with her husband.  She feels very fortunate to have been able to practice with Valley Streams since 2019