This retreat day will be led by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah. The day will include periods of sitting and walking meditation, Dharma talk and Q&A/discusson. Please bring a bag lunch. If this will be your first one-day sitting with us, please introduce yourself and briefly describe your meditation experience in an email to info@valleystreamszen.org

Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin, founder and guiding teacher of Udumbara Zen Center in Illinois and Rev. Val Szymanski, Head Priest of Bamboo in the Wind Zen Center in Sunnyvale, California. She was lay ordained in 2008 and priest ordained in 2019. She served as head student for the Spring practice period at Bamboo in the Wind Zen Sangha in May 2022. She offers Practice Interviews upon request.