A program presented (in-person) by Paravrtti Doralee Grindler-Katonah and Sarah O’Gara in preparation for our September 12th program with Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD.  Our evening will include:    Introduction to Rhonda V. Magee's concepts of Color-Insight, not Color-Blindness; Making - not Taking Refuge; Guided Meditation; Small Group Reflection. *Zoom link for this program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82008151977

Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah serves as Ino, or head of the meditation hall, and president of the Valley Streams Board of Directors. She studied in the Soto Zen lineage with Sojun Diane Martin in Illinois and Rev. Val Szymanski in California. She was priest ordained in 2019 by Sojun Diane Martin. A Practice Circle: Exploring the […]

Rev. Myo Lahey, our guiding teacher,  will join us online via Zoom from Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco, where he is Abbot.  He previously served as Practice Leader at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. He is a Dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.   Our Monday night programs begin with zazen (sitting meditation) followed by a […]