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Misha Merrill is a Zen teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi of
the San Francisco Zen Center. She received Dharma Transmission from his
disciple, Les Kaye, in 1998, and since 1993 has been the guiding teacher of
Zen Heart Sangha on the Peninsula. Misha also teaches young children at the
Peninsula School of Menlo Park. She lives in the hills above Stanford with
her husband and four-footed friends, and joyfully cultivates a large
garden.
Jill Kaplan, born in Chicago, moved to the Bay Area in 1977 where she
raised two boys and taught school for many years. Jill discovered Zen
practice in 1993 and returned to graduate school in 1995. Working as a
psychologist, she trained in Sandplay, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
and in Body Soul Rhythms with Jungian analyst Marion Woodman, and studied
Zen with Darlene Cohen. Jill received dharma transmission from Misha
Shungen Merril in 2013. Her talks are informed by her body-focused
meditation practice.
This week Jikoji offers a special Sunday program featuring the Voices of
Women in Zen, who will speak about the Soto Zen ritual and ceremony they
have been creating and nurturing with the guidance of Paula Arai, author of
Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals and...
Published 01/09/22
Carolyn Jikai Dille has been a dedicated student of Buddhist practices for
30 years in the Soto Zen and the Early Buddhist Insight traditions. She
began teaching in dharma communities in 1998 and has studied with a variety
of teachers in the United States and Asia. Carolyn is a poet, writer,...
Published 01/03/22