GUIDING SPIRITUAL TEACHER

Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, PhD, is the Abbot of the Village Zendo (Dotokuji). Enkyo Roshi is a Zen Priest and certified Zen Teacher in the Soto tradition. She studied with Roshi John Daido Loori of Zen Mountain Monastery and Taizan Maezumi Roshi of the Zen Center of Los Angeles/Zen Mountain Center. In 1997 she received Shiho (dharma transmission) from Roshi Bernie Tetsugen Glassman and in June, 2004, she received inka from him in an empowerment ceremony held at the House of One People in Montague, MA. Roshi currently serves as Co-Spiritual Director of the Zen Peacemaker Family, a spiritual, study and social action association. Enkyo Roshi's focus is on true self-expression, peacemaking, and HIV/AIDS activism. She holds a PhD in Media Ecology and taught multimedia at New York University for over 20 years.

CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Robert Chodo Campbell, is a Founding Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He works as a consultant with couples groups and individuals. He integrates his psychoanalytic training with his Buddhist practice to create a place of safety, compassion, clarity and spaciousness in which the healing process can arise. Chodo brings his life experience and many years of study to his work in the areas of: anxiety and depression, drug and alcohol abuse, recovery from sexual abuse and trauma. In his private practice he uses a psycho-spiritual approach to healing emotional, mental and spiritual concerns. He began formal Zen training in 1994 and currently he is a Buddhist Chaplain Priest with Village Zendo in New York City. He is committed to helping people develop their own transformational tools for coping with emotional suffering, to be fully engaged in their lives and in healthy relationships.

Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, is a founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He is a founder of the Buddhist Psychotherapy Collective and in private practice, where he sees individuals, couples, and groups. Koshin is currently a Jungian Analyst Candidate at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. He has served as a chaplain at Cabrini Medical Center & Hospice and Beth Israel Medical Center. Since 2002, he has led the weekly meditation practice at Beth Israel’s Continuum Center for Health & Healing. Koshin began Zen practice over twenty years ago, and he is a senior student and novice Soto Zen Buddhist priest under Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, at the Village Zendo. He teaches workshops on meditation, contemplative care, and addiction and spirituality in a variety of settings from public school classrooms to corporations.