Please join SIMC and three special teachers, each with unique roots in Asian heritage and practice.
- May 26, 2021 – Jozen Tamori Gibson
- June 2, 2021 – Neesha Patel
Sessions will be on Zoom during our regular Wednesday meeting time.
7 pm Saskatchewan (9 pm EDT, 7 pm MDT, 6 pm PDT)
Register to get the link to join here:
http://bit.ly/simcwed
If you wish to support the teachers’ generosity in offering these teachings, please visit our dana page for details. Included a note in the message field with the teacher’s name, and we will forward your offering to them.
Jozen Tamori Gibson (they, them) began formal meditation practice in 2004 through Sotō Zen while living in Japan joined by a Theravada practice in 2010. Jozen is a graduate of the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society (IMS) Dharma Teacher Training program and serves on the New York Insight Meditation Center’s teacher council. With certifications and embodiment studies in Yoga, Qigong, Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy (IFOT) and Complex Trauma, Jozen lives to provide and nourish contemplative mind-heart-body alignment practices and spaces rooted in wellness, anti-oppression and interdependent liberation for all beings. Jozen honors the wisdom and compassion of all teachers, highlighting their mother, Akimi, and dharma root teacher, Pamela Weiss.
Neesha Patel has been drawn to the teachings of the Buddha ever since she first read comic books about the Buddha as a child. She has been fortunate to have been infused by and practiced the dhamma in both Asia and the US. Her practice has been influenced by the guidance of many wonderful teachers, including Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Ajahn Sucitto. Though her dhamma practice primarily derives from Vipassana traditions, she has benefited deeply from wisdom expressed in the Zen/Chan and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. She loves both intensive longer retreat practice, as well as daily life practice, and is inspired by the radical inclusivity of the dhamma.
Neesha currently resides in Northern California. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program, and is a graduate of the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program.