

A Taste of Cultivating the Way Sesshin 2026
Traces of birds. Hearts of fish. Footsteps of Buddhas. The strains of Dogen's Yuibutsu Yobutsu softly played throughout the recent Cultivating the Way Sesshin at the Empty Field Zendo.
Aug 26

Debra Seido Martin is Zen West's Guiding Teacher. She was transmitted in 2009 by Kyogen Carlson, late Abbott of Dharma Rain Zen Center. Seido is an organic farmer and psychotherapist devoted to the wild and giving space of practice and grace of the land. She carries forward her teacher’s directive to “ordain into your life.”