Traditional Soto Zen Service 10:30 AM

Dharma Talk: 10:30 AM — Counting Stars

Speaker:  Guest Speaker Shana Smith

Shana Smith is an appointed Assistant Teacher with Sanbo Zen International, and the guiding teacher of Florida Sanbo Zen Center in Gainesville, Florida. Her root teacher is Valerie Forstman Roshi of the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She also studies with Henry Shukman Roshi, Ruben Habito Roshi, and Sanbo Zen International Abbott Yamada Ryoun Roshi. Shana is a RYT-500 yoga teacher and has been a yogi since 1992. Her yoga practice led her to a yoga temple in 2002, where she learned meditation and began a daily practice. In 2006, she became curious about deepening her meditation through Zen and joined a local Sanbo Zen sangha; it was a coming home. In 2007, she took refuge in the Sanbo Zen lineage with Valerie Forstman Roshi. 

Shana Sensei has a Master's degree in Biological Oceanography, is a multiple award-winning children's musician, and is a published, Florida Book award-winning novelist for her historical fiction novel "Islands of Cedars." Zen consistently informs, sustains, and inspires her life as a parent, writer, yogi, musician, teacher, ecologist, and lifelong student. www.ShanaSmithWriter.com www.ShanaBanana.com Coming soon: www.FloridaSanboZen.com (under construction)