• AT JIKOJI ZEN CENTER •

limited to ten participants To ensure flow & intimacy

Emily Marie Bording and Gerow Reece will host a Haiku writing workshop with the intention of exploring poetry, the natural beauty of Jikoji, inner sensory impressions and our wondrous connective ordinary moments.

Intent on sharing her passion for writing and reciting, Emily Marie facilitates haiku workshops and hosts open-mic performances. She's taught creative writing and haiku poetry in both private and public schools throughout Santa Cruz County. Emily self-published two poetry anthologies titled, Cornflower Muse and Haiku Ripples and her illustrations appear on the covers of several published poetry books.

With much gratitude for all the support of her Zen teacher and poet, Soto Priest Angie Boissevain and sangha, for tirelessly building bridges between way-seeking to way-finding mind and the for their continued encouragement along the path toward gentle awakening.

After doing alternative service in Germany and Austria, Gerow Reece, as a grantee of the East West Center in Hawaii in the mid-sixties,  practiced Zen at some Kyoto temples, including (the old) Antaiji while also studying calligraphy with Morita Shiryu. He taught ESL for many years in Los Angeles and studied ceremonial tea with Matsumoto Sensei there. He first visited Jikoji in 2000 and has since resided here for three different periods of time focussed largely on the gardens.

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