Francesca Kōgetsu Hōen is a Swiss Zen practitioner of the Phoenix-Cloud Sangha since 2014. She is ordained by Vanja Palmers, a Dharma heir of Kobun Chino. She is also much committed to Brother David Steindl-Rast’s gratefulness-practice and tries to include this on her Zen path. She loves to be in the mountains, listening to their precious teachings.