Saturday Community (Talk by Jason 'Shinmei' Nichols) - ON SITE (in Zendo)

Talk will be given by Jason Shinmei (心鳴) Nichols, a student of Jakusho Kwong-roshi, following 10:30 am zazen.

Jason Shinmei (心鳴) Nichols began practicing at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in 2011 while living in Marin County. After moving to a new home on Sonoma Mountain in 2014, he first joined SMZC for the Rohatsu Sesshin that year and became a member. In 2017, Shinmei met German-born Kristin, a year-long resident at SMZC, who was on sabbatical from Switzerland. Shinmei and Kristin Misan (未散) married in 2018 with Kwong-roshi presiding over the ceremony. In 2019, they both received Jukai from Kwong-roshi. They now reside in Sebastopol, CA with their daughter Eve and son Ryokan. In addition to Zen practice, Shinmei works as a landscaper offering ecological design and maintenance services through his company Windhorse Orchard. For the past decade, he has studied German classical dressage at Traditions Farm with his adopted mustang El…