Ekai Yakuso

Joel Kreisberg

Spiritual Director

Ekai Joel Kreisberg has been teaching the healing arts and meditation for over 30 years. Taking jukai with Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi with Hollow Bones Zen, Joel was given the name Ekai meaning “Ocean of Generosity.” Ekai was ordained by Jun Po in 2018 at Dai Bosatsu, the root monastery for Hollow Bones. Yakuso means “Healing Source.”

He was asked to take the role of the first Executive Director of Hollow Bones Zen in 2019. During his three years of leadership he helped Hollow Bones Zen during the challenging period of the loss of their founding abbot.

Jun Po Roshi also asked Ekai to develop the Mondo Zen Facilitator Program, which established Certified Mondo Zen Facilitators. Ekai, with the help of Fugen Roshi, established the one-year training program in Mondo Zen Facilitation and together they continue to train and support the growth and development of Jun Po Roshi’s core teaching Mondo Zen.

Dr. Kreisberg was trained as a Chiropractor and Homeopath before becoming and Integral Master Coach having trained with Laura Divine and Joan Hunt. He is published extensively in the integrative medicine literature and he is the lead author for the book “Coaching and Healing, Transcending the Illness Narrative.”

Associate Clergy

  • Jozen Jonathon Fielder

    Principle of Iron Mountain Zendo In London. Jozen Jonathon Fielder was ordained in the Hollow Bones Lineage by Taiso Roshi in 2021. He has been a practitioner and teacher of the South East Asian martial arts of Kali, Silat and Muay Thai for 30 years

  • Kenshin Cian Whalley

    Kenshin was given his dharma name as a student of Emyo Darlene Tataryn. He was ordained by Taiso Roshi in 2022. He continues his journey as a dharma teacher in Vancouver, BC.

  • MIng Po Larry Matthews

    Rev. Ming Po Larry Matthews, a Dharma Teacher and Certified Mondo Facilitator, has been instrumental in developing our Sangha by continuing to bring Jun Po Roshi’s Mondo Facilitation to many. He is an active board member as the Treasurer of SBLMS. Ming Po previously served as the Shuso, the head student monk for SBLMS.

  • Nanda Nina Lynch

    Nanda Nina Lynch was ordained by Fugen Roshi. She leads Hon Shin zen in southern Portugal and hosts regular in-person zazen and online sessions. She is a Certified Mondo Zen facilitator and offers daisan and zen life coaching. She is an active Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society board member.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive community, dedicated to awakening through Buddhist teachings promoting personal and interpersonal healing with ethical compassionate action.

Board of Directors

  • Soshin Lisa Baitsell

    Board Chair

  • Engo Michael Jackson

    Board Secretary

  • Mingpo Larry Matthews

    Board Treasurer

  • Heisoku Maik Bain

  • Koto Washi Dallas Chief Eagle

  • Nanda Nina Lynch

Land Acknowledgement

The Muh-he-con-ne-ok

People of the Waters that Are Never Still

With gratitude and humility, we acknowledge that our primary operations and annual retreats are on the ancestral homelands of the Muhheconneok, currently known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. Being forcibly removed by settler colonialism, they now reside in Wisconsin. We honor them as well as their ancestors and future generations.

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