Spiritual Director

Ekai Joel Kreisberg

Dr. Joel Kreisberg has been teaching healing and meditation for over 30 years. Taking jukai with Jn Po Denis Kelly Roshi at 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. 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, Transforming the Illness Narrative.

Mission Statement

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

Board of Directors

  • Shoan Victoria Montanez

    Board Chair

  • Soshin Lisa Baitsell

    Board Secretary

  • Mingpo Larry Matthews

    Board Treasurer

  • Heisoku Maik Bain

  • Engo Michael Jackson

  • Koto Washi Dallas Chief Eagle

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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