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Koren Dojin Katy Park

Maine  

Koren discovered Junpo and the Mondo Zen technology in 2009, finding it helpful as she took her seat in her life and devoting herself within her core practice (and the game!) of being a householder.

After years of further exploration, spiritual practice, and discernment, Koren received Jukai (Refuge vows) at Rohatsu in December 2013.  Mondo Zen practice formed a foundation of her integrated path, which includes Christianity, Tantra Hatha Yoga, Shamanism, Somatics, Sexuality Education, Women’s and Couple’s Work, Recovery, and the Arts. 

She received Precept Vows and was ordained as a Priest at Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji Monastery in Livingston Manor, New York in June of 2015.  Following Junpo’s passing in 2021, Koren began studying under Daien George Burch Roshi, her current teaching master.

Koren is a multidisciplinary artist living off-grid with her family on the mid-coast of Maine.  She is a yoga teacher and birth doula, art and movement enthusiast, and she is currently training to become a DanceAbility International teacher.  She received her BA in Social Work and Sociology from Gordon College and has undergone her yoga training with Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Ray Crist’s Jaguar Path, and Rod Stryker’s ParaYoga. 

With her husband and dharma partner, Dazu Justin Park, Koren co-founded the New Iona Foundation, a ministry of Wild Goose Zendo. Together they have two children, Selah and Jeremiah – all three of whom are her greatest teachers.