Roshi Janet Jury Abels

Roshi Janet Jiryu Abels, founder of Still Mind Zendo, has been a teacher in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi and the White Plum Asanga since 2000, when she became a dharma successor of her teacher, Roshi Robert Jinsen Kennedy. In 2015, she received Inka from Roshi Kennedy and the honorific title of Roshi. Previously, she was a spiritual director for more than 12 years and a community organizer and peace activist. Roshi is also a certified Bio-Spiritual Focusing teacher. 

Roshi Janet is the author of Making Zen Your Own: Giving Life to Twelve Key Golden Age Ancestors (Wisdom, 2012). Her dharma name, Jiryu, means Compassionate Dragon. The book is available through Boulder Bookstore, Amazon and in both print and ebook at Wisdom Experience.