Myogen Kathryn Stark
Sonoma Valley Zen
Sonoma, CA
REV. KATHRYN STARK, MA, MDIV., a Dharma heir in the Suzuki roshi lineage, has been practicing in the Soto Zen tradition since 1990. She began practice with Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Zen Centers, and has received training at San Francisco Zen Center: City Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center as well as in Japan. She received priest ordination in 2003 from SCZC Abbess Sobun Katherine Thanas and dharma transmission in 2013 from Shosan Victoria Austin, Dharma teacher at San Francisco Zen Center. She holds Master of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees in Buddhist studies with a specialty in Buddhist chaplaincy from the Graduate Theological Union and Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. She is the guiding teacher for Sonoma Valley Zen in Sonoma, CA. She also currently works as a Hospice Spiritual Support Counselor at By the Bay Health, serving Sonoma and Napa counties and surrounding areas.