Frank Ostaseski is a founding director of Zen Hospice Prosject. He is also the founder of the Metta Insitute which provides innovative training and education on spirituality in dying . People come from all over the country and are usually working in this field.

Martha de Barros has been practicing Zen Meditation for more then 30 years including living as a monastic at Green Gulch Farm for many of those years. Martha was a pioneer in the SF hospice movement and was co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project (with Frank Ostaseski). She was part of a group of people who founded the “Prison Meditation Network” (made up of volunteers who go into our jails and prisons and teach meditation to inmates) a program supported by BPF and SFZC.

Everyday Zen Dialogues is an ongoing series of programs creating conversations about practicing in the world. We invite you to visit our website for information about future programs. We welcome people of all nationalities, classes, genders, sexual orientation, age, physical ability and newcomers to Buddhist practice.

Please bring a bag lunch.

No one will be turned away for lack of funds

Future Dialogues (Various Locations, see Schedule for details)

May 15, 2010, Saturday: "Timeless Spring" - A Day Of Mindfulness In The Green Gulch Garden with Wendy Johnson and Chris Fortin

August 8, 2010, Sunday: Topic To Be Announced

October 9, 2010, Saturday: This Is Getting Old...Or Is It?  Book Reading and Discussion with Sue Moon (and her new book) and Chris Fortin

November 7, 2010, Sunday: Transitions: Responding To Change In Our Everday Life with Marc Lesser and Chris Fortin