About this event:
We don’t ordinarily pay much attention to boundaries until someone crosses a boundary and then we may feel upset and confused. In the close and intimate life of sangha an understanding of good boundaries is healthy.
Such an understanding provides a language and context for explaining how and why things may go wrong. Good boundaries are not always convenient and this course discusses why maintaining good boundaries is necessary.
A group process using Council Practice will provide initial council training which is an excellent technique for keeping sanghas safe.
Location and schedule:
The event is online-only via Zoom.
Saturday, November 1, 2025 3:30 pm- 5:30 pm Eastern Time (Click here for a time converter.)
Fees:
The Soto Zen Buddhist Association relies on the generosity of its supporters to offer programming. All fees offered through registration will be shared with speakers and panelists. We suggest a sliding scale registration fee of $10-15 for online participation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
About the speaker:
Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts, Roshi LCSW, LMFT, MBA is a teacher in the White Plum lineage. She studied with Roshi Bernie Glassman, Roshi Taizan Maezumi and received Dharma Transmission from Roshi Nicolee Jikyo Miller in 2004. She founded and is now Abbot of Heart Circle Zen in New Jersey. She has been teaching Healthy Boundaries for Buddhist Leaders from the inception of the course.
She is also a psychotherapist in private practice where she specializes in trauma and family therapy. She has published chapters and articles on Zen practice and psychotherapy in various publications.
She received two awards for Outstanding Women in Buddhism for her work in Sri Lanka following the tsunami of 2004. She is also a wife, mother, grandmother of five and a hiker and kayaker. Roshi Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts lives in Tiburon, CA now
The SZBA 2025 event series, Actualizing and Sustaining Healthy Zen Communities, is generously funded by his event is generously funded by the Hemera Foundation.
