Barbara Kohn phone: 512-452-5777 email: barbara@austinzencenter.org Austin Zen Center

Barbara Kohn is the priest/teacher of the Austin Zen Center. Before coming to Austin she spent 15 years training and teaching at San Francisco Zen Center where she was ordained as a priest by Reb Anderson and received dharma transmission from Blanche Hartman. During the years before becoming a Zen priest, she spent her time as a dancer, counselor, gallery director, wife and mother. She is married and has 3 grown children, 7 grandchildren and 6 dogs. The arts, Gestalt therapy, and dance therapy were strong influences leading her to the path of Zen. She is interested in making practice accessible to a wide group of people while maintaining a strong link to the lineage and traditions to which she is profoundly grateful.

Last updated: 12/31/04