Hello. I'm Ondo.
I am am inspired by spirituality, psychology and social justice. I enjoy leading groups of people who seek behavioral health services for addictions and mental health. I earned a master of divinity, master of social work, and bachelor of business administration degrees. I am a monk and ordained priest within the Buddhist Zen tradition and practice with SokukoJi Buddhist Community.
Upcoming Workshop starting April 3rd:
Including Stress and Anxiety
For 6 weeks we will look at our relationship to strong emotions.
Living with reoccurring repetitive difficult emotions seems to eventually show up in our bodies. We can be experiencing difficulties with headaches, shoulder pain, back pain, digestive issues, skin inflammation to name just a few places that stress of strong emotions shows up.
For a while we can ignore this link. This class or group gives you a chance to consider your personal relationship to strong emotions and the beliefs and thoughts that fuel them.
We will consider different models to increase awareness around emotions and their impact on our body. We will explore the role of perception and expectations. We will experiment with several interventions.
We will spend half of our time practicing various mindfulness approaches.