Guy Gaudry, Roshi & Director
After successfully training in Zen in a classical manner for 20 years, where I studied briefly with Joko Beck and finished my formal training with Steven Hagen, I went on to study koans in a more expansive and integrative way, after which I received Dharma Transmission* from John Tarrant Roshi (in the line of Robert Aitken Roshi). I now teach Zen in this manner and am focused on evolving the koan lineage passed down to us by Linji Yixuan. I emphasize personal growth and care for all beings of the world.
For the LinkedIn crowd: I have an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University, studied Fine Arts at Sheridan College and have been a successful entrepreneur in the technology sector.
*In Rinzai-Zen, Inka Shōmei (Dharma Transmission) is ideally "the formal recognition of Zen's deepest realization", but practically it is being used for the transmission of the "true lineage" of the masters of the training halls. ~ source Wikipedia
Mike Lobb, Sensei
Mike is the lead teacher at the London Zen Centre. He has been practicing meditation since 2007 and became a student of Guy Gaudry Roshi at the London Zen Centre in 2015.
Mike is passionate about the outdoors and loves getting out into the wilderness whenever he can. He also leads an addiction recovery meditation group exploring the connection between meditation and recovery.
Cale Morrison, Zen Meditation Teacher
Cale been a student at the London Zen Centre since 2017. He was born and raised in Kincardine, where he lives with his wife. He attended St. Lawrence College in Kingston before returning home to work as a technician and operator at the nuclear power plant. He leads a Zen meditation group in Kincardine, Ontario.
Dr. Alan MacDonald, Zen Meditation Teacher
Al has been studying Zen with Guy Gaudry Roshi since 2017. He received medical degrees from Queens University and University of Toronto.
He is especially interested in ancient Chinese and Japanese cultures and development of koans.