Teachers

Myoki (Bright Vessel) Marcia Nehemiah, Sensei, is Dharma Heir to Seiso Paul Cooper, Roshi. She is a co-founder of the Two Rivers Zen Community, along with Seiso Roshi and Kagayaki Karen Morris, Sensei. She began practicing and studying with Seiso Roshi in 2011, received lay ordination in 2013, and lay entrustment in 2020. She has been the guiding teacher of Two Rivers Zen Community since 2023.

A published author and poet, she has been involved in her community as a member of a writers collective and an environmental advocacy group, and was co-founder and past president of an organization assisting older adults.

Kyoshin Penelope Lohr is a co-founder of Two Rivers Zen Community. She began practicing with Seiso Roshi in 2011, received lay ordination in 2013, and lay entrustment in 2023. Kyoshin recently retired as Library Manager for the Western Sullivan Public Library after eighteen years.  She is the founder and Artistic Director of Act Underground Theatre Company in Narrowsburg, NY, producing theatrical productions for this underserved community since 2012.