Boundless Way Zen practice has touched my life in more profound ways than anything else and continues to do so.
Boundless Way Zen practice has its roots in the Japanese Soto tradition, Soto reform Harada-Yatsutani Koan curriculum and in the Korean Linji-tradition.
David Dae An Rynick, Roshi, and Melissa Moyzen Blacker, Roshi, are my primary teachers. I met David and Melissa i Bordeaux i 2016. David and Melissa are a rare and wonderful coming together of great compassion and love and strong and clear heart minds.
https://worcesterzen.org/teachers/
My name is Esther Sorgenfrei and my practice has been meditation and yoga for the past 28 years. I am a Shôken-student af David, received the precepts in June 2017 and received transmission - Denkai - on August 14, 2025 which means I am now a Dharma Holder. I am authorized to have Shoken-students, give the precepts and lead a Zen Community, but not yet to give transmission.
Everyone who is invited to leadership in Boundless Way Zen as members of the Leadership Council, practice leaders, priests, assistant teachers, senior assistant teachers, and transmitted teachers within Boundless Way Zen agrees to conduct himself or herself in accordance with the Boundless Way Zen Ethics Code.
Link to the Ethics code: https://boundlesswayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BoWZ-Ethics-Code-amended-11-13-21.pdf
Transmission night of Esther Sokyo Sorgenfrei, August 14, 2025.