Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson
Residential Retreat Teacher
Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson (心無 田守 ギブソン) (fka Jozen) lives to study, nourish, and offer contemplative heart-body-mind practices and spaces rooted in compassionate wellness, anti-oppression, and interdependent liberation for all beings through the Buddhadharma.
Shinmu is a Sotō Zen monastic priest ordained on November 12, 2023 by their teacher, Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel of the Suzuki Roshi lineage. Honoring the wisdom and compassion of all teachers and future generations, with the ancestors of their Black Japanese heritage, Shinmu highlights their mother, Akimi, and their lay Dharma teacher, Monitsu Pamela Weiss.
They began formal meditation practice while living in Japan, joined by Early Buddhism, Theravāda practice centering Vipassanā, and Thai Forest lineages. Shinmu is a graduate of the four-year Insight Meditation Society (IMS) - Insight Retreat Center (IRC) Dharma Teacher Training program. Certifications and embodiment studies in Yoga, Qigong, psychology, and emergency medicines supplements the fluidity of this life and clarification of the ennobling truths.
(photo by Vaschelle André)
Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson's Upcoming Programs
Short Program | Online
Sunday, August 3 | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Nourishing Awareness: The Nature and Practice of Beginning Again
Join us for a nourishing day of online practice, where Buddhadharma practitioners can come together in community. Through the lens of the Triple Gem—Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha—as refuge, we will explore curiosity as a pathway to deepening our understanding of these teachings. Our practice together will unfold through stillness, movement, listening, rest, questioning, and beginning again. This program will follow the proposed schedule as best we are able and will not be recorded.
Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson
Retreat | On-Land
August 11 - August 16, 2025 | Monday - Saturday | 5 nights
Nature is our Body: Dharma and Connection to the Earth
Registration Open. Our body can be a vehicle for liberation in this life, containing all that we need to wake up. Yet we may not know how to relate to the body to support this kind of freedom. Together we will practice connecting to our body with loving awareness while recognizing ourselves as part of nature, which includes developing awareness of our mortality. This retreat will be held in silence as we are supported by nature on the land at Spirit Rock.
Dharma Library
Can't join us live online or on the land? Study and practice at your convenience with Rev. Shinmu Tamori Gibson through our new library of recordings, articles, and self-paced online courses.