Treasurer Kristine Blake

I have been with RCZ since 2022, completing Jukai last year.  Since being with RCZ, I have attended several classes, a few Sesshins.  Staying "present and in the moment," practicing the Precepts, is a daily adventure that I embrace.  My wish is to give back to the Sangha, and to the community. 

Contact: Treasurer@RedCedarZen.org

Secretary Ariel Paulenich

Ariel spent most of 50 years trying to avoid formal practice of any kind, before listening to some advice in a book advising readers to check out their local Zen center. Prior to that day in 2023, Ariel spent most of her time studying existential and phenomenological philosophers and psychologists, earning a PhD along the way, and growing her practice as a depth-oriented psychotherapist.
She sometimes describes herself as feeling like old Master Parshva, who remained in his mother’s womb for 60 years before emerging. When he took up the Way at age 80, he understood that this great matter of birth and death is all there is, and it demands all our courage and diligence and generosity.