Jeffrey Tipp is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice. His training began as a monk in 1968, leading a mission in Hawaii. In the 70’s , and he trained as an initiator with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and taught T M to hundreds of individuals. In 1978 he met Zen Master Seung Sahn and founded Blue Heron Zen Community , an urban residential Zen Center in Seattle. He received Inka ( teaching authorization) in the Korean Zen Lineage of Zen Master Seung Sahn in 2006 and received authorization to teach a Vajrayana practice from Lama Tsultrim Allione in 2010. The common thread Jeff has pursued these past 50 years has been an intimate inquiry into the Nature of Mind and the ineffable Mystery of Being.