Gendo Lucy Xiao is a Dharma Heir in the Shunryu Suzuki Roshi lineage. She began practicing at San Francisco Zen Center in 2000 and studied under former abbot Ryushin Paul Haller, from whom she received priest ordination in 2010 and Dharma Transmission in 2025. She lived and practiced for many years at City Center and Tassajara and now serves as a non-residential teacher.
Lucy was born and raised in Guangzhou, China. Her Chinese heritage remains a wellspring of inspiration and connection, and her teaching reflects a blend of both Eastern and Western perspectives. Being a Zen priest and a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Lucy's spiritual and healing paths are deeply intertwined, enriching her understanding of the interconnected and ever-changing nature of life.
She is the guiding teacher of the Harmony Zen sitting group in San Francisco and the Original Mind sitting group in Guangzhou, China — both communities dedicated to meditation, Zen study, and cultivating awareness in everyday life.
玄道 (Lucy) 老师生长於中国广州, 2000年始在铃木俊隆禅师创办的旧金山禪修中心习禪, 曾长期师从该中心前住持龍心禪道禅师和白龍宗纯禅师, 现任禅修导师, 并为禅宗曹洞宗法嗣, 法脉传承自铃木俊隆禅师。她擅长将古老的禅学智慧融于现代生活语境, 教学中兼收东⻄方视⻆, 深入浅出, 尤为注重启发在家修行者将禅修落实于日常, 在实践中体悟知行合一。Lucy 老师同时持有美国针灸暨东方医学博士学位, 多年的禅修淬炼与从医实践使她对生命的整体性和流动变化的本质有著深刻的体悟, 并能更有效地支持他人的身心疗愈与成⻓。