
Meikyo Chelsea True (she/they) came to Green Gulch Farm nearly twenty years ago with her daughter, Amelie, and has supported family practice at SFZC ever since. She first encountered Zen as a child and began meditating at the age of sixteen before completing an undergraduate degree in Religious Studies. She served as shuso (head monk) with her local sangha in 2018 and received lay-entrustment from Hoka Chris Fortin in 2025, authorizing her as a lay teacher in the Soto Zen Lineage of Suzuki Roshi and allowing her to begin supporting Zen students. Meikyo holds a master's degree in Integral Counseling Psychology, works as an adjunct professor at California Institute of Integral Studies, and brings Buddhist Psychology into practice as a licensed psychotherapist with the nonprofit Joyful Mind Project, which she founded. As the guiding teacher for the SFZC Family Sangha, Meikyo is dedicated to widening the path of family practice through a soft and embodied Zen.