. . . . . . . . . . . . . "4693"^^ . . . . "Caitriona Reed"@en . . . . "Caitriona Reed (born 1949) is a trans woman sensei of Thi\u1EC1n Zen Buddhism who also has a background in Vipassan\u0101 meditation. She co-founded Ordinary Dharma in Los Angeles, California; the rural Manzanita Village Retreat Center, located in San Diego County; and Five Changes, to mentor aspiring leaders, cultural creatives, and spiritual visionaries. Reed, a member of the American Zen Teachers Association, led retreats and workshops in Vipassana, Deep Ecology, and Buddhism 1981\u20132008. She received authority to teach Zen from Thich Nhat Hanh in 1992. She is a 'woman of transsexual experience' who transitioned in 1996. She stated about her transitioning, \"As a teacher encouraging others to live more honest and authentic lives, it was increasingly difficult for me to deny a basic fact\u2014that I was a woman.\" Currently, informed by her work as a Buddhist teacher, Reed focuses on public speaking; mentoring individual clients; and together with her partner Michele Benzamin-Miki conducting professional certification training in neuro-linguistic programming and hypnotherapy with an emphasis holistic approaches to life-coaching and personal and professional mentorship."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Caitriona Reed"@en . . . "Public Speaker, Seminar Leader, Hypnotherapist, Performance Coach, Meditation and Zen Teacher"@en . . . . . . . "Caitriona Reed (born 1949) is a trans woman sensei of Thi\u1EC1n Zen Buddhism who also has a background in Vipassan\u0101 meditation. She co-founded Ordinary Dharma in Los Angeles, California; the rural Manzanita Village Retreat Center, located in San Diego County; and Five Changes, to mentor aspiring leaders, cultural creatives, and spiritual visionaries. Reed, a member of the American Zen Teachers Association, led retreats and workshops in Vipassana, Deep Ecology, and Buddhism 1981\u20132008. She received authority to teach Zen from Thich Nhat Hanh in 1992."@en . . . . . . . . "Christopher Reed"@en . . . . . "Christopher Reed"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1949"^^ . . . . . "1098766030"^^ . . . . . "15783028"^^ . . . . . . . . "Caitriona Reed"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1949"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Michele Benzamin-Miki"@en . . . . . . . . .