Dharma Leaders
Janka Livoncova: Primary Dharma Leader
Janka Livoncova has been a dedicated student and practitioner of meditation and since 1994 and started sharing her practice with others in 2004. Janka has been practicing and studying the dharma for over two decades. Initially in the Soto Zen tradition and, since 2007, under the guidance of her Vippassana teachers DaeJa Napier, Thanissara and Kittisaro. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders program and the Sacred Mountain Sangha two-year Dharmapala training with Kittisaro and Thanissara. Janka maintains a daily meditation practice and regularly attends Vipassana retreats with her dharma teachers.

Yong Oh: Visiting Dharma Leader
began practice in the Soto Zen tradition, eventually transitioning to study, practice and teaching in the Insight tradition. He is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders program, the Sacred Mountain Sangha 2-year Dharmapala training with his teachers Kittisaro and Thanissara, and the 2017-2021 Insight Meditation Society Retreat Teacher Training program. Yong is also an acupuncturist, loves the outdoors and bringing the practice of meditation into nature, and aspires to support practitioners of color in the Dharma.
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