Hoka Chris Fortin

Chris Fortin is a Soto Zen priest and teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.

She founded Dharma Heart Zen to share the path of wholehearted living and awakening with others.

Chris began practicing Buddhism in 1976 at the San Francisco Zen Center. She received Dharma Transmission from Zoketsu Norman Fischer of Everyday Zen. She is married, a mother, grandmother, and a lover of the natural world. She practiced as a licensed MFT psychotherapist for many years, specializing in trauma and the intersection of psychotherapy and spirituality.

Her commitment is to kindness and to living and embodying the Bodhisattva Vows, with and for all beings.