Join us at the Ground Level
Join us at the Ground Level
Join us at the Ground Level
A new Zen community is taking root in the Roaring Fork Valley. If you're interested in participating, send us an email via the link below and we will keep you posted on our progress.
Starting Zen
Join us at the Ground Level
Join us at the Ground Level
If you have never practiced Zen or it's been a while, our affiliate at the Zen Center of Denver offers resources and recordings to help you get started. Please follow the link below to find those materials on their site.
Practice Guide
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Practice Guide
In the Zen tradition, we follow some basic forms to help us settle, honor our practice, and co-create a community of peace and curiosity. At RFZ, we are keeping this very simple to help all participants feel at home.
About the Facilitator
Billy Wynne serves as the facilitator of Roaring Fork Zen. A long-time member of the Zen Center of Denver (ZCD), he received lay ordination, known as jukai, in 2020 and currently sits on the ZCD Board. Billy founded Roaring Fork Zen with the permission of his teacher, Peggy Metta Sheehan Roshi, and the RFZ Board, which includes Karin Ryuku Kempe Roshi. Peggy and Karin are the Spiritual Directors of the Zen Center of Denver.
Billy is also a certified mindfulness meditation teacher in the Insight tradition under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and the author of The Empty Path: Finding Fulfillment Through the Radical Art of Lessening, which was published by New World Library in March 2025. He is a health and well-being entrepreneur, having founded Awake, an alcohol-free bar in Denver, and Impact Health, a mission-driven consultancy. He was appointed to serve on Colorado's Natural Medicine Advisory Board, which is implementing the state's new psychedelic therapy program.
Billy recently moved to Carbondale, CO from Denver with his wife, son, and two shih-poos, Oscar and Archie. Their daughter is in college. You can learn more about Billy here.
