
Esho Sudan practices and teaches at Toshoji Senmon Sodo, the international training monastery of the Soto school in Okayama, Japan (alongside Suzuki Hoitsu Roshi, who is the Seido of Toshoji). Originally from Australia, she was a resident at the Sydney Zen Center, and at Zen Mountain Monastery in New York, before ordaining in Japan under Seido Suzuki Roshi in 2010. At Toshoji she teaches Baika (Zen hymn-singing), supervises translation and editing projects, and oversees nun’s practice and training.