Ryuko Laura Burges, a lay entrusted Dharma teacher in the Soto Zen tradition, teaches classes and lectures and leads retreats in Northern California. She received monastic training at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and co-founded the Sangha in Recovery Program at San Francisco Zen Center. She is the abiding teacher at Lenox House Meditation Group in Oakland. Her most recent book from Shambhala is The Zen Way of Recovery: An Illuminated Path Out of the Darkness of Addiction. She is also the author of the children’s books, Buddhist Stories for Kids and Zen for Kids.