Jan Sendzimir JDPSN has practiced Zen since he met Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1974 and moved into the Providence Zen Center. He did Kyol Che at Sudoksa Temple in South Korea in 1976. He continued to practice in the United States over the next twenty years, while completing a doctorate in ecology and raising two daughters in Florida and Austria. In 2010, he returned to intense practice in Europe, South Korea, and North America. Since 2013 he has lived and practiced with his life partner, Zen Master Hyon Ja, as abbot of the Vienna Zen Center.