Kirstin Broderick

Kirstin has practiced Zen meditation for nearly 30 years. She is a trained therapist (MSW, Fordham) and has a Masters in Strategic Management & Economic Development (Harvard). She has conducted research published in the NEJM, and has worked with organizations from The World Bank, The City of New York, fast-growing tech companies, VC firms, and even vegan food trucks. 

Kirstin completed her first intensive three-day silent meditation training in rural Japan in 1998. In 2004 she became a student of Roshi Janet Jiryu Abels of Still Mind Zendo in NYC. Kirstin received Jukai – or Zen Ordination – in 2012, and was given the dharma name Daikatsu, translated as Great Liveliness, or Big Life.