Profile
Oryoki Zendo is a non-profit Zen Buddhist organization offering individual and group direction through mindfulness meditation, retreats, counseling, and educational workshops.
We strive to enrich all people’s lives, regardless of race, gender, faith, or social status, and remain dedicated to promoting the many ways we can understand and practice mindfulness techniques to live happier, healthier lives.
Be of Benefit by Realizing Interdependence
Our sensory experience and our conditioning lays the foundation for our ability to discern, differentiate, and define. We are interdependent. It is only when we realize that our face in the mirror comprises the entire world of existence with all of its incredible diversity and terrible flaws that we can see the infinite mystery of the universe reflected in our being.
We are not alone and no thought is truly unique, nor does any thought define our human worth. By embracing our worth as inherent, and by choosing to think and act with empathy and compassion, we take responsibility for our lives and our actions. In this way we can be of benefit to others.
Our People
Andrea Minick Rudolph, M.A, F.A.P.A., Founder and Executive Director of Oryoki Zendo, is an ordained Zen Buddhist Priest (Osho) and a Cognitive Behavioral based Mindfulness Counselor. She is a Fellow with the American Psychotherapy Association, a Professional Member of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association, Certified Master Chaplain for the American Board of Chaplains for Homeland Security, and a Certified Life Coach. As a Trainer for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Public Health Institute, from 1996 to 2009, Andrea taught a wide array of workshops in Health, Wellness, and Stress Management for doctors, nurses, clinicians, social workers, and counselors.
Rick Wigton, Assistant Priest (Shuso), is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide in Shinrin Yoku. He worked for the PA Board of Probation and Parole, for the PA Dept. of Corrections, the State regional prison in Mercer as a counselor, and the State Prison in Camp Hill, PA. He was on the Hostage Negotiation team, the Critical Incident Stress Management Team and was trained as an EMT. He also has training in Compassionate Listening through the Compassionate Listening Project.
