Alexandra Mushin Gericke Sensei was born and grew up in Southern Germany. She skied for the German national youth team, earning her a scholarship for the University of Utah. While coming to Salt Lake City to study psychology in 1994, she also had her first encounter with Zen practice at the Kanzeon Zen Center.

Wanting to study with her teacher, Soten Genpo Roshi, she became a resident at Kanzeon in 1996. Living there for eight years, she trained both in the more traditional forms of Zen as well as in Roshi’s Big Mind process. She received Shukke Tokudo in 1998 and served as Roshi’s attendant for many years, becoming a Dharma holder in 2002 and receiving Denkai in 2006.

Since 2008, she is married to the Belgian Zen teacher Frank De Waele Roshi. They live in Ghent with their two daughters. She also trained in body awareness practices like Feldenkrais and Focusing and is working as a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher.

In August 2022, Mushin received Dharma transmission (Shiho) from Genpo Roshi in Germany and has since started the No Mind Zen group.

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