Joan Halifax

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

1942-07-30

Place of Birth

Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Joan Halifax

Biography

Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community which she founded in 1990.