Mondo Zen Facilitator Certificate Program - Program Guide September 2021 - May 2022
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Mondo Zen ™ Facilitator Certificate Program
Program Guide
September 2021 – May 2022
www.Hollowboneszen.org
The Mondo Zen ™ Facilitator Certificate Program is an eight-month structured learning
environment providing knowledge, mentorship and a community of practitioners for effectively
learning the skills of Mondo Zen™ Facilitation (MZF). The goal of this training is to provide
individuals with the wisdom, compassion, and skillful means required to embody the
transmission of Mondo Zen™ through MZF. The Mondo Zen™ Facilitator Certificate Program
involves a rigorous learning sequence with ongoing mentorship to enhance the knowledge and
skills required to competently guide individuals, pairings and groups. Ongoing reflection,
assessment, and feedback are key to this gateway of learning.
The purpose of this program is to reliably train practitioners in the art of Mondo Zen
Facilitation, including the accurate understanding of Mondo Zen, the ability to transmit the
teachings of Mondo Zen™ using the MZF Core Competencies and the ability to facilitate using
the MZF process in diverse settings. Under the direction of Fugen Tom Pitner, Roshi and Ekai
Joel Kreisberg, the program leverages state-of-the-art training technologies to foster a
community of learners. Students in the program are assessed across a range of five core
competencies utilized in the MZF as well as specific skills and best practices required for
ongoing learning and development.
Key Learning Components:
• Teaching Structures
o Opening Online 5 day session
September 29th, 2021 – October 3rd, 2021
o Eight Saturday live sessions - online (see full schedule below)
o Closing 3 day
April 22nd – April 24th, 2022
o Weekly learning triads - online (60 minutes)
• Practice Structures
o Mondo Zen™ Facilitation with three clients with assessment
o Five Training Elements Practice
• Assessment Structures
o Regular individual mentor meetings
o Regular mentor meetings with learning triads
o Ongoing reflective learning assignments
o Final certification assessment by Jun Po Roshi, Reishin Denise Leong, & Fugen
Roshi.
2Program Specifics
Partial List of Content Areas:
• Mondo Zen™ Koans
• Mondo Zen™ Dharana practice
• The Collaborative Way ®
• Whole Brain Learning
• Embodying Strong Emotions
• Distinguishing MZF from psychotherapy
• Discerning trauma triggers and dealing with them effectively
• Becoming comfortable with sacred economics
• Embodying KATA work
• Focusing dialogue with the Younger Self
• Mondo Zen™ Facilitation and group facilitation
• Assessment and feedback from Master MZF Facilitators
Course Dates and Times All times are Eastern Time (ET)
• Opening retreat
o April 28, 2021, 9 am ET – May 2nd, 2021, 5 pm ET
• October 16, 2021 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Two
• November 13, 2021 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Three
• December 4, 2021 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Four
• January 8, 2022 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Five
• January 29 2022 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Six
• February 19 2022 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Seven
• March 12, 2022 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Eight
• April 2, 2022– 11:00 am – 1:00 pm - Live Session Nine
• Closing retreat
o November 4, 2021, 4 pm CT – November 7, 2020, departing 11pm CT
3Program Requirements
1. Complete the Mondo Zen™ Facilitation with three individuals, including video recording of
the standard four 90-minute sessions for each individual and their respective reflective
assessments.
1. Submit video recordings for two of the three individual facilitations including:
• Formative assessment and feedback by a mentor (Four 90-minute videos total)
• Final assessment by the competency panel (Four 90-minute videos total)
2. Complete all assignments in the program
3. Attend all live sessions including one-on-one sessions with mentor
4. Actively participate in weekly learning triads
Program Completion and Certification
Completion of the program requires a level of competency that will be assessed by Jun Po,
Roshi, Reishin Denise Leong, & Fugen Roshi and/or other senior program faculty designated by
Jun Po. This skill-based assessment goes beyond simply participating in the course. Successful
completion involves demonstrating Mondo Zen™ Facilitation across five domains of core
compentencies along with a formal recommendation that’s brought forward by his or her
Mentor. This assessment is done by students videotaping their Mondo Zen Facilitation, which is
then assessed by faculty.
Completion of the program can lead to several outcomes.
• Fully Certified Mondo Zen™ Facilitator™ - Individual is recognized as demonstrating
competency in Mondo Zen™ Facilitation.
• Provisionally Certified Mondo Zen™ Facilitator – Individual has demonstrated skillful
competency significantly enough to be recognized as a Mondo Zen™ Facilitator.
However, the individual is required to complete designated assignments in order to be
acknowledged as fully certified.
• Ongoing Development: Individual has demonstrated skillful means in some core
competencies of Mondo Zen™ Facilitation. However, he or she will require significant
practice and skill development in order to “round out” his or her ability to become fully
certified.
• Fail or withdrew – individual has not demonstrated significant skill development to offer Mondo
Zen™ Facilitation.
4Certified Mondo Zen™ Facilitators:
Certified Mondo Zen™ Facilitators are recognized as having completed a rigorous program in
Mondo Zen™ Facilitation. Certified facilitators have been assessed by senior practitioners in a
skill-based system that has been designed to support ongoing growth and development.
Upon successful completion of the program and certification, Certified Mondo Zen Facilitators
will be qualified to receive a portion of any dana contribution that is made by the individual
receiving the facilitation.
Certified Mondo Facilitators will be required to maintain their skills as a facilitator by continuing
to practice the four standard sessions of Mondo Zen with at least 4 different clients annually at
minimum. In addition, certified facilitators are required to get recertified every two years,
including the completion of any continuing education requirements that are assigned.
Core Faculty
• Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi
o Jun Po Denis Kelly, received his Zen Masters recognition (Inka) in 1992. His Zen
lineage is in the Rinzai tradition through Eido Shimano Roshi of the The Zen
Studies Society. His yoga lineage is that of BKS Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois.
• Fugen Tom Pitner, Program Director
o Fugen founded Zen Four, a Whole Brain consulting firm and Zen4Life Coaching
Practice. Fugen is a Certified Shadow Work® Coach and Certified HBDI®
Advanced Practitioner (Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument). He has been
practicing with Hollow Bones since 1999. Fugen Roshi received Inka in January,
2019, from Jun Po Roshi.
• Ekai Joel Kreisberg,
o Ekai’s training as an integrative physician, homeopath, and Integral Coach,
inform his work developing the Mondo Zen™ Facilitator Program. He has been
studying with Jun Po Roshi since 2012. In 2018, he was ordained as a Hollow
Bones priest.
• Reishin Denise Leong
o Reishin Dai Nei Denise Leong has been a member of the Zen River Sangha in
Wisconsin since 2005, took jukai vows in 2007, and was ordained as a priest in
December, 2010. Reishin spent forty-two years in education as a teacher in
middle school, high school, college, and finally as the IT director for a public
school system. In her retirement, Reishin has been blessed with the opportunity
to serve as a chaplain for a local hospital.
5• Lloyd Fickett Roshi
o Founder of The Collaborative Way®, Lloyd Roshi received Inka from Jun Po Roshi
in 2018. He is co-author of two books, The Collaborative Way®: A Story About
Engaging the Mind and Spirit of a Company and Leading the Collaborative Way:
Overcoming the Seven Most Common Pitfalls.
• Christopher Spicer
Chris is a holistic educator, counselor, coach and consultant. He is a Certified
Core Energetics Practitioner, and Associate Integral Coach (.He also has
certification in Integral Studies, Advanced Shalom (Mountain)Process
leader, Reality Therapy/Choice Theory, and Advance Reiki. He has been
practicing Mondo Zen with Hollow Bones and Integral Zen for six years.
• Onryu Ingrid Bamberg
o Onryu brings her training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Voice Dialogue
and Biodynamic Cranialsacral Therapy to her work as a Hollow Bones Priest.
After beginning with the Integral Zen community in 2008, she was ordained with
Hollow Bones in 2014
Prerequisite for student participation
• Must have gone through Mondo Zen™ facilitation with a priest or a trained facilitator
Course Fees: $3450 (includes room and board for both in-person sessions)
• $500 refundable application fee which is applied to the tuition upon acceptance
Payment Plans
• Pay in full $3,450 by March 1, 2021
• Pay $1,450 by January 1, 2021, and $2000 by March 1, 2021
Financial Assistance
Partial scholarships are available for this program to participants exhibiting financial need. Participants
requesting financial assistance must register for the program and fill out the financial aid application.
Please note that while Hollow Bones aims to make our offerings financially accessible, we are unable to
provide full scholarships for our programs and retreats.
For more information, contact
Fugen Tom Pitner fugen@hollowboneszen.org
6What People are Saying
What I especially loved was my weekly meeting online with two other students. These meetings, which I
initially thought would be more about checking progress, turned out to be heartfelt sharing with others
on the path, people who quickly became good friends. These meetings were an opportunity to practice
deep listening and speaking from the heart. And even with no 'teacher' present, they left me feeling
more centered, more open, and more connected. I shall miss them when the course is complete.
- Bussho Martin Boroson
Participating in the Mondo Zen Facilitator training has breathed new life into my meditation practice.
The more I have practiced facilitating, the more I have seen who I am in relationship to others and the
world slowly aligning to my best self - to the compassionate and aware adult self who not only cares
deeply about the world but has the ability to make a positive impact. I feel as though I am finally
beginning to understand what my first Zen teacher meant when he said that if I really wanted to learn
something well I should teach it.
- ShiShi Shin Greg Tzar
The Mondo Zen certification program provided numerous platforms to work with the technology of the
koans. The organization of the program honoured my and our shared humanity, while also being
completely spiritually resonant. I enjoyed and benefited from that balance. For me, as a guide, or
spiritual friend, the program offered full support as to how to work the Mondo Zen Koan Process with
others in a practical and direct way. The community itself offered much wisdom, caring capacity, and
support, and I enjoyed the program’s many educational and informing facets, rich with benefit for myself
and others.
- Emyo Darlene Tataryn
Even as an “Experienced Facilitator”, I have found that the Mondo Zen Facilitator Program has pushed
me into a deeper level of introspection and retrospection regarding my facilitation skills, not to mention
personal levels of discomfort and attention to details I would otherwise ignore. I’m finding that facing
this discomfort and learning from it, is essential for me to continue growing and evolving my skillful
means. Otherwise, I would likely stagnate where I am, which really isn’t healthy or fun for myself or
those with whom I will be sharing this process. I highly recommend this course to anyone who truly
wants to assess and improve their Mondo Zen facilitation skills.
- Engo Dohi
The Mondo Zen Facilitator Program both deepened and broadened my understanding of what it means
to be a facilitator, by allowing me to have a highly concentrated practice, in-depth conversations, and
guided feedback/support from others invested in exploring the Mondo process. Through better
understanding the Mondo and my being able to share it with confidence, my own practice has taken on a
new dimension. In all, this program is an excellent example of Zen training; insight and application
together support an authentic way of waking up, growing up and showing up in the world.
- Umi no Nami Dan Rotnen
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