Membership List

Martine Taikai Palmiter received Denbo transmission on September 7, 2019, empowered to teach and transmit the Dharma. She founded Joyful Mind Zen Community in Rockville, MD in 2023 after studying for 20 years with her root teacher Rosemary Myoan Dougherty of One Heart Sangha. At Rosemary's passing in 2019, she co-taught with Sensei Bob Ertman for 5 years. She is founder of the Tea Ladies Women's Zen Sangha since 2017, which offers an annual women's Zen retreat. Retired from Federal Human Resources as a manager and investigator, in her earlier years was a massage therapist and educator. She has a lifelong practice of swimming and yoga, and now lives with her life partner Vic and enjoys her two nearby granddaughters, gardening, cooking, cycling, and bringing the joy of practice to our community.