Membership List

Mark Eko Morris is a sensei and ordained priest at Heart Circle Sangha where he has been practicing in the Soto Zen tradition for approximately 20 years with Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts, Roshi and where he has served, at various times, as Sangha President and Secretary. Eko is also a clinical social worker and psychotherapist licensed in NY and NJ. Eko has worked in hospital outpatient settings, non-profit clinics, teaching clinics, and integrative health settings and is now in private practice. He is also the coordinator of the Prison Dharma program at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADTC) which is the New Jersey Dept. of Corrections facility that houses only violent, recidivist sex offenders. He is a graduate of the first class of volunteer chaplains from the New York Zen Center for Compassionate Care (NYZCCC) and worked with patients suffering from cancer, dementia, and various infectious diseases at Beth Israel Medical Center. He has served as a volunteer Doula for the Dying with Valley Home Health Care and has served as a volunteer EMT in Ossining, NY.