He received his training in one of the most important Zen centers of the U.S., the San Francisco Zen Center, where he lived, studied and taught for 15 years. Bernd regularly teaches at Zen Center Athens. He studied literature and philosophy in Frankfurt and Berkeley, and in his younger years he worked as a dancer. Having translated over 20 Buddhist books from English to German, Bernd is comfortable navigating in both languages, across a wide spectrum of classical and modern meditation philosophy. People enjoy how he communicates ancient wisdom teachings for a modern world.