He is co-abbot of Windhorse Zen Community, and spiritual director of the Florida Clearwater Zen Center. Lawson’s Zen practice began in 1969, and his formal psychotherapy training in the late 1980’s. For the past 25 years much of his personal and professional work has centered on the integration of Eastern and Western systems of intrapsychic change. His latest writings can be found online at AwakeningZen.org, and the next Windhorse workshop, entitled Basic Zen: Timeless Path for a World in Crisis, will be held on April 1.