Program Teachers
Norman Elizondo
Program Leader
Norman has been an ardent student of meditation since 1994. He began his training and practice in the Theravada tradition. In 2001, he became a student of Reggie Ray and began training in the Tibetan Kagyu, Nyingma, and Shambhala traditions. A cofounder of Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, Norman has been working with struggling young people and their families since 1998. Norman offers the teachings in a way that invites students to explore their unique experience on the journey of meditation and to trust that experience.
Jake La Botz
Program Leader
After getting clean from heroin addiction and searching to understand what his life was for, Jake was lucky to discover the dharma of Chögyam Trungpa and then to begin working with Reggie as his teacher in 2003. Along the way, he also learned a lot through participating in 12 Step programs, Jungian analysis, and several years training in Aikido. Over the last few years he's taught meditation in prisons, and during Covid has been sharing the Dharma Ocean teachings online. Professionally, Jake is a songwriter and performer.
