Hokyo Chuck Hutchcraft is a Soto Zen priest, licensed clinical social worker, and psychotherapist. His teaching and therapy practice are informed by Buddhist and Western psychologies, continued explorations into neurobiology, and somatic awareness. Hokyo began Zen practice in 1991 and was ordained in the Katigiri Roshi lineage in 2005 by Sojun Diane Martin, guiding teacher of the Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL. He received dharma transmission in the Kobun Chino lineage from Sensei Dean Williams, guiding teacher of the Crooked River Zen Center in Cleveland, in 2019. Hokyo is guiding teacher of the Grassroots Zen and mindfulness communities in northern and central Illinois. He is certified as a mindfulness teacher by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.