It's virtually axiomatic now that America has its own brand of Zen Buddhism, and the author of this skilled volume proves the point. Shoshanna is a Hasidic Jew who has been both practicing zazen and ...

The Brave Room at Indian Hill Elementary School in Cincinnati has pillow chairs, a mini Zen garden and soft lighting. Every day, students stop in — some for a few minutes, others for a full class ...

Inside an open 2,900-square-foot space sits several rows of cushions in a semi-circle around an altar donning a golden statue sitting under a huge Bodhi tree. Plants surround each side of the altar ...