Marina Kocherovsky will be moving back to the Bay Area having been part of our resident community over the past two years. Marina has been an integral part of developing our Forest Monastery since shortly after we arrived here on the land in 2014. She has supported many areas of running the monastery and has been a warm and precious member of our community. We are sorry to see Marina go and wish her all blessings in her new life!

We are glad to now welcome Becky Warren as a long term member of our community. Becky has spent several months at Aloka Vihara already and will be staying on to help with some of the areas Marina previously took care of. We are delighted to have Becky with us!