Rev. Inryū Bobbi Poncé-Barger, Sensei
Shinchi Inryū 身知隱竜
A branch of Buddhism and also a type of meditation.
Happy to have been one of the Preceptors for this auspicious ceremony near the turn of the year 2025
Ordinand: Kodo Jesse Peters
Dassanaya Buddhist Community
December 10, 2025
Preceptors: Jakuen Konin (Dhammadipa) Melissa Cardenas, Shosan Gigen Victoria Austin, Shinchi Inryu Bobbi Ponce Barger
Last year I submitted a photo for the All Beings Zen Sangha Annual Art Calendar that ended up being used along with an Ikkyu saying which I love. I snapped the photograph while participating in a Forest Bathing class that Zen’etsu Clay Crowell was leading in the Tregaron Conservancy.
“Everyday priests minutely examine the Dharma
and endlessly chant complicated sutras.
Before doing that, though, they should learn
how to read the love letters
sent by the wind and rain, the snow and moon. -Ikkyu-
Saw this photo today on my friend Ted’s facebook page. Seeing it made me smile so I thought I’d share my memory of it here.
So I had this amazing trip to Japan in April 2024. Everything was a whirlwind from the arrival at Haneda Airport, to the 13th floor outdoor hot baths at my arrival hotel. There were fun days in Kyoto with Sangha members trying to figure out where to find vegetarian food, missing buses, taking buses the wrong direction to where we wanted to go, almost missing our train to meet up with the 100 person Soto Zen Clergy Tour Group for our first stop – to see Dogen Zenji’s Temple in the Mountains Eiheiji. Imagine my surprise when the group photo was being set up to have my name called to sit in the front row (5th from left). I am in the dark brown Okesa. This group had some serious Soto Zen weight and they added little ole me to the front row. How amazing is that?
To contact Rev. Inryu Bobbi Ponce-Barger, Sensei, please send an email to inryu@allbeingszen.org.
Rev. Inryu was involved in a program to bring meditation to those incarcerated and awaiting sentencing at the Washington D.C. Department of Corrections facility.
Volunteers are needed to continue this important work:
To share the mindful meditation practices with under-resourced communities. Insight on the Inside, a community of mindful meditation teachers, shares healing mindfulness practices with under-resourced people in the DMV. IOI is looking for volunteer teachers with a meditation practice and an intention to serve. For more information contact Shinren at markstone1924@gmail.com (mailto:markstone1924@gmail.com).” And that’s a great idea about putting an add in Pathways
All Beings One Day Zen Retreat at Woodburn Hill Farm, Mechanicsville MD.
Schedule
10 Opening Bell Chant/Kanzeon/Heart Sutra
10:15 Zazen
10:40 Kinhin
10:50 Zazen
11:15 Practice Discussion
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Zazen
1:30 Kinhin
1:40 Zazen
2:10 Kinhin
2:30 Practice Discussion with tea and cookies
3:15 Zazen
3:45 Kinhin
3:55 Zazen
4:25 Closing Circle/Refuges
Inryu can provide directions and help coordinate ride sharing to the farm from the city environs. RSVP with Inryu at bobbi@bagheerayoga.com
February 13th Opening Day – Full Day Retreat for Spring Practice Period lead by Dairyu Michael Wenger
Contact Inryu Sensei to discuss officiating for your ceremony. She is available for Baby and House Blessings, Weddings, Memorials, Dedications and Funerals. She can help you write your wedding vows and plan for your event. Inryū Sensei is registered clergy for the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been the legal officiant for weddings in California, Maryland, Louisiana and Georgia.
Stone Mountain Lodge in the Sugarloaf Mountains of Maryland, June 2013 and a home wedding in Washington DC in July 2014
A home wedding in Washington D.C. 2014
Funerals and Solemn Occasions
Rev. Inryū is the officiant for a graveside funeral service in Santa Monica, CA.
Local Retreats
Inryū Bobbi Poncé-Barger leads week-end and day-long zen and yoga retreats in and near the DC area. The retreats are usually in scenic areas with paths for walking meditation and hiking. All retreats include healthy food and expert yoga and mediation instruction. She also leads zen meditation retreats for All Beings Sangha.
National retreats
Click here to contact Inryu Bobbi Ponce-Barger about retreats.
All Beings Zen Sangha
Rev. Inryu Bobbi Ponce-Barger is the resident and guiding teacher of the All Beings Zen Sangha which is a Branching Streams affiliated group in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (the founder of the San Francisco Zen Center). The All Beings Zen Sangha meets regularly for meditation, retreats and dharma study.
A founding member of the Sangha begun in 2004, Bobbi now serves the community as an ordained Soto Buddhist priest. Her Buddhist name is ”Shin Chi Inryu” Body Wisdom Hidden Dragon offered to her by her zen teacher Dairyu Michael Wenger Roshi.
Information on weekly meditation and special events can be found at the allbeingszen website. Click here to go to the site.
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Inryu now enjoys giving dharma talks and working with students both in person and via the Internet.
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