Nicolee Jikyo McMahon, Roshi, received Dharma Transmission from Taizan Maezumi Roshi in 1995. She began meditation practice in 1969, and started formal Zen study in 1980 at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. Roshi is a Marriage and Family therapist and she leads Zen retreats throughout the year. She is certified by Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi in the Big Mind process.

Roshi originated the ”Practice of Immediacy” © which integrates the arts — music, writing, poetry, and movement with Zen practice. She is married, and has two grown children, a stepson, and four grandchildren. She continues to be a student of skillful means to better assist those she works with in Zen and therapy.