Education
Stuart was granted her teaching title during an informal ceremony in 1982 held by her teacher Soen Nakagawa.
Stuart was granted her teaching title during an informal ceremony in 1982 held by her teacher Soen Nakagawa.
Nakagawa, who had given Dharma transmission previously to five individuals (all male), granted Stuart the title in defiance of convention. While she had accepted the roshi title, she never declared to be a Dharma heir or lineage holder. Stuart was born in Keeler, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1922.
She studied music and graduated from the University of Manitoba.
Stuart moved to Paris, France in 1949 to study piano under Nadia Boulanger, Robert and Gaby Casadesus, and Alfred Cortot. She also practiced under Haku"un Yasutani for some time during this period.
She was ordained as a priest by Shimano in 1977. Tworkov reports that Stuart left the Shimano lineage in 1977 because of his mistreatment of women.
Death
Stuart died of liver cancer in 1990.
She left behind no successors.