Education
Born in New Jersey, Beck studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher.
Born in New Jersey, Beck studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher.
Several of her Dharma heirs are practicing psychologists/psychiatrists. Shortly after Beck’s departure in 2006, she revoked Dharma transmission from two senior students: Ezra Bayda and Elizabeth Hamilton. In 2006 Joko moved to Prescott, Arizona, where she continued to teach until she retired as a teacher in late 2010.
In the spring of 2010, Joko announced Gary Nafstad as her last Dharma successor.
Beck died on June 15, 2011 at age 94. Christensen, Larry Jissan
Christenson, Anna
Dawson, Geoff
Howard, Gregg
Magid, Barry (b 1949)
Nafstad, Gary
Penn, Barbara Muso
Smith, Elihu Genmyo (b 1948)
Rizzetto, Diane Eshin (b 1942)
From two other teachers she later sought to revoke her appointment:
Bayda, Ezra (b 1944) (revoked 2006)
Hamilton, Elizabeth (revoked 2006).