WHS has been my local dharma home for years, a sanctuary, a place of refuge, for communal meditation, for friendships with like minded Buddhists, for dharmic discussions, with a broad array of group activities from retreats to book groups to hiking, a place that supports my path of exploring ever deeper dharma. Although Zen is my primary practice, that our sangha is non-denominational is an unusual opportunity both to welcome in practitioners of all forms of Buddhism along with those just finding their way onto a path, and allows us all to be exposed to and enriched by the teachings from a variety of Buddhist traditions.