With a vision to meet the imperative for a shift in human consciousness, Born as the Earth Zen Academy (BEZA) exists to transmit a tried-and-tested, practical spirituality to create a new human story.

We are the first school on the African continent merging authentic Zen Buddhism and Earth-based wisdom. BEZA is a rites-of-passage initiation school for grounded higher learning. Our curriculums and offerings are deep, broad and evolutionary.

All training is experiential, hands-on, and co-operative. Students work independently, collaboratively, and at their own pace, facilitating long-lasting authentic transformation in themselves and their relationship with the communities of all beings.

BEZA offers Meditation, Shamanic Training, Community Talking Circles, Divination & Mentorship through individual gateways or through comprehensive Advanced Training.

BEZA is founded and guided by Glenn Nangaku Leisching, an initiated elder, shaman and Buddhist monk.

“To be Born as the Earth is not the same as being born. It is to realize that these Mountains and Rivers and the whole Earth itself is your true human body.” - Zen Master Daido Roshi (1931-2009)