user7290: The Zen center where I live is very male dominated. This might be because it's very small. Anyway, I think Zen sometimes tend to be a bit masculine in its form, wit a kind of quasi militaristic approach. I find this kind of fun and try to have an ironic attitude - irony is indeed a good medicine. 
There are plenty of famous women in different schools of Buddhism, esecially Tibetan. But not so much in Zen, it seems. 
Is there anyone who knows a good book on Zen practice written by a woman? And I'd also like some online resources/courses/training on Zen by women. 

user-1: Shundo Aoyama Roshi is a Sōtō priest who wrote a few books (I'm afraid just one was translated to english, however: Zen Seeds: Reflections of a Female Priest). She is the teacher of Coen sensei, former head of the Sōtō community in south america.

user-1: Charlotte Joko Beck revolutionized how Zen - if not the whole of Buddhism - is taught in America.  Her books are extraordinary.  She also started the San Diego Zen Center.  Peggy Jiyu Kennett started Shasta Abbey.  Those are two that I know off the top of my head.
And a link.

7290: <p>The Zen center where I live is very male dominated. This might be because it's very small. Anyway, I think Zen sometimes tend to be a bit masculine in its form, wit a kind of quasi militaristic approach. I find this kind of fun and try to have an ironic attitude - irony is indeed a good medicine. </p>

<p>There are plenty of famous women in different schools of Buddhism, esecially Tibetan. But not so much in Zen, it seems. </p>

<p>Is there anyone who knows a good book on Zen practice written by a woman? And I'd also like some online resources/courses/training on Zen by women. </p>
 -1: <p>Shundo Aoyama Roshi is a Sōtō priest who wrote a few books (I'm afraid just one was translated to english, however: <a href="https://www.google.fr/search?q=Zen+Seeds%3A+Reflections+of+a+Female+Priest" rel="nofollow">Zen Seeds: Reflections of a Female Priest</a>). She is the teacher of Coen sensei, former head of the Sōtō community in south america.</p>
 -1: <p>Charlotte Joko Beck revolutionized how Zen - if not the whole of Buddhism - is taught in America.  Her books are extraordinary.  She also started the San Diego Zen Center.  Peggy Jiyu Kennett started Shasta Abbey.  Those are two that I know off the top of my head.</p>

<p>And a <a href="http://lhamo.tripod.com/2zen.htm">link</a>.</p>
