Ewan Magie is a longtime meditator and explorer of the mountains and wilderness of the American West. He began formal meditation practice in the 2000s with Seattle Insight Meditation Society and founding teacher Rodney Smith. He moved to Colorado in December 2018 and teaches English at Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan, Colorado. Chikyo Ryunin Ewan Magie was ordained as Soto Zen priest in 2019 by Nomon Tim Burnett, Guiding Teacher of Red Cedar Zen in Bellingham, WA. He has served Prairie Mountain Zen Center and Jodo Cliff Clusin since January 2019. He continues to give dharma talks and teach quarterly classes at PMZC, both in zendo and online.