Since 1990, Kokoyo Henkel has been practicing in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, where he is currently tanto (head of practice), No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received dharma transmission from him in 2010.