In 2002, Shoryu was ordained at Austin Zen Center by his teacher Seirin Barbara Kohn, where he practiced until 2004.
In 2004, Shoryu went to study with Shōhaku Okumura at the Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington, Indiana.
He also visited and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center near Monterey, California.
He attended two Sōtōshū International Training angos, one at Shogo-ji in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
In 2011 Shoryu Bradley founded Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery in order to create a place for the practice of zazen in the United States similar to Antai-ji.