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Meditation Posture Fridays: Yoga Practices for Sitters, CC 6/28
2013 Fridays: 6/28, 7/27, 10/18, 11/22
4 - 5:30 pm
300 Page Street Buddha Hall
with Shosan Victoria Austin
The posture we take affects everything about meditation from its ease or difficulty to the thinking process; there are infinite ways to study it. This series is offered to provide a guided apprenticeship in the yoga of meditation.
Exploring the Breath in Zazen, CC 6/29/13
Saturday, June 29, 2013, 1 pm - 4:30 pm
Buddha Hall at 300 Page Street
with Issho Fujita

In this workshop, through lecture and various exercises, we will explore the world of breath in zazen and understand the depth of zazen from the viewpoint of the breath.


Joyful Mind in the Zen Kitchen, CC 6/29/13
Saturday, June 29
1:30 - 7:00 pm (includes dinner)
In the Kitchen at 300 Page Street
with Melinda Miller and Mark Lancaster

Join former guest cook Melinda Miller and Zen teacher Mark Lancaster as we prepare a simple summer meal together while deepening the practice of attention and mindfulness.
Speech That Connects Us: A Day-Long Workshop for Teachers, Parents, Social Workers, Nurses and Others, CC 7/21
Sunday, July 21, 10 am to 5 pm with Tova Green Conference Center at 308 Page Street This class is open to anyone who wishes to delve deeper into speech—this necessary, challenging and rewarding aspect of life, work and relationships. CEUs are available for MFTs, LCSWs, psychologists and nurses.

Presenting Shunryu Suzuki Roshi’s Teachings, CC 8/10/13
Saturday, August 10, 2013, 1:00 - 4:00pm
with Sojun Mel Weitsman and Myogen Steve Stücky

Finding our own truth in living this one human life.

The founding teacher of San Francisco Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, had a unique genius for presenting subtle and profound teachings in simple, accessible ways that continue to inspire generations of people on a path of practice.


Transforming Depression and Anxiety: A Path of Skillful Compassion, CC 8/11
Sunday, August 11
9 am - 5 pm

(CEU's available - see note in description.)

with Dr. Lee Lipp and David Zimmerman

Suzuki Roshi said, "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities ..."

Combining mindfulness and specific therapeutic approaches, this workshop will examine how to best take care of ourselves by relating to depression and anxiety with compassion. The aim of the workshop is for participants to practice identifying, relating to, and interrupting conditionings that are hindrances to feeling better.



Embracing Change: Zen and the Art of Creating a Life You Want, CC 8/18/13
Sunday, August 18, 2013
9:30 am - 4 pm
with Keiryu Liên Shutt

Conference Center at 308 Page Street

Are you at a point in your life in which you feel like it's time for a change, but you're not sure how to proceed?

Change can be hard. Especially a change that we haven't chosen at this time, such as job or relationship loss. Or perhaps this is a life-transition time.



Writing Ourselves Alive, CC 8/24/13
Saturday, August 24, 2013
9am - 4pm
with Marc Lesser and Roger Housden

Conference Center at 308 Page Street

The inner life appears on the page in many forms, and at its heart is the quest for truth.

This workshop uses the raw material of your life to reveal the deeper intelligence of your inner journey. We explore in writing what lies in your heart, your aspirations and fears, your ways of seeing both your past and your present.


Warm Earth, Ripe Harvest: A Late-Summer Zen and Restorative Yoga Retreat, at ZaZEN Filbert Street, 8/24
August 24, 2013
1 - 4 pm
with Erin Merk

Located at ZaZEN, 2219 Filbert Street, San Francisco view map

Let yourself fully ripen in this healing afternoon retreat combining the nourishing practice of restorative yoga with the gentle, upright presence of Zen meditation.



Finding Ease: A Zen and Mindfulness Approach to Anxiety, CC 9/7
Saturday, September 7
9 am - 5 pm
with Dr. Lee Lipp and Kansan David Zimmerman

Conference Center, 308 Page Street

(CEUs available)

“You open a door to a dark room and you think you know what’s there, where everything is arranged, but you really don’t know until you step inside.” - Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Vol. 1

Aversion to anxiety is often accompanied by reactivity and actions that worsen how we feel. We suffer. This workshop, taught from the perspectives of Zen and Mindfulness meditation practices, is supported by the latest neuroscience and psychological research.



Meditation Posture Fridays: Yoga Practices for Sitters, CC 9/27
2013 Fridays: 6/28, 7/27, 10/18, 11/22
4 - 5:30 pm
300 Page Street Buddha Hall
with Shosan Victoria Austin
The posture we take affects everything about meditation from its ease or difficulty to the thinking process; there are infinite ways to study it. This series is offered to provide a guided apprenticeship in the yoga of meditation.
Meditation Posture Fridays: Yoga Practices for Sitters, CC 10/18
2013 Fridays: 6/28, 7/27, 10/18, 11/22
4 - 5:30 pm
300 Page Street Buddha Hall
with Shosan Victoria Austin
The posture we take affects everything about meditation from its ease or difficulty to the thinking process; there are infinite ways to study it. This series is offered to provide a guided apprenticeship in the yoga of meditation.
Transforming Depression and Anxiety: A Path of Skillful Compassion, CC 11/3
Sunday, November 3
9 am - 5 pm
with Dr. Lee Lipp and Kansan David Zimmerman

Conference Center, 308 Page Street

(CEUs available)

“You open a door to a dark room and you think you know what’s there, where everything is arranged, but you really don’t know until you step inside.” - Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Vol. 1

Aversion to anxiety is often accompanied by reactivity and actions that worsen how we feel. We suffer. This workshop, taught from the perspectives of Zen and Mindfulness meditation practices, is supported by the latest neuroscience and psychological research.



Meditation Posture Fridays: Yoga Practices for Sitters, CC 11/22
2013 Fridays: 6/28, 7/27, 10/18, 11/22
4 - 5:30 pm
300 Page Street Buddha Hall
with Shosan Victoria Austin
The posture we take affects everything about meditation from its ease or difficulty to the thinking process; there are infinite ways to study it. This series is offered to provide a guided apprenticeship in the yoga of meditation.
Meditation Posture Fridays: Yoga Practices for Sitters™
2013 Fridays: 5/31, 6/28, 7/27, 10/18, 11/22
4 - 5:30 pm
300 Page Street Buddha Hall
with Shosan Victoria Austin
The posture we take affects everything about meditation from its ease or difficulty to the thinking process; there are infinite ways to study it. This series is offered to provide a guided apprenticeship in the yoga of meditation.