Dancing in the Dark Fields of Illness & Pain, Online 1/9–2/13
Description
The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions.
Six Saturdays, January 9–February 13, 1:00–2:30 pm PT
This is an online introductory class for people who are working with the fierce teachers of chronic illness or chronic pain. In this six-part interactive class we will share our stories and explore practices that may be useful on the journey.
Optional readings will be shared during the class. To prepare, students may wish to read Turning Suffering Inside Out by Darlene Cohen and/or How to Live Well With Chronic Pain and Illness by Toni Bernhard. Students may also wish to read Zenshin Florence Caplow’s essay, “Dancing in the Dark Fields“, and listen to her Dharma talk on this subject.
Dharma Talk
Tend to Your Spirit: Teachings from Illness — Zenshin Florence Caplow — Dharma Talk at City Center
This talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Zenshin Florence Caplow. Zenshin offers stories and teachings from her life as both a Zen practitioner and person with chronic illness, and readings from her new book, Tend to Your Spirit: Mindful Living With Chronic Illness.
Participant testimonial:
Chronic suffering is impossible to ignore, often excruciating and isolating. Florence Caplow’s Dancing in the Fields of Chronic Pain workshops, with her cheerful and enlightened guidance and the open participation of others, have consistently provided me with refuge, inspiration, and comfort. These workshops are subtle, magical, gentle, and transformative. They embody wisdom in service of compassion. It feels less like practice and more like a rally, opening our hearts. Thanks to everyone participating and to Zenshin Florence; it has been like a prayer flag of compassion touching my countenance.
—Barry E.
Recordings:
All course sessions will be recorded, and registered participants will receive temporary access to the recordings for later viewing.
Fee Information
- Benefactor Ticket Price: $315 — supports others’ participation
- Standard ticket price: $252 — covers full program costs
- Member (Become an SFZC Member): $227 — for current SFZC members
- Supported: $151 — community supported rate
- Deeply Supported: $63 — for broadest accessibility
- Current SFZC residents and qualified SFZC retirees may attend this course for free. To register, please email onlineprograms@sfzc.org at least 72 hours before the program begins.
Registration Information
Or call 415-354-0360.
Zenshin Florence Caplow
Zenshin Florence Caplow is a Dharma-transmitted Soto Zen priest who was ordained by Zoketsu Norman Fischer in 2007 and received Dharma transmission from Bruce Fortin in 2022. She has practiced Vipassana and Zen for nearly forty years, including sesshins, practice periods, and residence at SFZC practice centers.