April 17, 1:00–4:00 pm PT - In this afternoon workshop, we will gather together for meditation, drawing, exploration, and play. Many studies illuminate the calming and restorative effects of meditative drawing, and its positive effects on brain health and well-being. We’ll start with exercises to enjoy the meditative movement of pen or pencil on paper, ...
Four Mondays, April 5–26, 5:30–6:30 pm PT - Did you know that in previous lives, the Buddha was a monkey, a parrot, and the queen of the dogs? These Jataka ...
Alternate Tuesdays, February 23–May 4, 5:30–7:30 pm PT - In SFZC’s Transforming Depression and Anxiety offerings, kindness, mindfulness, and tools from contemporary psychology are engaged to shift our relationship with ...
Six Wednesdays, March 17–April 21, 5:30–7:00 pm PT - Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith is text of unknown origin. It appeared in China in the sixth century, around the time ...
Four Thursdays, April 15–May 6, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Soon after returning to Japan from China in 1227, Eihei Dogen entered an extraordinary period of teaching and writing. In this ...
Four Mondays, April 5–26, 5:30–6:30 pm PT - Did you know that in previous lives, the Buddha was a monkey, a parrot, and the queen of the dogs? These Jataka ...
Four Thursdays, April 15–May 6, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Soon after returning to Japan from China in 1227, Eihei Dogen entered an extraordinary period of teaching and writing. In this ...
Alternate Tuesdays, February 23–May 4, 5:30–7:30 pm PT - In SFZC’s Transforming Depression and Anxiety offerings, kindness, mindfulness, and tools from contemporary psychology are engaged to shift our relationship with ...
Four Thursdays, April 15–May 6, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Soon after returning to Japan from China in 1227, Eihei Dogen entered an extraordinary period of teaching and writing. In this ...
Four Thursdays, May 13–June 3, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Freedom from suffering for all beings is a project we can all get behind, and our Zen ancestor Dogen, in an ...
Monthly, Saturdays, December 19–May 15, 11:00–12:30 pm PT If you have previously participated in any of the “Dancing in the Dark Fields” series, we invite you to consider this ongoing ...
Four Thursdays, May 13–June 3, 6:00–7:30 pm PT - Freedom from suffering for all beings is a project we can all get behind, and our Zen ancestor Dogen, in an ...
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