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SUMMARY:Bowing to the Wild: Embodied Animism & Zen in the Tassajara Wilderness\, ZMC 5/19–5/24 – Waitlist Only
DESCRIPTION:Just beyond Tassajara’s gate\, another luminous temple vibrates with aliveness\, calls out for our veneration and presence\, and overflows with timeless wisdom: the Ventana wilderness. Suzuki Roshi\, founder of Tassajara\, regarded this landscape as a potent habitat for awakening and the beings within it as fellow practitioners: “Although we practice with people\, our goal is to practice with mountains and rivers\, with trees and stones\, with everything in the world.” \nYet so often\, a modern worldview—shaped by notions of hierarchy\, human exceptionalism\, mechanistic materialism\, and isolation—prevents us from deeply and meaningfully participating in the living world. These inherently destructive perspectives\, at play for millennia and now exacerbated by high technology\, have created a dominant culture that views the natural world at best as a place for recreation\, and at worst as “a storehouse and a sewer\,” in the words of Buddhist eco-philosopher Joanna Macy. \nBuddhism offers another pathway for relating with the natural world: a recognition that “Buddha-nature pervades all beings like the all-encompassing sky” (Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra). From this vantage springs an understanding of not only our fundamental fellowship with all that is\, but also an acknowledgement that everyone and everything is potentially our great teacher… a Buddha. Furthermore\, countless lay practitioners\, monks\, and sages who have peered through the veil of delusion have arrived at the conclusion that no being is separate from another\, and that interbeing—the web of deep relationship—is the truest expression of reality. As Thích Nhất Hạnh teaches\, “We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” These insights resonate with indigenous traditions across the world\, and are likely in accord with the premodern\, land-connected life-ways of all of our ancestors\, regardless of lineage. \nAt this trying moment in history—facing climate breakdown\, profound isolation\, and deepening intolerance—it is a radical and revolutionary act to regard the wild and its non-human inhabitants as wise\, sentient relatives imbued with rights and agency. This recognition is not only an ecological imperative\, but also a reclamation of our own fundamental wholeness and belonging in this world. \nIn this retreat\, we will embrace gestures of reciprocity and kinship with the wild. We will form a sangha of mutual support with the land\, our wild relatives\, and one another\, cultivating relationships for our collective ecological and personal well-being. Through contemplative hiking on rugged and diverse wilderness trails\, we will attune ourselves to the living presence of our more-than-human kin—plants\, animals\, boulders\, waters\, winds. We will engage in Buddhist and non-Buddhist practices to cultivate awareness of the world as it actually is: alive\, aware\, and interconnected. And we will encounter ourselves as members of a vast\, sacred family of beings\, communing in the temple of the wild that has awaited our return. \nImportant Retreat Notes: \nThis retreat will include two full-day hiking excursions into the Tassajara wilderness\, and two half-day hikes\, as well as Zen practice and Dharma discussion on the Tassajara grounds. Hikes take place on rugged and moderate to strenuous wilderness trails\, often featuring very steep and uneven terrain\, overgrown brush\, prolonged sun exposure\, crossing of logs and/or bridges\, and wading through shallow water. Hikes will range from 3-7 miles with elevation gains and losses up to ~1\,500 feet.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/bowing-to-the-wild-embodied-animism-zen-in-the-tassajara-wilderness-zmc-5-19-5-24-waitlist-only/
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SUMMARY:Yoga of Zen\, ZMC 5/19–5/24
DESCRIPTION:Beginnings invite us to pause and listen—to interrupt old patterns and meet ourselves anew. \nThis retreat offers yoga rooted in self-exploration. Students are guided to listen to the intelligence of the body\, cultivating enough quiet to truly hear it. The physical practice is approached not as something to fix or perfect\, but as an experience to inhabit from the inside. Through attention to subtle sensations\, small details become meaningful\, allowing the practice to be fully embodied and deeply felt. \nSupported by daily zazen\, yoga\, and the natural stillness of Tassajara\, we will engage in experiential exercises\, guided meditations\, and reflection. Together\, these practices help transform our stories\, emotions\, and aspirations into sources of nourishment. Zen sessions cultivate attention\, inner quiet\, and open awareness—supporting mind and body to move as one through the yoga asana practice. \nSome experience of yoga and meditation is preferable but not essential.
URL:https://www.sfzc.org/event/yoga-of-zen-zmc-5-19-5-24/
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