Introductory Four-Day Sesshin, GGF 5/8 - 5/12

Practice Center
Date / Time
May 8, 2024 / 7:00pm - May 12, 2024 / 12:00pm
Event Type
Sitting Meditation & Sesshins
Description

This Introductory Four-Day Sesshin at Green Gulch Farm will focus on the basics of formal Zen practice, providing extended instruction in zazen, walking meditation, bowing, and chanting. It offers an introduction to intensive sesshin retreat practice for those newer to the Zen forms, and a chance for more experienced sitters to renew the fundamentals of formal practice.

Please review the example sesshin schedule. The sesshin will consist of sitting and walking meditation, Dharma Talks, and ceremonies, with light instruction as needed throughout. Meals will be eaten silently (we may or may not practice oryoki this sesshin).

Participants are welcome to arrive as early as 3:00 pm on Wednesday, and the sesshin will begin on Wednesday after dinner with a 7:00 pm orientation. The sesshin will conclude with lunch on Sunday.

This sesshin is open to anyone who has participated in an Introductory Half-Day Sitting at Green Gulch (or has comparable formal Zen experience) and previous participation in a One-Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farm is strongly recommended. If you have questions about your participation in this sitting, please contact the Ino, Head of the Meditation Hall, at ggfino@sfzc.org.

To register for this sesshin, begin by completing this form.

Once you have been approved for the sesshin, you will be sent an email that will include a link through which you can process your payment and complete your registration.

Before registering, please review the Health and Safety Requirements.

Fee Information
  • Guest House, Single Room - $660

  • Guest House, Shared Room - $520 per person

  • Single student housing (as available) - $560

  • Shared student housing (as available) - $420

NOTE: The Shared Room option only applies to partners or friends who register together for the sesshin with the intention of sharing a room with each other – Green Gulch will not be assigning people to room together at this time.

SFZC Members receive a 10% discount. For additional discount options, please email us at ggfino@sfzc.org.

Meals are included in the cost of sesshin. Some meals might be eaten formally in the zendo meditation hall. Please bring your oryoki set. If you do not have a set, you can purchase one on arrival for an additional $55.