Walk Where You Are, Online 5/11 - 5/12

Practice Center
Date / Time
May 11, 2024 / 9:30am - May 12, 2024 / 5:30pm
Event Type
Workshops and Retreats
Description

The Zoom link will be provided at least 24 hours before the class begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions.


This two-day online workshop will explore the experience of walking from Buddhist, scientific and experiential perspectives. Shundo David Haye and Dan Gudgel—both Soto Zen priests—will offer teachings and guided meditation. Shikantaza (just sitting), walking prompts and discussion will illuminate the dharma of our human bodies moving through space and time.

Each day will include meditation, dharma teachings, walking in your immediate area (within a 90 minute window, twice a day) and group discussion. This retreat is open to everyone, regardless of physical condition, geographic location or experience. While the teachings will be framed and named specifically around walking, participants can connect this retreat to any embodied activity if walking is a particular challenge.

To support a focused and sustained exploration of walking, participants are strongly encouraged to treat this workshop as a retreat, and refrain from other modes of transport (i.e., if you can avoid getting in a car for the weekend, please do). Participants are requested to participate in as much of the workshop as possible, as the teachings, experiences and discussions will build on and connect to each other.

During this workshop you will:
Engage with each step in full mindfulness and presence.
Apply Zen teachings to the act of walking, transforming it into a meditative practice.
Explore the connection between physical movement and mental awareness.
Apply these practices to other embodiment practices you may have

Schedule (applies to Saturday and Sunday):

 MorningAfternoon
Gathering/Orientation9:30-9:45 am2:15-2:30 pm
Sitting9:45-10:15 am2:30-3:00 pm
Talk10:15-10:45 am3:00-3:30 pm
Walk10:45-12:15 am3:30-5:00 pm
Discussion/Closing12:15-12:45 am5:00-5:30 pm
Fee Information
  • General: $300
  • Current SFZC Members: $270
  • Sliding Scale 1: $180
  • Sliding Scale 2: $75

For additional discount options, please email us at rezoffice@sfzc.org.

Registration Information