2027 Tassajara Winter Practice Period, ZMC 1/6–3/31
The 117th Practice Period at Tassajara Led by Ryushin Paul Haller January 6–March 31, 2027 Application due date is Friday, November 27, 2026 Ango (Practice Period) offers a rare opportunity ...
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January 2027 Intensive: Training in Compassion, Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong, GGF 1/6-1/27
Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong - This three-week retreat offers an opportunity for experienced meditators to join Green Gulch staff in a period of ...
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Training in Compassion, Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong, Online 1/8–1/26
January 8–26, 9:00–11:15 am PT The theme for this three-week online offering is Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong. Lojong is the Tibetan Buddhist practice that involves working with short phrases (called "slogans") as a way of generating bodhichitta, the heart and mind of enlightened compassion. This live series is an ...
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Meditation in Recovery, Friday weekly meeting, Online
OnlineMeditation in Recovery will be meeting by Zoom. Friday Nights at 7:30 - Join Online Meeting - Meeting ID: 886 966 3311 - Passcode: Meditate23 - Please join us at the usual time; log in five minutes before the meeting opens. Fridays, 7:30 – 9 pm - This drop-in group explores the connections between Buddhist ...
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Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC
City CenterSaturday, 8:40 – 9:25 am, in the Buddha Hall at City Center - Please arrive by 8:30 am. Zazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before participation in a one-day sitting. Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered at 11:40 am and complements Meditation Instruction.
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Saturday Sangha
City CenterWeekly meeting: Saturdays, 8:50 am – 1:00 pm. Saturday Sangha is for anyone who joins the zazen schedule during the weekdays and/or on Saturday. Within the container of traditional forms, members of this group participate in doanryo training, temple care and kitchen practice, and study. During the week, participation includes zazen with the invitation to ...
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Qigong for Beginners, Online 1/9–1/23
Three Saturdays, January 9–23, 9:00–10:30 am PT Yang Sheng 养生 or Life Preservation in Qigong is based on the general principles of nurturing and preserving life in the Traditional Chinese Medicine, Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions. This is accomplished through the three regulations of body, breath, and mind to achieve the harmony and health of ...
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Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC
City CenterSaturday, 11:20 am – 12:15 pm - Please arrive by 11:10 am and enter by the side door on Laguna Street. Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before participation in a one-day sitting. Zazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered at 8:40 am and should be attended before Forms Instruction.
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Dancing in the Dark Fields of Illness & Pain, Online 1/9–2/13
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 ...
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Training in Compassion, Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong, Online 1/8–1/26
January 8–26, 9:00–11:15 am PT The theme for this three-week online offering is Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong. Lojong is the Tibetan Buddhist practice that involves working with short phrases (called "slogans") as a way of generating bodhichitta, the heart and mind of enlightened compassion. This live series is an ...
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Alive to Your Life: The Teachings of Darlene Cohen, Online 1/11–2/1
Four Mondays, January 11–February 1, 6:00–7:30 pm PT The path of Zen is a path straight to the heart of intimacy: intimacy with ourselves, intimacy with our lives, intimacy with our world. And this intimacy is characterized, as Suzuki Roshi famously pointed out, with things just as they are. Darlene Cohen, an important early figure ...
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Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite
City CenterMeditation in Recovery will meet in a hybrid format—In person AND on Zoom— each Monday. Monday Nights at 7:30 - Join Online Meeting - Meeting ID: 886 966 3311 - Passcode: Meditate23 - If attending online, please log in five minutes before the meeting opens. Mondays, 7:30 – 9 pm - This drop-in group explores ...
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Awaken Self-Compassion Through Art Journaling, Online 1/12–2/2
Four Tuesdays, January 12–February 2, 10:00–11:30 am PT Has it become harder to meet yourself with kindness? Self-compassion offers a way to reconnect with our fundamental humanity: remembering that uncertainty, struggle, and imperfection are experiences we share rather than personal failures. For people who find that self-judgment interrupts creativity, art journaling can provide a gentle, ...
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Transforming Depression and Anxiety: A Path of Skillful Compassion, Online 1/12–2/2
Four Tuesdays, January 12–February 2, 5:30–7:30 pm PT “To be you is enough, you know…” —Suzuki Roshi - Weaving together mindfulness and contemporary psychology, this course explores how to best take care of ourselves by relating to depression and anxiety with compassion and understanding. Our purpose is for participants to learn and practice how to ...