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Family Sangha Daylong Retreat at Green Gulch Farm, GGF 9/20 – Waitlist Only
Description
With Meikyo Chelsea True, Junsen Shelly Hughes, Kanjin Yael Raff Peskin, Kanki Elis Herman, and Samara Alima
In these gentle offerings for families of all forms, we honor family practice as a full expression of bodhisattva vows. Through creative projects, play, and stories, we learn about our Zen lay-ancestors, receive the wisdom of children, and dedicate ourselves to healing our family lineages.
Seasonal daylong retreats begin in the yurt and may include time outside on the farm and in the gardens or visits to the kitchen or the zendo. Lunch is included and the day ends with a sangha building circle in the Jizo Garden, where we dedicate the merit of our practice to ancestors and those who are suffering.
The SFZC Family Sangha welcomes multi-generational families, parents, caregivers, self-partnered people, those caring for their elders, grandparents, aunties, uncles, siblings and niblings, foster parents, children of all ages, and anyone dedicated to healing their family lineages.
Fee Information
- Standard: $50 — covers full program costs
- Current SFZC Members: $45 — for current SFZC members
- Current SFZC residents and qualified SFZC retirees may attend this course for free. To register, please email onlineprograms@sfzc.org at least 72 hours before the program begins.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Tickets are per person. Fee includes lunch.
This event has reached full capacity. To be added to the waitlist, please contact rezoffice@sfzc.org. Be sure to check our calendar for more offerings, as new events are continuously added.
Meikyo Chelsea True
Meikyo Chelsea True (she/they) came to Green Gulch Farm nearly twenty years ago with her daughter, Amelie, and has supported family practice at SFZC ever since. She first encountered Zen as a child and began meditating at the age of sixteen before completing an undergraduate degree in Religious Studies.
Junsen Shelly Hughes
Junsen Shelly Hughes (she/her) has embraced Zen practice for nearly two decades. Motherhood and Mother Earth are the heart of her practice. Through her work as a restoration ecologist, environmental educator, herbalist and artist, Junsen weaves listening, interbeing, and healing as dharma threads.
Kanjin Yael Raff Peskin
Kanjin Yael Raff Peskin (she/her) interweaves her Jewish ritual observance and her Zen practice with her dedication to social justice and cultivating beauty in the world. She received lay ordination from Vietnamese Zen Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh in 1993 and in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi from Hoka Chris Fortin at Tassajara, where Yael has been returning since 1988 and, in recent years, has been part of the Tassajara kitchen crew.