Yokoji Zen Mountain Center - San Jacinto Mountains
Idyllwild, CA, US
Inspiring weekend of Tai Chi movement, Zen meditation and self-renewal. Cultivate serenity , deepen internal strength and harmony in mind and body through the wisdom and movements of Traditional Yang Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Zen. Qi Gong instruction selects from Liangong Health exercise, Zhan Zhuang , Ba Duan Jin and Tai Chi Ruler.This weekend is appropriate for Beginning students. All experience levels are welcome...
Tassajara offers a restorative atmosphere, where summer retreat guests are cared for by the gracious and energetic monastic community, in the American Soto Zen tradition. Delicious meals, a beautiful Retreat Hall, and the Tassajara hot springs all contribute to the comfort of a stay at this Ventana Wilderness sanctuary. Well-known teachers offer a wide variety of workshops from May through early September. Tassajara...
Zazen is meditation following the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition from Japan. In zazen, we bring awareness to breath and posture and what’s going on in the mind. We carry this peaceful practice into the world and to each of our daily activities. Mt. Diablo Zen Group is led by Baika Pratt, Zen Priest and Dharma teacher. This group meets Wednesday evenings for Zazen (meditation) at 7pm followed by study and discussion....
What is Mondo Zen?
Mondo Zen™ is based on Japanese and Chinese Zen, updated for the 21st Century. Mondo Zen™ transcends the hierarchical/authoritarian, gender-biased and constraining monastic aspects of traditional Zen in favor of practical, experiential “in the world” engagement. Relying only on direct personal experience - as taught by the Buddha himself - it does not allow mythic constructs to complicate its...
Jun Po Denis Kelly, received his Zen Masters recognition in 1992. He was Vice Abbot and head monk as well as resident yoga teacher at Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kong Ji in the Catskill Mountains in New York state from 1987 through 1993. His Inka Zen lineage is in the Rinzai tradition, through Eido Shimano Roshi of the The Zen Studies Society. His yoga lineage is that of BKS Iyengar and Patabi Jois. Jun Po has been practicing...
Prajna Zendo is not a residential or monastic center. All of our members and teachers have work in the world. Still, our intention is to offer a range of practice opportunities, so that those who want a taste of Zen teaching and practice can be served, as well as those who want intensive practice.
Traditional Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan, (108 forms)
Qi Gong - Liangong health exercises, Zhan Zhuang, 8 Pieces Brocade (Ba Duan Jin) and T'ai Chi Chih (T'ai Chi Ruler).
Zen meditation instruction and practice led by Arthur Wayu Kennedy as an integral part of the retreat.
Beginning students learn the First Section of T'ai Chi Ch'uan based on the foundation principles of the Taijiquan
"All of our lives in this global time, in this multicultural milieu in which we live, are integral. We may practice in more than one wisdom tradition, just as we speak more than one language. We are all informed by science and rationalism, and we’ve all been affected by postmodern thought - feminism matters to us, and we care about the environment. We’re all integral, really. And Zen practice is beyond these...
"We put non-dual ground rules in place. One: there's no difference between life and death. Two: only you are responsible. You have to seek what's true for you at this moment. Three: you're going to be loved regardless of what you decide."
"Once, I was strengthened by a stone. I was leading this woman's retreat in New York, and I didn't feel good. I felt weak, and I just didn't feel like I was in my seat. We created the shrine as part of this ritual starting on Sunday night, and I came into the shrine room after we did yoga Monday morning. I came in to lead the first sitting, and somebody had placed this diamond-shaped cut glass right in the...
This Simply Zen retreat with Mugaku Sensei is a 3 Day sesshin, with an afternoon introduction to Zen practice. This retreat will be the first retreat of the year to be held in Torrey, in the midst of the red rock canyons and alpine forests of Southern Utah. This retreat will provide: ● Strong sitting and walking meditation schedule. ● Dharma talks and meditation instruction. ● Opportunities for individual interviews...
We are all working with broken-hearts. Sometimes it is hard to admit it, and it is even more difficult to feel it. Broken-heartedness is the doorway to a real compassion, a compassion so vast that it can hold anything. Buddha realized it in one way; Christ in another. We are going to enter compassion through several different doorways this weekend, including the one that opens for you. And since it is Easter,...
This Simply Zen retreat with Mugaku Sensei is a 3 Day sesshin, with an afternoon introduction to Zen practice. This will be the first retreat held in the new Boulder Mountain Zendo's City Center. This retreat will provide: ● Strong sitting and walking meditation schedule. ● Dharma talks and meditation instruction.
“In Buddhism, there is no hope.” That was my formal introduction to Zen, a remark made by a monk teaching an introductory class at Kanzeon. What a relief! Nothing to do. Just this! Hearing that, I never looked back. I wholeheartedly entered Zen practice.
The Boulder Mountain Zendo, founded by Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Sensei and Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei, is a center of Zen study and practice with two locations. One is a small zendo located in the town of Torrey, just outside of Capitol Reef National Park in the heart of Utah's red rock country. The other is an urban center located at Artspace in downtown Salt Lake City. Musho Sensei and...
The Boulder Mountain Zendo, founded by Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Sensei and Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei, is a center of Zen study and practice with two locations. One is a small zendo located in the town of Torrey, just outside of Capitol Reef National Park in the heart of Utah's red rock country. The other is an urban center located at Artspace in downtown Salt Lake City. Musho Sensei and...
Empty Nest Zen Group will host a weekend retreat in North Fork, CA from December 28—January 1. Empty Nest Zendo, led by Grace Schireson, author and researcher of Zen’s female lineage, is located in the Yosemite Foothills about 40 minutes north of Fresno. This retreat is an opportunity to practice in a beautiful country setting.The retreat begins at 2 pm Tuesday, 12/28, and ends at 2 pm Saturday 1/1/11. The cost...
This retreat held in the last days of the year offers a time of quiet and community, with a gentle schedule allowing for rest, reading, and walking to nearby Muir Beach and in the hills surrounding Green Gulch Farm. Participants are invited to join the Green Gulch community in the daily schedule of early morning meditation, service, temple cleaning, and breakfast. After a break, retreatants will come together for a...
In order to reveal the heart of Zen, a practitioner must be willing to face all of her or his barriers and resistances. In this course we will learn how our habit-ridden consciousness prevents us from penetrating deeply into our practice. When we are able to stay present with our disturbing feelings and feel them thoroughly, the wisdom of the body will provide us with the clues on how to proceed. ...
Many of us imagine that in the course of our spiritual practice, we will someday get beyond strong feeling states. We struggle with “negative” emotions such as aggression, pride, lust, and jealousy, but those emotions are actually powerful sources of energy, clarity, and life force.
Sifu Lana Spraker has been practicing T'ai Chi Ch'uan since 1970.
She has taught Traditional Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan at home and abroad for more than 36 years. (See Schedule of Classes)
Her unique teaching style incorporates Qi Gong, Buddhist and Taoist philosophy, her training as a Dance Therapist and as a Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique.
She has lectured and presented workshops throughout the...
