Practice Period is a time when members of our community come together to support each other in making deeper commitments to daily practice. This practice period, you are invited to take refuge in the heart of boundless compassion and open to the heart of wonder. Practice period includes a weekly meeting to study the Heart Sutra, regular email updates, and the opportunity to connect with a practice period partner and/or small group.
[Read More]We invite you to cultivate new belonging to self, community, and earth. This gathering is an experience of sitting and moving in right relationship to place, guided by the retreat practice of Clouds in Water Zen Center. You will practice inner quietude and stillness, expansive mindful movement, and placing yourself in the momentum of land back—the healing path of rematriation of land. This special April retreat is co-led by Clouds guiding teacher Sosan Theresa Flynn, in collaboration with Don’t You Feel It Too?, a 13-year public movement project for embodied liberation, led by behavioral artist Marcus Young 楊墨 and many others. The retreat will include the participation of students from HECUA’s Art for Social Change program.
[Read More]This class offers an introduction to meditation and Zen Buddhism. We will cover how to meditate, how to set up a meditation space at home, basic Buddhist terms and teachings, and an overview of the Clouds in Water community. There will also be time for practice and conversation.
[Read More]Join us for an extended meditation and community connection on Zoom. The morning will include three 30-minute periods of sitting meditation, interspersed with Chi Gong (guided movement) and walking meditation, and closing with chanting of the Heart Sutra.
[Read More]In this workshop, we will address the needs of group facilitators who are using council practice. We will use role play and discussion of scenarios to increase our skills. This workshop is open to those who have taken one of the workshops on council practice offered through Clouds in Water, or by permission of the instructor.
[Read More]This class offers an introduction to meditation and Zen Buddhism. We will cover how to meditate, how to set up a meditation space at home, basic Buddhist terms and teachings, and an overview of the Clouds in Water community.
[Read More]This unique sesshin will include a blend of in-person outdoor Chi Gong and outdoor mindful walking with Zoom meditation, dharma talks, chanting and council practice. As with many of our Zoom-based sesshins, this sesshin is “open” in that you can choose your level of participation – one or more days, mornings only, or any combination.
[Read More]2021-04-04: The Place of Hope in Buddhist Practice
Dharma talk by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Sunday, April 4, 2021 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
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2021-03-28: Refuge
Dharma talk by Shodo Spring on Sunday, March 28, 2021. Work-Practice opportunities at Mountains and Waters Alliance, April -June 2021. April-June, 2021 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
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2021-03-21: Things Disappear
Dharma talk by Myo-O Habermas-Scher on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
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2021-03-14: Practicing with the Four Dharma Seals in our Response to Hate Crimes
Dharma talk by Sosan Flynn and Jake Nagasawa on Sunday, March 14, 2021. How do we practice with the four dharma seals (impermanence, no separate self, suffering, and nirvana) in our response to hate crimes? Guiding Teacher Sosan presents the last of four talks on the four dharma seals and has invited Buddhist scholar and…
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2021-03-13: The Four Dharma Seals – March Sesshin Talk #3
Dharma talk by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
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2021-03-12: The Four Dharma Seals – March Sesshin Talk #2
Dharma talk by Sosan Theresa Flynn on Friday, March 12, 2021. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
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