Classes
Overview of 2023 Offerings
Click below for an overview of upcoming classes, sesshin, retreats, workshops and more. 2023
Read MoreFinding Joy in the Midst of a Racialized World: a workshop for Black, Indigenous and People of Color – July 29
Finding Joy in the Midst of a Racialized World: a workshop for Black, Indigenous and People of Color Saturday, July 29, 2 – 6:30 pm IN-PERSON ONLY How do we find joy in a world that racializes and otherizes us? This BIPOC workshop will include movement, music, meditation, and a listening circle – a space to…
Read MoreHow to be a Joyful Anti-Racist Buddhist Practitioner: a workshop for white-bodied people – July 29
How to be a Joyful Anti-Racist Buddhist Practitioner: a workshop for white-bodied people Sat., July 29, 9 am – Noonwith Or Laura Levinson. In-person only At its core, antiracism work is a practice of love and joy, as we learn to access our full humanity through ending white supremacy. As white Sangha members, it is our…
Read MoreHokyoji Retreat- July 17 – July 23
Summer Retreat at HokyojiMonday, July 17, 3pm through Sunday, July 23, 3 pmLed by Sosan Theresa FlynnIn Person Only The ten oxherding pictures describe the path of Zen training through images and commentaries. They depict a young oxherder on a journey to subdue the ox, the quest representing taming, training and transforming one’s own heart…
Read MoreRelease from Anger – July 8
Release from Angerwith Taizan AlfordSaturday July 8th, 9am – 12pm CTIn-person only and on Zoom We all have moments when anger arises. Something doesn’t go as we expected it to, someone is rude or mean to us, blames us for something we didn’t do, or harms us in some way. Our anger may turn outwards,…
Read MoreGetting Started in Zen – June 21
Getting Started in ZenWednesday, June 21 7 – 9pm CTIn-person and on ZoomValue: $25 In this 2 hour workshop you receive all the tools you’ll need to get started on your personal journey in Zen practice. Instruction will be given in zazen meditation, basic Buddhist philosophy, developing a home practice, as well as practicing as part of…
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