This is the last of 6 discussions with Chosei Zen teachers during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Andy Robins Roshi will explore effortlessness without striving and the ability of the fully awakened mind to let go of struggles and be joyous.

This is the fifth of 6 discussions during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Ken Kushner Roshi, will discuss hara, or the lower abdomen. Hara connects the physical, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of human experience and provides connection to other people and the entire universe.

Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.

This is a one-day intensive training lasting 7am-12pm CST (2-7pm CET in Europe) designed to prepare students to participate in keishin. It will be run by senior students. Students will train separately at home, tethered together through the Zoom. It’s a great opportunity for boosting your training.

This is the fifth of 6 discussions during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Heather Scobie Roshi will explore how being in the body and engaged in the present moment is related to creativity, practice, and relationships.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday morning of each month, after Daily Zazen.

This is the fourth of 6 discussions during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Rebecca Ryan Roshi will discuss wholeheartedness as a critical Zen practice.

This is a Fresh Talk and also a discussion during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Gordon Greene Roshi will focus on kamae, which is a Japanese word frequently used in martial arts. It is sometimes translated as “psycho-physical posture,” but it is about your relationship to all that is around you.

Are you new (or returning) to meditation and want to learn the fundamentals? This “crash course” will introduce you to our form of Rinzai Zen seated meditation and hara breathing.

This is a one-day intensive training lasting 7am-7pm CST (1pm-1am CET in Europe) designed to prepare students to participate in keishin. It will be run by senior students. Students will train separately at home, tethered together through the Zoom. It’s a great opportunity for boosting your training.

This is the first of 6 discussions during our Connection: 49-Day Zen Training Period around theme of genuine relationship and Zen practice. This week, Ginny Whitelaw Roshi will discuss “being one with practice.” In this lead-off session, you'll have a chance to explore your starting relationship with practice and contrast that with the felt sense of being one with.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

In this chat, Ken Kushner Roshi will close the 49-Day Training, Being Time to Renew Time, with his exploration on how the condition of the body affects how we experience time.

In this Hara Development drop-in, Kenneth Setsuzan Kushner Roshi will continue his discussion of the hara and its role in Zen, based on issues that students raise. This drop-in occurs on the last Saturday of each month at 7:30-8:45am CST (2:30-3:45 CET), after Daily Zazen.

Have you ever felt like you were racing against the clock or running out of time? Join professional futurist and reformed chronic latecomer Rebecca Ryan Roshi as she deconstructs the myth of “time" and re-orients us as “time beings.”

Joe Pittelli Sensei will lead the group in physical exercises that help build energy during the 49-day Being Time to Renew Time Training.

Gordon Greene Roshi will support participants in the 49-Day Training, Being Time to Renew Time, with his comments and facilitated discussion

Heather Scobie Roshi will give a talk that expands on her writing “Antidote for the Weary” during the 49-day Being Time to Renew Time Training.